• Are Americans “Savers” Or “Spenders”

    A recent survey conducted last month titled Invest in Your Spending pooled about 2,800 Americans, where 54 percent listed themselves as “savers”. The survey was done, in partnership, by Acorns and CNBC, along with Survey Monkey, where a variety of women and men were polled across the United States about their money habits, where individuals...

  • Kids Activities & Your Budget: How Not To Go In Debt

    As parents, we love nothing more than to support our children’s extracurricular endeavors. Whether they are interested in baseball, basketball, gymnastics, guitar lessons – or anything else in between – we are willing to do just about anything when it comes to helping them pursue hobbies and sports they show an interest in. Even overspend...

  • Survey: Parents Willing To Rack Up Debt For Children’s Education

    A survey conducted in April of this year by Country Financial reveals that 56 percent of parents across the United States would be willing to go into debt for their children’s higher-level education. On average, the report revealed parents were willing to go as high as $31,000 in the hole for their kids when it...

  • Survey: One-Quarter Of Americans Expect To Die In Debt

    While Rep. Alexandria Ocasia-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders work to lower interest rates around credit cards, results of an online survey remind us all that debt, especially from those plastic and convenient cards, can be a hard thing to dig out of. CreditCards.com recently surveyed 1,000 American adults online, revealing that approximately 25 percent of...

  • Kids Activities & Your Budget: How Not To Go In Debt

    As parents, we love nothing more than to support our children’s extracurricular endeavors. Whether they are interested in baseball, basketball, gymnastics, guitar lessons – or anything else in between – we are willing to do just about anything when it comes to helping them pursue hobbies and sports they show an interest in. Even overspend...

  • Bad Debt Rates Hit Seven Year High

    While financial experts continue to preach good credit and credit card spending, some not-so-good news in this regard has been released as of late. Turns out, bad debt is on the rise, with a current jump that hit a seven-year high recently. As per Bloomberg Intelligence, the first quarter of 2019 saw an increase of...