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Gift cards can solve holiday problems, but be selective

All I want to give or get for Christmas is cash.

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Don’t let your parents guilt trip you into bailing them out

They took care of you. Now it’s your turn.

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This holiday season, use your smartphone to spend less

If I can’t stop you from the spending madness that is about to take place, at least be…

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Watching after your retirement nest egg can get scary

Financial planners once used the metaphor of a three-legged stool to talk about funding your senior years.

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Trump’s election does not bode well for the CFPB

President-elect Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of the financially stressed middle class. To see how true he…

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Tormented by self-inflicted financial stress? Let it go …

At the beginning of the year, I chose a theme song to help with my New Year’s resolution…

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Happy couples will establish their financial ‘house rules’

I’m feeling like the Cubs right now.

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Are you doing enough to protect your privacy?

It hadn’t happened in a while, so I guess it was time.

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Give your kids financial advice that’s quick and clear

By Michelle Singletary

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New agency needs sufficient clout to protect consumers

They say insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results.

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Even if it’s not their money, heirs often fight over it

By MICHELLE SINGLETARY

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Steep increases force choices about long-term coverage

By Michelle Singletary

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Avoid ‘financial chaos’ by establishing rules for credit

By Michelle Singletary

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Your financial diet is healthiest when it is debt-free

By Michelle Singletary

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Author’s tips will help make Social Security work for you

When it comes to Social Security, the sky is not falling.

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Welcome to Crazy Credit Town, where you need to know the rules

By Michelle Singletary

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Don’t risk toying with a suspected fake IRS scam artist

One of the most insidious scams involves criminals impersonating IRS officials and threatening people with arrests or lawsuits…

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Another story of co-signing gone bad — is there any other kind?

By Michelle Singletary

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Critics say proposals may curb access to credit. Let’s hope so.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has detractors.

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Tying the knot shouldn’t mean breaking the bank

Few personal occasions in our lives come with so much anticipation that common financial sense becomes less common.