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How Much Do Americans Spend On Fast Food?
With inflation affecting the prices of everything from gasoline to groceries, it can make sense to try and find cheaper dining options. Prices of home groceries skyrocketed 19.6%…
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Shopping
Things You Should Never Buy Used
With the arrival of spring also comes the time-honored ritual of giving homes and apartments a thorough spring cleaning. A byproduct of that deep cleaning is yard sales, also…
Spending
Reconsider Using Your Debit Card When Shopping Online. Here's Why
When making an online purchase it can be easy to reach for whatever the first card in your wallet might be. You might think that, since it's all inevitably coming from the same…
Shopping
How Much Do Americans Spend On Black Friday?
As the holiday shopping season creeps earlier and earlier into fall, it's no wonder that Americans are spending record-breaking amounts on their total holiday shopping . Instead…
Spending
Is The Hilton Honors American Express Card Truly Worth The Cost?
If you're a thrifty traveler looking to expand your credit card collection into the world of hotel-branded reward cards , you might have heard of the Hilton Honors card issued by…
Budgeting
How Making A Home Inventory Could Save You Thousands Of Dollars
Let's face it, no one wants to imagine the worst — let alone, plan for it. This can be especially true when it comes to your home. Just the act of imagining a house fire, flood…
Budgeting
What Really Happens If You Don't Pay Off Your Student Loans
As reported by the College Board , 54% of students in the United States leave college with debt. Collectively, student debt — which reached $1.737 trillion in 2023 — is the…
Banking
Tips For Getting Your Credit Card Fees Waived
Not long ago, charging cardholders annual fees was a common profit center for credit card issuers. Nowadays, though, credit card companies have little trouble making money from…
Banking
Do Banks Monitor Your Spending Habits?
While worrying about your credit score can be stressful enough already, now banks and financial institutions are using even more in-depth ways to monitor a customer's financial…
Budgeting
Financial Traps Keeping You In The Middle Class
The middle class occupies a bizarre space in the American financial landscape. It's something those struggling financially aspire to rise up into, and it's a designation many…
Banking
You Shouldn't Leave A Large Balance In Your Venmo Account. Here's Why
There's no question payment apps like PayPal, Zelle, and Venmo are here to stay, rapidly replacing good ol' cash as consumers' preferred peer-to-peer medium. With these P2P apps…
Budgeting
11 Small Appliances That Will Help Slash Your Power Bill
There are quite a few tips and tricks you can implement when you're looking to cut down your electricity expenses, including reducing your dependence on large appliances that use…