Courtney Reilly-Larke is the deputy editor of Forbes Advisor Canada. Previously, she was the associate editor of personal finance at MoneySense. She was also managing editor of Best Health Magazine ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Debt free millionaire, author and founder of Crush Your Money Goals. According to Experian, the average American’s debt is ...

Struggling to figure out where your money goes each month? You’re not alone. According to a recent survey (PDF File), more than 30% of Americans don't a budget and many feel stressed about their ...

Bernadette Joy is the founder of Crush Your Money Goals. Her media and education programs teaches women how to become financially independent after she and her husband paid off $300,000 of debt and ...

The best way to improve your finances is to arm yourself with knowledge and tools to understand your spending. Learning how to make a budget spreadsheet is a smart financial practice regardless of ...

Making a budget doesn’t have to be a chore. Take the 50/30/20 rule, which provides a simple budgeting framework: Split your after-tax income into three buckets: 50% for needs, 30% for wants, and 20% ...

So you sit down with your financial adviser or consultant, prepare for the brain-numbing task of setting your budget and out comes the routine question - "How much money do you need to make this year?

Recent research from Corporate Insight showed that 42% of people who report feeling moderately stressed about finances say they don’t know how to budget. Fortunately, budgeting is a skill that ...

Planning for your next trip? Check out Benzinga’s 11 steps on how to budget for a vacation can help you save more and get amazing experiences for less. Vacation planning can be fun and stressful.

For many people, planning for retirement seems inherently stressful. There’s the matter of finding an advisor you can trust and acknowledging that you should have already found them, like, yesterday.

Enjoying life’s pleasure and rewarding yourself with treats doesn’t have to derail your financial goals. Allocating a specific portion of your budget for indulgences allows guilt-free spending while ...