When you are ready to start budgeting, you might be wondering what your monthly budgeting percentages should be. There are no hard and fast rules on monthly budgeting percentages, but there are ...

Finances FYI is a weekly series providing straightforward finance tips and best practices to help improve financial literacy. Setting a monthly budget, and sticking to it, can be very difficult. With ...

Inflation has reached record levels, food prices are soaring, and interest rates are affecting everything including credit cards, mortgages and auto loans. But, there are ways to cut back on monthly ...

This is the EASIEST step-by-step walkthrough of how to create a budget on Excel for beginners in 2020! Click "Show More" to ...

Much of the conversation around retirement and financial planning involves making sure you’re financially ready to take the big plunge out of the workforce and into the open seas of life as a retiree.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. According to a recent Bankrate survey, a ...

As a homeowner, you likely save for certain costs every year—property taxes, insurance, utilities and DIY projects—and keep a stash of cash hidden for emergencies. But unlike renting, owning a home ...

The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 an hour since 2009, and there have been calls around the country to raise it to $15 an hour. While the $7.25 federal minimum wage remains, there are a number of ...

There's no set rule for how much of your budget should go toward student loans, but a monthly payment that exceeds 10% of your income could be burdensome. You may be able to reduce payments by ...