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Improve your financial fitness and manage your wealth. Get your finances in shape by taking these steps:

Online holiday shoppers, gear up and hunker down. You could fall victim to serious scams unless you know how to distinguish a legitimate site from a rip-off.

If you’re making major life moves—getting married or having kids—and starting to get the homebuying itch, consider asking yourself these 4 questions.

Before sending all your documents through a paper shredder or filing them in your pile of bills and other records, know what you should keep and what you should throw away.

Some people think that wills are for folks with lots of money and property. The truth is, if you want to make sure a loved one gets your assets when you die, you should make your wishes legally binding. Otherwise, your estate could be tied up in probate court for years with no guarantee your wishes will be honored.

Figuring out what you owe on a medical bill can be confusing at best. You wait for your insurance provider's explanation of benefits, wait for the bill, and try to figure out what part--if any--is your responsibility.

You hear it all the time: “Save the environment.” But if you’re not a scientist or an involved environmentalist, you may think there’s nothing you can do. Not true. A few simple changes in your home practices will have you--and your savings account--seeing green.

When comparing colleges to figure out where to attend, a term that will pop up is the cost of attendance or COA. This term is specifically used to describe the total costs associated with attending a particular school and is officially established by the financial aid office each year.

Parents, are you fed up with your teenagers nickel-and-diming you for the latest clothing that they just must have? Teenagers, are you sick and tired of your parents not understanding why you need those new jeans?

Not all debt is necessarily bad, particularly when it can help you build wealth. It’s important to know the difference between good debt and bad debt and how to sort the good from the bad.