This is the first entry in a five part series this week on the stages of a relationship and how you can make financially sound choices throughout. Other entries include engagements, weddings, honeymoons, and marriages.
It’s a coming-of-age routine that almost everyone goes through at some point. You’re introduced to someone. That person seems interesting. Eventually, [...]

Tax season has probably never meant more to taxpayers than it does this year.  As we prepare our 2008 tax returns the government is spending billions of dollars of our tax money in an effort to unfreeze credit markets and stimulate the economy.
Stock Market Losses
At the same time, many of us saw the value of [...]

Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance topics and many other things. Got a question? Ask it in the comments. You might also enjoy the archive of earlier reader mailbags.
As usual, we’ll start things off with a [...]