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By: Howard Dvorkin

Getting preapproved for a loan can save you time and aggravation, not to mention keep you from paying too much for a new car.

By: Howard Dvorkin

This month’s Debt.com scholarship winner for aggressive scholarship applicants plans to work as a nurse after she graduates from college.

By: Howard Dvorkin

Don’t give in to your kids’ demands. Use back to school shopping as an opportunity to teach them about the value of money.

By: Howard Dvorkin

Research from The Federal Reserve suggests it can determine your income and wealth by age. Its report found a correlation between the economic climate of the decade you were born, and the wealth you have accrued to date.

By: Howard Dvorkin

If they’re not careful, what millennials don’t know about money might also kill them. They underestimate the need for health insurance, keeping housing costs down, and financial planning for the loss of their parents.

By: Howard Dvorkin

Where will credit cards be in 5-10 years? Probably nowhere good. Credit cards have become so important to our daily lives that we might as well consider them like a cell phone. Can you imagine living without either? Yet both are more confusing than they need to be.

By: Howard Dvorkin

You can save a lot of money online shopping on Amazon Prime Day. However, Amazon makes it a little tricky. The date isn’t the same every year and the deals change rapidly. Be careful and only buy what you need.

By: Howard Dvorkin

The Federal Reserve rate hike sounds intimidating and confusing, but here is the bottom line: If you don’t pay off your credit cards every month, you’ll probably pay more.

By: Howard Dvorkin

A new study says the lower your socioeconomic status, the greater the changes in your brain. It’s yet more evidence of a link between debt and mental health.

By: Howard Dvorkin

Financial experts have long known that mental health and financial health are tightly linked. Money may not buy happiness but being happy is fiscally good

By: Howard S. Dvorkin | Source: Entrepreneur

More than a decade ago, I was drinking in a New Jersey bar with a fairly well-known Major League Baseball player. The bar is called the Stone Pony, and it’s a local legend in its Asbury Park neighborhood. Maybe that’s why the star athlete decided to buy it — right then and there.

By: Howard Dvorkin

Katie Waples has five siblings, four parents, and big plans. The 17-year-old from Billings, Montana, wants to be a nurse — not just as a career, but as a calling. This is what she told Debt.com.