An outline of four reasons why you shouldn’t use debt to make investments. And two reasons why some people do.

Today’s post, adapted from President Lincoln’s famous proclamation, is the Financial Emancipation Proclamation.

To celebrate the birth of our nation and the freedoms that we are afforded, I am writing three posts this week with a twist. Each post is based on an influential document which has given us rights.

I decided to alter the beginning of the Declaration of Independence to create a Financial Declaration of Independence.

Any American who pays even the slightest bit of attention to television commercials or newspaper advertisements has likely seen his or her share of debt relief offers that seem to good to be true.

Credit card debt is wrecking people’s lives as we speak. The lure of the “easy money” ruins a lot of families because credit card holders are too weak to refrain from buying yet another thing they really don’t need.

Louise Tillotson writes for a number of websites, including moneysupermarket.com, on debt management, household budgets, savings and other personal finance topics.

I wrote a mock letter to Dave Ramsey several months ago lamenting the need to sell my car. Well, the deed is done. My baby is gone. And here’s why I’m better for it.

I have a real treat today. Seth Risenmay, the founder of MoneyDesktop.com, answered some questions from me and also graciously offered a promo code for a free 3 month trial of his product.

Our nation has been facing for more than a year now, one of the worst housing price decreases in history. Yet for some reason, many people seem to be confusing how this happened.

I believe marketing helps us gain knowledge of products, services, and opportunities that we might not have otherwise known about. I believe marketers spend everyday trying to open our heads and rewire us to buy their stuff.

A letter to Dave Ramsey about my experiences in selling my stuff to pay down debt.