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• If You Run Into Trouble with Your Cell Phone
  If you run into trouble using or paying for your cell phone there are things you can do: Problems with Service (i.e.. If you run into trouble using or paying for your cell phone there are things you can do: Problems with Service (i.e. getting a connection) First thing
• 16 Warning Signs You Could Be Heading for Financial Trouble
  We’ve all done it before – forgotten to pay a bill on time, charged more on our credit cards than we should, etc. But there are some financial “red flags” you should pay attention to realize that without a course correction, you’re headed for financial trouble.. – forgotten to pay a bill on time, charged more on
• Mortgage Counseling If You're Having Trouble Paying Your Mortgage
  If you are having difficulty making your monthly mortgage payment or even facing foreclosure you cannot afford to wait and hope that you can resolve the issue later. If you are behind on your mortgage you can be faced with foreclosure, and sooner than you may realize.. If you are having difficu
• Helping People Who Are Having Trouble Making Ends Meet
  Dealing with finances can evoke numerous responses in people – anxiety, confidence, fear, panic, confusion, intense interest or disinterest, etc. When people are in financially turbulent times, their normal feelings and attitudes about money are intensified Recognize that when you are talking to som
• I am not sure how to help someone who is in financial trouble and is looking to me for assistance.
  Every day people find themselves facing sudden, unexpected or unwanted life changes that affect their ability to earn money, pay bills, and make choices to keep life working for themselves and their families. Young people, college graduates, seniors, single parents, middle-aged workers – none of us
• Purchase Insurance to Protect your Blended Families’ Assets
  It is important to talk with your spouse about how you will financially and legally protect your family. While it can be easy for insurance to seem like another “to do” on a long list of to dos for your new family, purchasing insurance can be critical to ensure that you don’t run into financial
• Which IRA Is Best?
  IRAs offer you a way to create tax-advantaged retirement savings. But with three flavors to choose from - Roth, deductible or nondeductible - figuring out which IRA is the most appropriate for your retirement savings and investment plan can be confusing.. IRAs offer you a way to c
• Money is tight... what I can afford?
  You might be like millions of Americans who dread opening up their monthly credit card statements, or who haven't actually balanced their checkbook for months…or longer. If you feel like you don't have any control over your money, the reality is it's controlling you.. You might be like million
• When Debt is Overwhelming You
  As a single mother Dana is used to making her income stretch. But with the rising cost of basic necessities like gas, food and utilities, and her growing son's needs, her paycheck isn't stretching far enough.. As a single mother Dana is used to making her income stretch. But with the
• What People Like You Are Doing Right!
  Sometimes it helps to know there are people just like you, facing the same financial issues you're facing. Look at a few examples to see what simple steps they're taking now to secure their financial future.. Sometimes it helps to know there are people just like you, facing the same
• Mortgage Foreclosure Scams to Be on the Lookout For
  Unfortunately there are people who look to prey on people in financially vulnerable situations like those facing foreclosure. There are two main types of scams to be on the lookout for: Equity skimming.. Unfortunately there are p
• Tips for Maintaining Specialty Insurance Coverage
• Tips for Maintaining Specialty Insurance Coverage
  As with any insurance, once you have obtained coverage it’s important that you do everything you need to in order to maintain coverage. Here are some tips to do so: Whether you are purchasing an annual policy or a single-time/one-use policy (i.. As with any insurance, on
• Insurance Policies and Individual Annuities with AIG
  AIG insurance policyholders know that the federal government is stepping in to make sure AIG’s parent company would not go bankrupt. The government made an 85 billion bridge loan (charging 11.. AIG insurance policyholders know that the federal government is stepping in to make sure AIG’s paren
• Ways to Afford, and Pay for, Your Home Heating Bill this Winter
  If the rise in home heating prices is really more than your budget can absorb, there are resources to help you. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a government-funded and run program to help eligible low-income families meet their home heating needs.. If the rise in home heati
• Immigration Issues for Multigenerational Families
  Immigration is the top reason for the formation of multigenerational families. Immigrants come to the U.. Immigration is the top reason for the formation of multigenerational families. Immigrants come to the U.S. – either legally or illegally – and send for or encourage their imme
• Insurance Policies and Individual Annuities with AIG
  AIG insurance policyholders know that the federal government made an 85 billion bridge loan (charging 11.5% interest) to provide the liquidity that the company needs to keep functioning.. AIG insurance policyholders know that the federal government made an 85 billion bridge loan (chargi
• Setting Boundaries
  Depending on the suddenness or severity of their situation, people in financial distress may feel desperate. Often people in such stressful situations have trouble respecting others’ boundaries or limitations.. Depending on the suddenness or severity of their situation, people in finan
• What are the costs and risks involved in annuities?
  The costs of owning an annuity can include: annual fees for the insurance company’s guarantees and administrative services annual or periodic management fee charged by the mutual funds or other underlying investments and the sales commission paid to the salesperson. These fees will usually be quoted
• Finances
  The personal finance statistics for military families are sobering. A 2006 national survey found that: 22% of all servicemembers reported occasionally or usually having trouble paying bills 26% of all servicemembers have not invested for their future financial needs and goals within the past two yea
• Identity Theft
  Identity theft. While it may be a relatively new form of crime, it’s catching on frighteningly fast.. Identity theft. While it may be a relatively new form of crime, it’s catching on frighteningly fast. In fact the FBI calls identity theft one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States and est
• Tips to Save on Energy Costs
  Energy costs are already resulting in higher prices for consumers to pay to heat and cool their homes and apartments and to pay for gasoline. Following are some tips on how to save on energy costs (both at home and the pump) as well as available resources if you are having trouble paying your home e
• What Bankruptcy Does and Doesn’t Fix
  Filing for bankruptcy won’t fix any underlying financial strains that could have contributed to you declaring bankruptcy in the first place. For example, if you don’t have enough income to cover your regular expenses, declaring bankruptcy won’t help you bring in additional income..
• What is a Credit Counseling Agency
  Credit counseling agencies are nonprofit organizations that provide financial counseling and education to clients who are having significant trouble managing their debts. Credit counseling agencies offer a wide array of services to help people that need to get a handle on their use of credit and lea
• Tips for Using Credit Wisely
  Julia was a 19-year-old college sophomore when she got her first credit card application in the mail. The campus post office floor was littered with them.. Julia was a 19-year-old college sophomore when she got her first credit card application in the mail. The campus post office
• Can You Afford Not To?
  You may find that starting your business is more of a necessity than a choice. If your employer closes or moves and you don’t have many other job opportunities in your area, working for yourself may be your only option.. You may find that starting your business is more of a necessity than a choi
• What's New
  This section will list new articles, features and tools to the Tomorrowsmoney.org suite of sites as they are posted. Refer back to this section regularly to see what new information we have to share to help your audiences gain control over their personal financial planning to create a more financial
• Digging Out of Debt
  THE SECRET to paying off credit-card debt is really very simple: All you need to do is earn more than you spend, and apply the savings toward paying down your debt. So then what makes tackling credit-card debt so hard ? Sadly, many seem to be losing the battle of the credit-card balance. Consider th
• The Financial Side of Homeownership
  Buying a home is the single largest financial commitment that most people ever make. By taking some time to think about and plan how you will maintain your investment and stay current on your mortgage, you can create some good financial habits at the outset of homeownership that will pay off for yea
• Recovering From Bankruptcy and Re-Establishing Your Credit
  If you have filed for bankruptcy you have been through a very stressful, and probably humiliating, time in your life. It can be traumatizing to realize that you have hit rock bottom financially and you may feel panicked or shaky about what this means for your future.. If you have filed for ban
• What's New This Month
  July '09 : IOUs Issued by the State of California Strapped for cash, the state of California has started issuing more than 3 billion in IOUs to businesses, individual tax payers and county governments to whom it owes money. California state government officials have indicated that the IOUs – which
• Story File
  The SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education seeks to provide you with the best information, tools and resources available to help your followers become more financially literate. We have compiled this story file based on year-round evergreen topics.. Investor Education seeks to provide you with the b
• Living on Less: What to Do When Your Pay is Cut
  Every day workers of all types, across all industries, get the bad news from their boss that their pay is going to be cut. Whether it’s because your company is going through a tough financial stretch, or because the economy at large is making it impossible for your employer to make payroll, or becau
• What to Do When It Becomes Difficult to Pay Your Mortgage
  Change happens. When you bought your home you may have budgeted carefully and never anticipated having difficulty making your mortgage payment.. Change happens. When you bought your home you may have budgeted carefully and never anticipated having difficulty making your mortgage payment. But ma
• Dealing with Deployment
  Deployment is a stressful time for every member of the family. By taking time to talk together as a family, and separately as a couple, you can better manage both the emotional and logistical aspects of being apart from your servicemember.. Deployment is a stressful time for every member of