How's your Labor Day holiday going? If AAA is correct, fewer of us are on the road this year, primarily because the 2009 long weekend fell after most schools started. The hubby and I are...

The scariest word in the world, on Halloween or any other day of the year is taxes. And it' is being used as a scare tactic, with some success, in the final days of the presidential election.

"The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax." -- Lord Thomas Robert Dewar

I accidentally looked at a third quarter statement for one of my retirement accounts last week. Its value had dropped just 11 percent. If you'd told me a year ago that I'd be OK with a loss in value of "just 11 percent" on any investment, I'd have...

Forget Wall Street vs. Main Street. The financial battles in this economic downturn are being fought in the trenches of family homes, pitting parents against kids. The hubby and I don't have any children, so I'm relying on other reports, such as a...