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People often reduce their spending after their pay is cut or they lose their jobs. But a new Pew Research Center survey shows that the new frugality many people are embracing could have long-term impact on the ...

Whether they earn the league minimum or a superstar's salary, football players have to know the basics of handling money to succeed financially. Michael DeMocker/The Times-Picayune New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew ...

The social media revolution has given way to a generation of tech-savvy and interconnected young Americans. Youthful social media users share their personal lives online, tweeting and posting everything from their ...

A s a financial planner, Christopher Brown's job is helping clients prepare to pay for retirement, college for their kids and the unexpected. But even he was caught off-guard earlier this year when his 75-year-old father ...

For countless Americans struggling to make their mortgage payments, the problems have just begun. Although a loan modification or foreclosure might let them put their housing problems behind them, millions will be dogged ...

Starting Thursday, a number of changes to federal student loans go into effect for new and current borrowers. Among them: • All federal loans are now direct from the U.S. Department of Education, rather than through ...

Given that consumer debt levels have barely budged from record highs and that many boomers had been depending on home price appreciation for retirement, we believe the recent housing price declines will cause somewhat of ...

Designer boots, Texas barbecue, Droid phones, diet plans: you name it, you can likely find an online discount coupon for your purchase. Whether printed off the computer and carried into a store or used while shopping ...

Investors seeking relief from the nearly 16 percent drop in the Standard & Poor's 500 index since April 23 are pinning their hopes on corporate profits. As second-quarter earnings season starts this week with ...

Terry Savage is a personal finance columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times because that is a thing newspapers need probably. Usually she blabbers on about student loans and annuities and such, but her latest column is VERY IMPORTANT FOR AMERICA. Last week she was in the back seat of a car in some rich ...