Gelt (Finances)

Adjectives give 'flavor and taste' to the plain old English noun. However, the descriptive character of an adjective can often go from meaningless to the ridiculous...

1. What percentage of Americans  has enough savings to cover an unexpected $500 car repair or a $1,000 emergency room visit?

Teaching children the value of money and financial responsibility is one of the most practical and important lessons children can learn. Our consumption-driven society has never been more fiscally irresponsible. In 2006, the savings rate was a negative 1 percent! So on average, people not only spent every dollar they made, but also had to either go into debt or draw on their savings to spend even more. There hasn’t been a savings rate this low since the Great Depression. Of course, during the Great Depression, the unemployment rate was at 25% – today it’s less than 5%. Back then, people were forced to spend more than they earned just to take care of their basic necessities.

If you want financial advice the wise King Solomon once said this, “Money that comes easily disappears quickly, but money that is gathered little by little will grow.” Proverbs 13:11.

I needed some money for food and stuff.

I looked into my "impressive" checking account into which my pay gets automatically deposited and saw $2.63 in it and my account for spending had .93 cents in it (which was an improvement from the .84 cents that was in it at another point.) I had some plans to make a trip to go visit a Jewish friend in another state for the week of my birthday that was coming up.

When we think about saving money we usually think about things we can cut out of our spending, but sometimes the best way to save money is not to spend less, but to spend more.

Owning a home is a classic American dream.

Well, tax time is here again and it strikes fear in the hearts of many Americans.