Americans feel less financially secure with fiscal cliff looming on the horizon
More Americans are worried about their finances as the BankRate.com Financial Security Index fell to 97.1 percent in November, which is the third-lowest result of the year. (shutterstock.com) Joey...
View ArticleStudent loan debt rose $42 billion in third quarter to total $956 billion
The Wall Street Journal recently laid out how U.S. student loan debt rose $42 billion in the third quarter to make a total of $956 billion. (Shutterstock) Michael De Groote Education has been tied...
View ArticleThe dark side of a million dollars: A story of debt
Andy Mohlman SALT LAKE CITY — Forget Pink Floyd’s enigmatic exploration of “The Dark Side of the Moon” — those who have traveled into the recesses of the dark side of a million dollars will never...
View ArticleMint trillion-dollar coins to solve debt ceiling?
These three $20 gold coins minted in 1875, 1877 and 1879 (and cashed in St. George at a Zions Bank in 2009) would be worth nothing next to trillion-dollar coins if such coins were ever minted. (Stuart...
View ArticleSome people are so poor, all they have is money [VIDEO]
Alysa Kleinman, FamilyShare What matters most to you? What do you spend your time dreaming about? Fame? Success? Fortune? (reddit) Or is it something totally different? Is it family? God? Finding...
View ArticleAmerica’s debtors’ prisons: Poor people in Ohio being locked up for failure...
Courts in Ohio are illegally throwing poor people in jail for being unable to pay their debts, a new report by the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret...
View ArticleLoving kids to debt: Older Americans in trouble for ‘helping’ children
Connie and Kay Wells in their home in West Valley City, Utah with photographs of their children and grandchildren behind them. (Michael De Groote, Deseret News) Michael De Groote The first thing...
View ArticleHome no loan: Should you pay off your mortgage early?
Terry Moore stands outside her condo in American Fork, which she chose to pay off with insurance money after her husband died. Photo taken Monday, April 29, 2013. (Tom Smart, Deseret News) Michael De...
View ArticleOne third of millenials regret going to college
University of Utah students are conferred their degrees during commencement in Salt Lake City Thursday, May 2, 2013. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News) Devon Merling One third of millennials regret...
View ArticleDangerous revenge: Beating credit card companies at their own game
It is possible to save a lot of money using credit cards — but it is a dangerous game. (401kcalculator.org via flickr) Michael De Groote Michael Dolan remembers that day 10 years ago in Michigan when...
View ArticleDebt causing ‘significant stress’ in Americans’ lives
One in four American households feel debt is causing significant stress in their lives. (“meddygarnet” via flickr) Michael De Groote Debt is stressing a lot of Americans. A new report by Mintel, a...
View ArticlePixie dust: how Stockton gambled its way from bad to worse
A man walks his bicycle past a grocery store Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Stockton, Calif. A red, white and blue sign declaring Stockton an “All-America City” still adorns City Hall, but the building’s...
View ArticleAdding to our debt is like freeclimbing El Capitan
By: Timothy R. Clark Studies confirm that the average college freshman in America goes to bed around 1 a.m. Why the nocturnal pattern? They didn’t go to bed that late as high school seniors. Why the...
View ArticleAmericans feel less financially secure with fiscal cliff looming on the horizon
More Americans are worried about their finances as the BankRate.com Financial Security Index fell to 97.1 percent in November, which is the third-lowest result of the year. (shutterstock.com) Joey...
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