Archive for 'Marriage and Divorce' Category
Monthly Financial Meetings With Your Spouse
29 September 2006One of the series of articles I like a lot is CNN’s “Millionaires in the Making,” which spotlight people who have good personal finance habits that will eventually lead them to become millionaires. I think they’re great because they often have both good ideas sprinkled in there and some examples of stuff the couples really [...]
Wedding Costs: Don’t Get Too Expensive
13 September 2006This should be a no-brainer, but if you care about your finances, and you make a normal salary, you shouldn’t be spending $50,000 to $100,000 on your wedding. But It’s Just Money is preparing for a wedding and has been browsing through some wedding message boards, noticing some truly nutty approaches to the wedding budget. [...]
Warning: Divorce Can Ruin Your Credit Rating
30 August 2006Everyone knows that divorce can be costly. But you may not have heard about one of the hidden risks - that a divorce could well destroy your credit rating. This article by John Ulzheimer gives us the scoop. Obviously there’s not a factor in your credit score based on how many times you’ve been divorced. But your accounts [...]
Keeping A Married Couple From Having Fights About Money
21 August 2006Gerri Willis on CNN has some advice on tips to keep your marriage “financially fit.” The most important of these, I think, is the full disclosure advice. I’m not sure I’d go so far as exchanging credit reports like they’re wedding vows - but you should at a minimum be telling your future spouse about [...]
Advice to Women in Divorce: Give Up The House
13 August 2006Here’s a tip you hopefully won’t ever have to use, but you should file it away in your mind just in case you ever do. Linda Stern has a new article out on the big problems women can face financially in divorces. I’m not going to touch her perpetual alimony suggestion with a ten-foot pole [...]