5 Money Saving Tips for the Holidays
Cost-saving tips that can help you avoid financial stress this holiday season
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Ask MP: How Can We Get Our Holiday Spending Under Control?
My husband and I can't keep our joint checkbook balanced. Now that we're in high-spending season, I'm worried! What can we do?
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6 Holiday Stress Busters
How to deal with relatives, shopping, and entertaining during the most wonderful (and one of the most chaotic) time of the year
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Ask MP: Save or Pay Off Debt?
My husband and I both work, but fear he'll lose his job. What's more crucial -- adding to our emergency fund or paying off credit cards?
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Karen J. Lee, Certified Financial Planner
Meet the Family Budget Bootcamp financial planning expert
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Gerry O'Donoghue, Certified Financial Planner
Meet the Family Budget Bootcamp financial planning expert
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Derek Lenington, Certified Financial Planner
Meet the Family Budget Bootcamp financial planning expert
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When Should I Give My Kid a Raise?
Our money expert MP Dunleavey answers your question about your child's allowance
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Healthy Benefits of the Bad Economy
Check out a few bright sides to the national financial crisis. Who knew?!
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Ask MP: Rules to Refinancing
Are there general rules of thumb for refinancing a mortgage?
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6 Ways to Save Money on Your Medical Bills
How to wrangle discounts, cut costs, comparison-shop and save cash on medical bills across the board
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Save Money on Appliance Repair
How you can save cash by fixing your refrigerator, diswasher and dryer yourself
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Ask MP: Helping Kids Understand the Family Budget
How can I tell my kids we don't have the money for frivolous things without scaring them?
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Homeless in the Suburbs
This is the new economic reality: families just like yours sleeping on couches and in shelters. A Parenting special report.
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25+ Ways to Save Money Instantly
Hundreds of dollars' worth of ideas to sock away more cash without feeling the pinch
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8 Tips for Great Travel Deals
Our financial pro gives advice to how to take a cheap and inexpensive family vacation or road trip
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Lost Job, Lost Health Insurance: Now What?
Find health-care resources that will protect you and your family even when you're out of work
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Ask MP: Buying a Foreclosed Home
The pros and cons of buying a foreclosed home
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Ask MP: Husband Is Clueless About Cost
What to do when your husband doesn't understand the cost of things
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Pay Less, Get More on Your Taxes
How to get smart with social security cards, fill out the right forms, cash in on tax deductions, and save for college
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Ask MP: Can't Afford Saving for College
How to save for college when you have next to no money
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Easy Money: Slash Your Food Bill
Six steps to a leaner, meaner grocery budget
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Ask Juliet: Getting the Best Prices on Kids' Clothes
I can't stop shopping for my 3-year-old girl -- any money-saving secrets?
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Ask MP: Staying-at-Home Finances
I think we can afford our regular expenses -- should I stay at home with our kids?
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Reality Check: Lowering Gift Expectations
Times are tight. How do we explain that Santa's going to be short this year?
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The Best Coupon Sites For Mom
Check out the steals and deals we found online!
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Easy Money: Score a Smarter Credit Card
Finding the right card for you
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The Best Coupon Sites for Moms
Check out the steals and deals we found online!
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20 Holiday Time-Savers
Save time with these easy tips
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