What happens to your money directly affects the quality of your life -- not your stockbroker's life or your banker's life, but YOUR life.

A cash advance on a credit card is one of the worst types of borrowing because the interest rate is typically 21 percent or more.

People first, then money, then things.

No one's ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that's abandoned by February.

Money is such an amazing teacher: What you choose to do with your money shows whether you are truly powerful or powerless.

Cash - in savings accounts, short-term CDs or money market deposits - is great for an emergency fund. But to fulfill a long-term investment goal like funding your retirement, consider buying stocks. The more distant your financial target, the longer inflation will gnaw at the purchasing power of your money.

When it comes to tackling your financial goals, whatever they might be, there's no time like the present.