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December 16, 2024
A 28-year-old software developer in Portland tracked every purchase under $10 for six months. The total: $4,340. That’s more than her car insurance, renter’s insurance, and phone bill combined for...
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December 07, 2024
A 2023 survey by Mint found that 65% of Americans don’t know how much they spent last month. Not a rough estimate. No idea at all. Meanwhile, most personal finance...
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November 26, 2024
A MIT professor ran an auction for sold-out Celtics tickets. Half the bidders could only pay cash. The other half used credit cards. The credit card group bid more than...
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November 13, 2024
Last year, a 28-year-old product designer named Sara pulled three months of bank statements and sat down with a highlighter. She’d been earning $65,000 for two years and had saved...
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November 07, 2024
Last summer a friend flew back from two weeks in Southeast Asia convinced she’d stayed under budget. She’d tracked nothing, converted prices in her head using rough guesses, and paid...
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October 30, 2024
The average American household spent $3,639 on food away from home in 2023, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s about $303 per month. For younger adults living in...
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October 23, 2024
The average American household spent $6,084 on groceries in 2023 — that’s $507 per month. But ask most people what they spend on food at home, and you’ll hear something...
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October 15, 2024
Last month, a friend of mine pulled up her bank statement and counted 47 separate coffee shop transactions. Lattes, cold brews, the occasional oat milk cortado. Total damage: $283. She...
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October 09, 2024
A Bank of America survey found that 73% of Americans consider themselves “savers” — but fewer than half have a monthly budget. The gap between intention and action is where...
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