Amazon recently announced that it’s Prime members will soon have access to a new service called Prime Wardrobe.  This service will allow you to select clothes from Amazon to try on without having to purchase them first.  See the video below for more details. In addition to this new service, here are 10 Prime member benefits […]

How to Increase Financial Accountability at Home Accounting for household spending is a tall order, requiring consumers to address a wide variety of financial demands. Fortunately for personal money managers, as financial concerns have grown increasingly complex, technology has also stepped-up with budgeting apps and online resources, offering up to date information about personal finance. […]

Staying current on all your favorite TV shows can be pretty expensive.  But what if it didn’t have to be? What if you could watch all of your favorite shows for free? Those questions are what led me down the path of cord cutting.  The answer to those questions are what saved me and my […]

Compound returns or compound interest.  We’ve all heard it used at one time or another, but what does it really mean and how can we use it to our advantage? What is compound interest? Essentially this principle deals with the time value of money.  Essentially it’s why having a $100 to invest today is worth […]

College is expensive. With tuition and room and board costing tens of thousands of dollars per year, the last thing anyone wants to do is spend thousands of dollars on textbooks.  What a wake up call it was when I went to buy my textbooks during my first semester. I was used to $15-30 books.  […]

Let’s face it, while saving money is extremely important, for most people (myself not included) it just isn’t fun or thrilling.  But winning money sure is! That’s why recently some credit unions in Minnesota launched a new program called WINcentinve in which people have a chance to win cash prizes each month just by saving […]