This post is from staff writer April Dykman, who recently wrote about the wonders of goat-milk caramel. Recently staff writer Sierra Black wrote about ways to get financially prepared for the holiday season. By thinking about savings and gift preparations now, you can avoid a shocker of a credit card bill after the new year. [...]

This is a guest post from Robert Brokamp of The Motley Fool. Robert is a Certified Financial Planner, the adviser for The Motley Fool’s Rule Your Retirement service, and the husband of Elizabeth Brokamp, who has written a darling Halloween-themed children’s book, The Picky Little Witch. I have a confession: I am an “awfulizer.” I’m [...]

When Kris and I attended our college reunion last month, we met many folks from other classes. For instance, I chatted with Harvey Gail, who graduated ten years before we did. We had plenty to talk about anyhow. Turns out Gail is the executive director of the Financial Planners Association of Oregon and Southwest Washington. [...]

This is a guest post by Alexandra Levit, a formerly nationally syndicated columnist for the Wall Street Journal, and Money Magazine’s Online Career Expert of the Year. Levit works with organizations as diverse as the Obama administration and Microsoft, and has written the new book Blind Spots: The 10 Business Myths You Can’t Afford to [...]