
Money Statistics That May Scare You
However, whenever I research different financial topics I usually come across some scary money statistics. The money stats you read in...

Personal Capital Review – An Easier Way To Manage Your Finances
Personal Capital provides FREE personal finance software that is somewhat similar to Mint.com, but better. If you like using Mint, I...

Beginner’s Guide To Earning Passive Income
Dreaming is nice, but nothing happens unless you actually start making some changes. And, that is just what I plan on doing over the next...

How To Change Your Life And Live Your Dream Today
Learning how to change your life doesn’t have to be hard. You can start off small and gradually move onto bigger changes. Or you can make...

How To Avoid The 3 Biggest Risks In Peer Lending
If you haven’t heard about the peer lending revolution yet, you soon will. Both companies in the space, Prosper and Lending Club, are...

5 Mistakes That Can Hurt Your Chances For Retirement
Also, according to a different survey done by Bankrate.com, 36% of people in the United States have absolutely NOTHING saved for...

The Smart Woman’s Guide To Investing Success
Women face different obstacles than men do when it comes to investing in the stock market. Right off the bat, they tend to have less in...

How I Manage My Finances So I Can Save Time and Worry Less
Between managing retirement, paying bills, handling credit cards, saving for things in life you want and more, managing your financial...

5 Easy Ways To Lose Money And Become Broke – Investing Mistakes
While we all hope that we will never make the same mistake and lose some or all of our money, that’s easier said than done. No one wants...

How I Maxed Out my Roth IRA On a $28K Salary
Hello! Today I have a post written from a blog friend of mine. I was able to meet her at FinCon and talk to her quite a bit. She has a...

Why You Should Invest and Save For Retirement – Plus a Personal Finance Confession Fail
Investing is something I have never really gotten too deep into in my personal life. I know, personal finance blogger fail right here....

Should I Ruin My Retirement By Helping My Child Through College?
These e-mails are all related to whether or not parents should risk or sometimes even ruin their retirement by helping their child pay...

Retirement, Financial Independence, and Living Life
This is what a happy life is to me. After two very long posts this week, DIY Wedding Ideas – Worth It Or A Waste Of Money and How Much...

Do You Have Life Insurance?
This is my family 🙂 According to the insurance research firm LIMRA, life insurance ownership is at its lowest point in over 50 years....

Do You Really Need That MASSIVE House?
A few weeks ago I published the article Would You Move To A Completely New Place? In it I mentioned that we have put the home-buying...

Would You Move To A Completely New Place?
Last year here on Making Sense of Cents, I talked a lot about us buying a new home. However, I’m sure you’ve noticed that we have not...

The Problem With the Traditional 8 Hour Work Day
Harry started blogging about personal finance on his main site Your PF Pro a few years ago and enjoyed it so much that he started a...

What Is Early Retirement?
Before I started blogging, I can honestly say that early retirement never once crossed my mind. I thought that the normal age to retire...

Credit Score vs. Credit Report: What They Are, Why They Matter
Most of us know from our days in school that when we’re learning about a new topic or mastering a new skill there’s vocabulary we need to...

















