Topic: Personal Savings

Wesabe Personal Finance Site Goes Broke; HelloWallet Fills Its Coffers

Wesabe, a personal finance competitor to Mint.com that emphasized its community features, ran out of money. CEO Mark Hedlund wrote in his farewell message that the site had been operating on starvation rations recently, which is ...READ»

Best Savings Rates are found Online

It's not a topic everyone wants to read about, but finding the best ways to save money without paying alot is important. Most of the best savings rates can be found online, not by your lender. Read here about how to do that. READ»

Carlos Hank Rhon

Carlos Hank Rhon and BankingREAD»

Ultra Cheap Assurant Health Insurance! Get an Instant Online Assurant Health Insurance Quote!

Assurant Health is a leader in affordable individual health insurance plans. Assurant Health has been in business for over 100 years, so you know your insured by a great company!READ»

Public Relations: How My Bank Took the Money and Ran

Does anyone like their bank? Fess up now. Don’t be shy. If you’re like me and I expect I’m not alone I have a love-hate relationship with mine. Well, in my case lately it’s more like hate. Now, I’m not a normally fierce ...READ»

Nuts and Bolts of the HSAs

It’s pretty much a given that when it comes to health care the premiums will keep going up. READ»

Health Insurance and Your Lenses

How many people do you know who give much thought to their lenses when thinking about health insurance? READ»

Illinois HSAs Rock

The twenty first century calls for innovative changes in health care across the country. Americans are now able to take advantage of a Health Savings Account, something just a little different than traditional health care insurance. READ»

Fourth Quarter Outlook: Become a gold bug, now

So, why become a gold bug, now, (GLD, GDX) you ask. The simple answer is the respite from Armageddon we purchased with poorly planned deficit spending during 2008’s financial implosion has an expiration date. Vigorish charged by the world for our initial greed and incompetent rescue will soon come due.READ»

The Future of the Credit Card Industry

Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspeculation.comLast fall we wroteConsumer Debt in the U.S., an extensive report on the state of credit debt in the U.S. We've also written about the credit crunch in our bookThe Big Gamble. There is valuable ...READ»

Innovating Toward Health Care Reform, the Whole Foods Way

With the health-care debate bogged down in mindless town hall confrontations and the President reassuring us his plan for health care reform will work--just as soon as he creates it--where can Americans turn for innovative ideas in ...READ»

Affordable Philadelphia Health Insurance Plans

Affordable Philadelphia health insurance is available. High quality health insurance plans for Philadelphia area residents is less expensive than you may realize.READ»

Illinois Health Insurance Options May Be Hard to Understand

Despite the fact there are many health insurance agents in the marketplace, there are still millions of uninsured Americans.READ»

Animal saving bank/coin jar

Animal saving bank/coin jarREAD»

Four Ways to Reform Health Care Right Now

All this handwringing over health-care reform strikes me as wasted energy and opportunity. Policymakers need to look beyond health care to other industries as a way to restructure health care and make it more efficient. Here are ...READ»

Financial 2.0 Services Growing, Cocky: "Banks Are Evil" Proclaims Mint CEO

    People around the world are radically changing their attitudes towards saving and spending, and alternative financial services sites are reaping the benefits. That was the message from the young ...READ»

The Transition from Consumer Economy to Conserver Economy

New Opportunities in Old HabitsREAD»

Health Care Savings Tip’s for a Recession

Health Care Savings Tip’s for a Recession by Bret Harding Times have gotten tough these days, especially for small-business owners.  So in the wake of the aftermath I decided it’s time for someone  to discuss money saving tips ...READ»

Understanding Health Insurance Options Isn't Easy

There are millions of Americans who have no clue what options are available when it comes to health care insurance. Plain and simple, everyone will need health care insurance at some point in their life.READ»

Hennion and Walsh News: When the stock and bond markets look scary, cash seems like a safe bet. But is it?

"While bank savings accounts, CDs and money markets can help you sleep better at night, 'they are terrible long-term assets because they are certain to depreciate in value over time," says Bill Walsh, president of Hennion & Walsh Asset Management in Parsippany, N.J.'"READ»

Payday Loans Online

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How to Make Banking Fun

Can innovative new programs make saving money as fun as spending it? READ»

• Silicon Valley's Angel Investors

Introduction

I'm new to Fast Company and fairly new to blogging, so I thought I'd begin with a short blog-burst to give a flavour of what I intend to write. My current business and most recent background is barter, the oldest and most ...READ»

Judge the Nudge

1. Paper Route USA Today became the nation's largest daily newspaper by getting inertia on its side. Twenty-two percent of its average daily circulation of 2.3 million readers comes from getting its paper distributed in ...READ»

• Get Laziness on your Side

Get Laziness on Your Side

How to sway people's decisions with the gentlest of nudges.READ»

• Judge the Nudge