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Consumer financial protection agency celebrates five years of taking action to help consumers

Rita R. Robison / July 26, 2016

In its first five years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a new agency created to help protect consumers in the […]

Baby boomer bloggers write about travel, rural living, and more

Rita R. Robison / July 25, 2016

Carol Cassara of Heart•Mind•Soul is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #458. Cassara urges her readers to

Don’t count on a Republican presidency to help you out in your everyday life

Rita R. Robison / July 22, 2016

During the Republican National Convention this week, we’ve heard the same old themes: smaller government and slashing regulations. The Republican

Baby boomer bloggers write about summer fun, downsizing, careers, and kids who won’t leave home

Rita R. Robison / July 18, 2016

Meryl Baer of Six Decades and Counting is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #457. Baer writes

Baby boomers write about life

Rita R. Robison / July 4, 2016

Tom Sightings from Sightings Over Sixty is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #455. On the Fourth

Baby boomer bloggers write about retirement and their dads

Rita R. Robison / June 21, 2016

Carol Cassara of Heart•Mind•Soul is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #454. Cassara reports boomer bloggers are

Baby boomer bloggers write about setting priorities

Rita R. Robison / May 27, 2016

Tom Sightings of Sightings From Sixty is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #451. The theme for

Baby boomer bloggers write about spring, grandkids, health, and housing

Rita R. Robison / May 4, 2016

Laura Lee Carter of the Adventures of the New Old Farts is the host of the Best of Boomer

Baby boomer bloggers write about energy, homes, fears, travel, and blogs

Rita R. Robison / April 25, 2016

Tom Sightings of Sightings Over Sixty is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #447. Sightings reports spring

This week's top 10 money tips

1. Look for the deepest discounts for Memorial Day sales on Friday through Monday.

2. Check out this list of the vehicles that provide the best fuel economy topped by the Toyota Prius.

3. Take a look at these ways to save money on food since grocery prices are rising at the fastest rate in four years.

4. Use grocery store apps to save money, if you’re a senior, because some seniors are paying more at the grocery store because they don’t use apps.

5. Stay in Airbnbs to save money when you go on vacations.

6. Be prepared when you rent a car because it’s the only way to ensure your vacation doesn’t end with a surprise thousand-dollar bill.

7. Make sure to take advantage of matching investment plans at work.

8. Check out these personal finance tips that work whether you’re 25 or 55.

9. Watch out for imposter scams, which were the No. 1 scam for the ninth year in a row in FTC’s reports.

10. Beware of these scams if you’re buying World Cup tickets.

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