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Almost one full month into the new year, you still have time to make a lasting resolutions if you do it right. Experts share these tips.

Fewer students will qualify for grant money, and federal student loans will get more expensive.

No need to make massive life changes to save money. Baby step your way to saving.

Studies show folks over 50 are the fastest-growing segment of the fitness population, and with good reason: staying active and fit can help you live longer.

Every year you promise not to wait until the last minute to figure out your taxes, but always find yourself scrambling come April. Here are five easy ways to get your taxes in order for 2012 and maximize your returns. 

These cars can help you save money and shed pounds. Drive on to a New Year's resolution.

If your 2011 financial history involved a string of late payments, dealing with foreclosure, or having accounts go to collections, your credit score probably took a beating. Here are 12 steps get you on the road to fixing your financials. 

Boomers watched their nest eggs take a substantial hit over the last three years, but some experts are saying 2012 will be rife with opportunities to get savings back on track.

Save money and free up some cash with these New Year's resolutions.

Need an excuse to get a mortgage in the new year? We have five. Actually, four-and-a-half.  

If your New Year's resolutions from last year have gone unresolved, you're not alone. Now a new year offers another opportunity to achieve your goals, and these nine tips should help you keep to your New Year's resolutions.

You've thought about cutting through the chaos and putting order in your financial life. With the new year, now's the time to get going.

Working in the public sector has become simply a means to make money: The ability to monetize public sector experience makes private sector paychecks seem like chicken feed. 

While Ronald Reagan burned inside with an enthusiasm for the core values of this nation, Mitt’s fires  weren’t strong enough to light the nation…or at least more than half of it.

President Obama swung wildly at Mitt Romney’s tax plan during the first debate, claiming it would “cost” about $5 trillion. When Mitt denied that was true, the only counter punch the president came up with was that Mitt was a liar. 

Most Americans need to be reminded of just how many promises this president has broken. When you truly believe the government can fix almost anything, you’re bound to promise much more than can be fulfilled.

We expect hypocrisy in an election year. But the complete re-writing of history by politicians looking to exonerate their own guilt and foist it on others is inexcusable. 

Since the Romney camp didn’t really have a brand, they let the Obama team box them into a negative one. That changed last night. 

Why Ben Bernanke should have listened to his hero -- and critic -- in 2008.

If this country is going to start achieving success like it used to, it has to stop punishing success.