While many stores are closed for the holiday, some retailers are open on this Thanksgiving Day 2009. According to Yahoo, the following stores will have Turkey Day hours: Wal-Mart: Most stores will be open 24 hours on Thanksgiving. Kmar...

Reuters reports that a National Retail Federation polls has found that 57 million consumers will definitely be shopping after Thanksgiving. Another 77 million are considering it but will make sure the deals are good enough before they commit...

First the good news: The number of Americans who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are actually worth is not as high as many thought. In August, First American CoreLogic reported that about 1/3 of U.S. borrowers had mortgages that could be called "underwater"...

The Big Black Friday sales are supposed to offer huge deals for holiday shoppers seeking gifts for the family. But according to Consumer Reports, 66% of Black Friday shoppers are only buying holiday gifts for themselves!

I must say I’m pretty disappointed with Target at this point. Instead of taking the time to present a well thought out price matching policy, they seem to be in a reactionary mode and updating it on a whim...

The rate of existing home sales increased 10.1% in October, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) said. The seasonally adjusted annual sales rate of existing homes — including single-family, town home, condominium and co-op dwellings — was 6.1m in October, up from a rate of 5.54m existing home sales in September. October’s rate is 23.5% above...

I’ve always found that tipping, by far, is the best investment you can ever make in almost any situation. Anyone who has ever bellied up to a bar knows that a dollar a drink is all it takes to get...

With all the talk about American preferences shifting to smaller homes, we were surprised that this year’s “New American Home” measures a...

If you are looking for a way to get out of the house, and do something without breaking the bank, it may seem your options are limited, but using these simple tricks, you will...

Twilight New Moon fans! Are you looking to expand your Twibrary?  For a shy $3.3 million you can own the on-screen family home of Twilight vampire Edward Cullen in Vancouver, BC. For millions...

First impressions count. No matter what people say or want to believe, people will judge you based on the way you look, what you’re wearing, and how you present yourself. That’s why it’s...

As you know by now, I just finished a move to Denver, Colorado. And because I moved into a new place, there are a few things I needed to buy to make it more like “home”. I have been checking out a...

When it comes to finding a job, it’s a numbers game. As much as you turn the numbers to your advantage of tailoring your resume, writing a well-crafted cover letter, or only applying to the right...

This morning, April wrote about trying to figure out how much house you need. In the comments, Tyler K. shared a photo of the house he and his wife live in. It has 450 square feet: “Last year our...

This is where is gets interesting…like it hasn’t been already, right? Now that the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit has been extended to loans that close by the end of June, 2010….and...

Most people I know have a frustrated passion. There's something they'd rather do a lot more of, but making a living gets in the way. Some people simply accept that their...

We're a nation of borrowers. This reality is quite well illustrated by the personal stories and profiles covered by various media publications on the subject of consumer debt. Recently, The New York Times published a seri...

For the past couple of years, my husband and I have not exchanged traditional, wrapped-and-Christmas-bowed gifts. Instead, we plan an experience. We started our anti-Stuff celebrations because neithe...

During a recession is the worst time to be a temp — whatever work companies have will go to employees, as a way to avoid having to lay them off. Another bad time is the middle...

This is a guest post from Adam Jusko, founder of IndexCreditCards.com, an information and comparison site for credit cards that maintains a list of over 1200 cards. You can follow Adam on Twitter...