Personal Finance Highlights

What is an IRA?

Janet Bodnar helps you find money in some unlikely places.

What different types of accounts are there?

The Dolans discuss where to look for extra cash.

Learn about the single status on a tax return in this video that will help you prepare for tax returns.

From cultural events and reduced-cost classes to sporting events and more, these places have plenty to offer retirees.

Learn how to claim deductions for education expenses in this video that will help you prepare for tax returns.

The Dolans discuss your most important financial tool : how to create a do-able budget

What is a 401k?

In this time of the "Great Recession" many of us are having difficulties with finances. It becomes hard to keep track of what you paid, what you have left, and how much you still owe. In these trying economic times a free product like Quicken Online can be a ray of sunshine. Quicken Online makes it easy to link your online bank accounts together, to create a monthly and annual household budget and to see at a glance how much money you have left each day, week, month and year.

Tips on how to make your money go further during the school year without the stress.

In this video, Mr. Barnett reviews some important aspects on managing your money in college, like how to develop a budget

Jeff Thomas, mortgage advisor, explains the steps you have to go through when buying a house, like what is the lending process

In this finance video learn how you can lower your fixed costs and save money.

Independent Financial Expert, Alvin Hall answers parents and students’ questions on how to survive the financial pressures of university life. New research reveals almost a third of 17 – 25 year olds starting university in the autumn will live at home to save money. A quarter of students-to-be believe that the economy is so bad that getting into debt is inevitable and a third think that soon the costs of going to university will outweigh the benefits.