• The College Girl’s Guide to Credit

    The College Girl’s Guide to Credit

    I’ll just charge it. The solution to every shopping problem any girl has ever had. It’s quick. It’s efficient. And swiping a pretty piece of plastic that closely resembles a gift card distances you from the reality that eventually you’ll have to actually pay that money.

  • The Weekly Ten: Gen-Y Recessionista Tips

    The Weekly Ten: Gen-Y Recessionista Tips

    This week I was perusing USA Today and stumbled upon an article that struck me as, frankly, a bit terrifying. The article screamed HUGE DEBT, NO SAVINGS in my face, warning all of us in “Gen-Y” (that group of seventeen – twenty-somethings) that we’re the only generation unlikely to out-succeed our parents financially.

  • Paper or Plastic?

    Paper or Plastic?

    You ever see those visa check card commercials where they show a fantastic shopping plaza where everyone is happily swiping away *swipe swipe swipe… until that jerk comes along, coin pouch in hand, and holds up the whole line? Yeah, that jerk is usually me.

  • Money Matters: Summer Jobs, Anyone?

    Money Matters: Summer Jobs, Anyone?

    You’re so busy with classes (and a rockin’ social life), you can’t seem to get ahead in the finance field. Sure, summer might be a great time to soak up some sun for those college students who are lucky enough NOT to be struggling with student loans, car payments, credit card bills, etc. But for a large majority of us, summer is the time to keep working our asses off… and get paid.

  • Money Matters: 5 Easy Ways to Boost Your Credit Score

    Money Matters: 5 Easy Ways to Boost Your Credit Score

    It’s easy to throw down your MasterCard and forget about how much your text books cost for…

  • Money Matters Lesson 2: Credit Cards vs. Debit Cards

    Money Matters Lesson 2: Credit Cards vs. Debit Cards

    [College kids are notorious for being poor. And why shouldn’t we be? We take out student loans to…