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With interest rates at record lows, there’s never been a better time to save money on your mortgage. But watch out for pitfalls in the rush to refinance, advises MarketWatch’s Andrea Coombes in her Personal Finance Minute.

PayPay recently introduced an account option aimed at teens and young adults. According to PayPal it’s a safer and more secure way for teens to learn to manage money. [video]

If you are in the habit of routinely filing your credit card statements without so much as glancing at the list of charges, you could be losing money without knowing it.

There is a simple way to give yourself a cooling off period before using your credit card to make a big purchase: freeze your assets.

Yesterday, on January 1, 2008, I found $730…! Seven-hundred-and-thirty dollars! Best of all: it is mine to keep — legally. After all, not only did I find it in my own home, but the money actually was mine all along. You see, at the start of last year I determined that each day I would [...]

A financial guide aimed squarely at “Generation Debt’-and their anxious parents-from the country’s most trusted and dynamic source on money matters.

Want a bigger paycheck? It may not be as hard as you think. A lot of people assume that more pay can come only from winning a promotion or finding a new job elsewhere. But there are ways — large and small — to put more money in your pocket each week. Separately, these strategies may not be enough to change your life. But put several together, and they start adding up.