60-Second Guide to Getting Out of Debt

Imagine being free of debt — no more sleepless nights over mounting credit card balances, no more ball-and-chain of debt feeding your anxieties, and no chance of threats from dreaded collection agencies. You can do it! Here’s the scoop — in one minute flat.

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How-To Guide: Manage Your Money With Your Mate

It’s no great mystery why money issues are often cited as one of the top reasons for divorce in the U.S.: Talking about money is never just talking about money. Most couples — whether married, engaged, or cohabitating — cop to having an occasional tiff about family finances. Even in the best of times, money [...]

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5 Tricks for Teaching Financial Values

Teaching your kids about money management isn’t an easy proposition. Between the hulking advertising industry dying to get its hands on your children’s disposable income, and peer pressure to buy the “right” brands, parents can feel they are fighting an uphill battle when they talk about saving and moderation.
While it would be virtually impossible to [...]

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60-Second Guide to Cashing In On Coupledom

No one is happier to see you married than your mother. But your insurance agent is pretty giddy, too.
Car insurers see stability — and, thus, safer driving — in matrimony, and so they reward folks who tie the knot by giving them lower premiums. Further discounts come to couples who combine auto policies with renters’ [...]

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60-Second Guide to the Life-Money Balance

For status reports on wealth, we ask an economist. For check-ups on our mental well-being, we see a shrink. And for an answer to that $64,000 question — “How much money do I need to be happy?” — we turn to behavioral economists, who confirm what we already know: Surprise! Money doesn’t buy happiness!
But let’s [...]

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Get It Done: 5 Ways to Stop Buying Stupid Stuff

Shop with a list; compare the per-unit cost; scour the sales circulars. Been there, tried that. I still waltz out of Target with bags full of stuff that I didn’t intend to buy.
It’s no wonder: Two-fers, upgrades, bulk buys, bonus points, door-buster deals — they’re like magnets for our money.
Costco has the formula down pat. [...]

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The Motley Fool and Mint.com Partnering to Make Personal Finance Easier

I’m very pleased to announce the launch of our partnership with The Motley Fool today. Our relationship with them means we’ll be able to offer great Motley Fool personal finance and investing advice to you here, on the Mint.com Content Network.

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Get It Done: Score Cheap Prescription Drugs

Getting the right health insurance setup takes time and — in most cases — money. Once you have your insurance in place, though, you can feel confident that you have most of your health-care bases covered.
Still, to ease the financial aches and pains of augmenting your coverage, it’s nice to look for savings elsewhere. Here [...]

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Get It Done: Must-Do Quarterly Review

If you saw a mysterious $4 entry on your income tax return, would you sweat it? What if you were a billionaire many times over — would it even catch your eye?
It would if you were Warren Buffett, who in an interview a few years ago copped to tracking down just such a puzzling item [...]

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Smart Tax Strategies For The Big Personal Finance Events In Your Life

Taxes are one of the biggest personal finance events that occur in your life. Mint Money Management gives you smart tax strategies to stretch your dollars further. At any stage in your life, sound personal finances includes being smart about taxes.

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