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Direct Deposit Pays Off
A new report finds that employers save through paperless payments. Read more
Personal Budgeting
Recent Articles about Personal Budgeting
College Savings Down
The slumping economy is making it tougher for parents to put aside college funds for their kids. Read more
Direct Deposit at What Price?
More than three-quarters of business owners would switch to direct deposit for paychecks if there were no fees involved, according to a new survey.
Financial Services Associations
Industry-specific associations can help you research hard-to-find details about the industry you're in and offer valuable networking opportunities with bu... Read more
Who's Who In Financial Planning
Certified Financial Planners (CFPs) are financial-services professionals who have passed a series of courses offered by the College for Financial Planning... Read more
Your Money;
You may have noticed that there are any number of people who are willing, for a modest fee, to help you manage your money and accumulate assets. Bankers a... Read more
PRACTICAL CASH-SAVING IDEAS FROM INC. READERS
PAY YOUR BILLS ON TIME. Contrary to popular belief, it pays to pay bills promptly. We get prices, treatment, and delivery from every one of our suppliers... Read more
Pay Now, Learn Later
You can protect yourself against college tuition hikes. But the scheme backfires if your kid goes to the state university By now you probably kno... Read more
Do-It-Yourself Aid
Is college around the corner? Families too wealthy for need-based aid are turning to the tax code to help pay the bill. Ashley Young, 18, is begi... Read more
Financial Planners
Financial planners are individuals who advise both people and companies about how to invest their assets. Most financial planners are professionals who he... Read more
Supreme Court to Confront Alleged Bankruptcy Abuse
Lawyers are appealing a 2005 law that bars them from giving clients bankruptcy advice. Read more
Resources: Personal-Finance Aid
A quick look at three books devoted to helping business people with their long-term financial planning. Read more
Books For Tax Season;
PAUL YURACHEK, CPA, former Internal Revenue Service agent, now a financial planner (Washington, D.C.): "Read Tax Planning for Highly Compensated Ind... Read more
Shelter What You Make -- Minimize The Take, By Tanner, Pheffer, And Laurins. Harbor, 1668 Lombard St., San Francisco, Ca 94123; 263 Pp., $12.95.
Three financial planners run down the laundry list of shelter options, telling how they work. Some recommendations offered. Read more
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How to Create a Personal Financial Statement
If you own a small business or are self-employed, this guide will help you track income and expenses on a regular basis. Read more
Why Good Entrepreneurs Make Bad Investors
Investing is complicated for everybody, but does anyone bring more baggage to the task than an entrepreneur? Here's how to overcome the personal finance chal... Read more
New Year's Resolutions
Inc.'s finance editor and other experts review a CEO's personal financial resolutions for 1997 and offer advice. Read more
Financial Planning: One Man's Experience
When Warren Carnel started Cardinal Associates Inc., a manufacturers'-representative firm in Burbank, Calif., the fine points of financial planning weren'... Read more
Money Guru
Want to hire a money guru? Maybe you should answer some questions first. Read more
Rich vs. Poor
Much of the rhetoric we're hearing in the media today talks about the huge gap between rich and poor. Politicians on both sides (including the presidential c... Read more
Wells Fargo Launches Sweep Service
The Business Weekend Sweep service is aimed at companies with an average balance of $40,000. Read more
Disability Insurance
Disability insurance or disability income insurance (abbreviated DI in the industry), is designed to compensate the policy holder for income lost if the h... Read more
ADP Launches New Online Payroll Solution
ADP Small Business Services has unveiled its new online payroll solution, RUN, which allows accountants to view their entire small-business client base wi... Read more
It's 1983. Look At The Kinds Of Companies That Are After Your Money
If you are in the market for a house, the chances are fair that you can find one through a Merrill Lynch & Co. real estate agent, and that you can arr... Read more
Taking the Pain Out of Payday
Still cutting old-fashioned paychecks? Payroll debit cards offer a cheaper, more convenient alternative Read more
Financial-Planning Know-how
Ordering instructions for two personal financial guides. Read more
Get Rid of Paper Bills with Manilla
I get a ton of paper snail mail. For the snail mail that comes to the office? It could be unavoidable since I'm the CEO of Read more
Stop, Thief!
Entrepreneur David Schulhof never imagined that one of his own workers would rip him off. Until, that is, an accounting manager he hired at a company he o... Read more
First, Kill All the Brokers
Inc.'s finance editor explains how smart CEOs find trustworthy financial advice. Read more
Stop, Thief!
Entrepreneur David Schulhof never imagined that one of his own workers would rip him off. Until, that is, an accounting manager he hired at a company he o... Read more
Financing College Costs
The table below shows the projected cost of a typical public and private four-year college education, along with the amount you need to invest in zero cou... Read more
Focused Bets
Just because sector funds are something of a crapshoot is no reason to ignore cost comparisons. Shop wisely. Of the eight sector groups tracked b... Read more
All-in-one Accounts
When Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. introduced its Cash Management Account (CMA) in 1977, it undoubtedly expected a lot of competition. Tha... Read more
Financial Planning, Advice, and Investment
Big banking's bounced back. Is there a way for the little guy to elbow into this lucrative field? Read more
Few States Promote Entrepreneurship Education in Schools
Only New York and California require that high school students take entrepreneurship classes before graduation. Read more
Is Mint useful?
Now that thriftiness is hip, everyone's talking about personal finance software tools like Mint, Wesabe, Green Sherpa, and You Need A Budget (YNAB). These... Read more
How to Get Rich -- Safely
Inc.'s finance editor and other financial planners explain why your company should not be your only investment. Read more
Your Personal Financial Calendar
January: Set overall goals for the coming year. Consider starting a (small) automatic monthly investment plan. February:Read more
Money In Coins
Rare coins are no more confusing or erratic than any other investment ("All that Glitters," Personal Portfolio, November 1985). Talk to five different sto... Read more
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