Life insurance: Is term life always enough?
Most families are better off buying cheap, straightforward term insurance, but there are situations where universal or whole life policies make sense.
Fannie Mae and a Zillion Small Mortgage Abuses
The real problem with the mortage crisis wasn't its enormity, but how routine the whole thing was, an accumulation of small abuses in a system designed to overlook them, or at least totally unequipped to catch them. This piece by the New York Times's Gretchen Morgenson shines a light on this problem, which is one reason - maybe the main one - why the mortgage mess persists, and resists all ...
10 reasons to give up smoking
If you want to give up smoking but are finding it a huge struggle, here are 10 reasons that will definitely help you kick the habit.
Remembering that a house is a home; finding cheap insurance
These days, you should look at a home as an investment in happiness, not as something that will raise your net worth.
Are you too old to buy affordable life insurance?
If you're a senior citizen, it's a mistake to buy a life insurance policy before you weigh the costs of coverage against the benefits it will provide for you and your heirs. When you're an