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 look at my annual budgets for everything and anything, and I look to see where I can save the most money on those items. Saving 30% to 50% buying in bulk - replenishable items from toothpaste to soup, or whatever I use a lot of - is the best guaranteed return on investment you can get anywhere.

Great work, professional relationships, and learning experiences compound over time, much the way money does - investing $100 today creates much more value than investing $100 a decade from now.

Companies figured out that the easiest way to make money was to reissue records that the accounting department had paid for years ago and already made a profit.

New policy tools, which helped the Federal Reserve respond to the financial crisis and Great Recession, are likely to remain useful in dealing with future downturns.