When something you use again and again is on sale, take advantage. This strategy doesn't apply to perishable items, and you don't want to buy so much more than you need just to get a deal, but if you know you're going to use a product eventually, it pays to take advantage of the cheaper price.

Knowing where you stand in your quest to accumulate enough money for retirement is an incredibly important part of the planning process.

Anything past 90 days constitutes 'severe,' but all late payments stay on your report for seven years if reported.

If you haven't gotten a raise in the past couple years for a job well done, it might be time to ask for one.

I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

I've always been rapping before I was making money off of it. Before I made a profit, I had always been rapping.

If I ever took a business public, I wouldn't want to take the shares off the table. I don't want people thinking I'm doing it just to make money and then going to run for the hills. I think that's a very important distinction.

I have been an organizer and then activist and a legislator, all of that. But then there's this big gap after I advanced in Congress and ended up as the ranking member of financial services committee. It took me into the financial services issues and Wall Street and Dodd Frank. And it took me away from the things that I did years ago.