Personal Finance Buzz

Leaving aside my deep skepticism that real estate is the best way to make money in today's world, I did notice, thanks to the first time I've played Monopoly in years, some lessons that could be learned from Monopoly.

If you look hard enough, there are personal finance lessons to be learned at nearly every turn—on TV, at the movies, and … by observing your pets, and listening to geese honk in the sky?

I'm here to share with you five financial lessons I've learned from Angry Birds. The game, Angry Birds, has had a profound impact on finances.

This is a quick history of how we built an allowance system while our son and daughter were growing up. Some of the lessons learned were intentional, but many were a nice by-product.