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1. Outreach: MoneyWi$e financial education for the military
   Watch a YouTube video about Consumer Action's financial literacy outreach to military families.
2. Press: Save to keep the American dream
   While I’d never bet against the American dream, I would say it’s time to quit borrowing heavily against it. Most of us must take out a mortgage to buy a house or tap into student…
3. Books: The Little Book of Safe Money
   The Little Book of Safe Money: How to Conquer Killer Markets, Con Artists, and Yourself is a guide to keeping your money safe from The Wall Street Journal’s investing and personal finance columnist, Jason Zweig. “Keeping…
4. Press: Declare your financial independence
   While Independence Day comes just once a year, millions of consumers are mired in financial dependence day after day. Too many count on credit cards and their next paycheck just to get by. The Fourth…
5. Press: Consumers saving but won’t curb spending for long
   We’d all like to think the Great Recession has taught us a lesson about the dangers of overspending. New terms have entered the popular lexicon: “deleveraging” (a fancy word for paying off debt) and “the…
6. Press: Confessions of former debt collectors
   I was absolutely ruthless when I first started out as a debt collector. I had a black heart. If someone told me they only had $150 to their name this month and needed to feed…
7. Press: Your money, not your age, signals when it’s time to retire
   My husband and I are hoping to retire - or at least reduce our work schedules - when our youngest child, who is now 9, graduates from college. We decided to wait until that benchmark…
8. Press: Secrets of extreme savers
   You can put away a lot more than the average American without living a deprived life.
9. Press: Sears brings back the Christmas club
   Remember when people used to save for future expenses like vacations and Christmas? Sears is bringing the Depression-era concept back with its own version of a Christmas club. “While it’s still sunny out, it’s time…
10. Press: How to get the most happiness for your buck
    Researchers have long known that money can make you happier—though the effect wears off after you earn $75,000 a year, says Princeton University’s Angus Deaton and Daniel Kahneman. And happiness experts have found that experiences…
11. Press: 9 new ways to manage your money
    At Finovate, 56 companies vied to be the next big thing in personal finance. From pay-by-smartphone to smarter banking, here’s what was new and cool.
12. Press: Americans plan to maintain their level of charitable giving
    Americans who donate to charity intend to keep their level of giving about the same this holiday season despite the lagging economy, a national survey released today shows. About 62% of donors said they would…
13. Press: Make money in 2011: Your goals
    The past three years have been tough on everyone’s bottom lines. Here is how CNNMoney readers are planning to get ahead in 2011.
14. Press: My spending fast: I paid off $18,000 in a year
    I ride the bus. A lot. Usually, twice a day. That has saved me approximately $1,400 over the past year. In January 2010, I started what I called a spending fast. For a full year,…
15. Press: Las nuevas reglas de las finanzas personales
    Cinco ideas para cumplir con sus propósitos de ahorro y reducción de deuda en el nuevo año Durante la recesión, mucha gente redescubrió el poder del ahorro. Ahora, comen afuera menos, posponen la compra de…
16. Press: Retirement has changed
    Retirement planning is a whole new world when compared with the reliable three-legged stool that the World War II generation relied on. “They had Social Security, pension plans and personal savings,” says Robert Krakower, a…
17. Press: Family finance: Fibs could mean big trouble
    Could the latest iPhone or a new pair of platform heels signal marital trouble? It could, if you hide the purchase from your spouse. Research shows that roughly a third of couples admit to lying…
18. Press: Sanity-saving last-minute holiday shopping tips
    There are only about 10 days of holiday shopping left. But who’s counting? All of the businesses trying to get you to shop and ship faster in honor of their made-up holidays, that’s who. Green…