Let's face it: Even the best budgets can't always predict your actual expenses. Things happen. Unexpected costs arise. That's life. That's why it's so useful to review your budget after a project is ...

Calculating how far a number has declined from one year to the next is pretty easy if you are only considering a one year period. You subtract the current year's number from last year's number, then ...

The cost of investing has come down dramatically over time, as commissions have fallen so far that it's easy to buy and sell shares cheaply. Yet there are other trading costs beyond brokerage ...