Saving & Spending

MAKING BREAD Celebrates MOTHERS WHO KNOW BEST—
And the Smart Money Lessons They Taught Us!

The Taxman Cometh
Ways to Postpone the Inevitable If You Can´t Pay Uncle Sam

Almost Everything You Need to Know—but Were Afraid to Ask—About Annuities
And Why Women, in Particular, Should Consider Them

Are You About to Commit Vehicular Budget-cide?
The Simple Choice of What Kind of Car You Drive Can End Up Costing You Millions—or Making You a Millionaire

Thinking About Bonding with Government Bonds?
Look Before You Leap into the Arms of Uncle Sam´s Securities as a Safe Alternative to the Stock Market

Tax Tips for the Unemployed
Employ These Strategies to Minimize IRS´s Bite When You Can Least Afford It

War & the Economy—How Will Your Pocketbook and Portfolio Be Hit by the Iraqi Conflict?
Let These Lessons from the Past Be Your Financial Guide

Last-Minute Help for Tax Procrastinators
Don´t Overlook These Often-Missed Deductions in Your Haste to File on Time

Light-Bulb Moments!
Smart Ideas to Help You Solve Your Home Energy Crisis

It´s the Best Investment in the Universe!
Thanks to His Kid IRA, My 18-Year-Old Son´s Net Worth at Retirement Will Be Out of This World. (How Does $1.5 Million More Than If He´d Started Saving at 24 Sound?)

Charging into Trouble?
A Spendaholic Reveals the Credit-Card Strategies That Got Her Where She Is Today

Because Your PAYCHECK Isn´t Elastic . . .
Know How to HARNESS the Power of Your PLASTIC!

The Sky Is Falling. Time to Buy Sky!
It´s a Bargain-Hunters´ Market, Says This Financial Analyst

Second in a Series of Breadwinner Interviews

MAKING BREAD Talks with . . .Angela Nissel, Author of The Broke Diaries
If You´re Broke, How Do You Fix That? Here´s Some Priceless Advice!

The Facts That Every Woman (No Matter What Her Age) Must Know About Retirement
Read This Article—Unless You Want to Work Forever!

The Great Accounting:
Learn How One Couple Shaved $10,000 from Their Expenses Last Year—And Still Had a Good Time!

Don´t Get Taken for a Ride When You Take Your Car in for Repairs!
MAKING BREAD’s Crash Course in Talking with Your Auto Mechanic

Don’t Let No Money Keep Your Kids from Earning Mo’ Money!
Here’s Where to Find the Scholarships, Loans and Grants to Help Pay for Your Children´s College Education

MAKING BREAD’s EGG-CELLENT ADVENTURE
Hunting—High and Low—for Savings to Feather Your Nest Egg

A Parent´s Dilemma:

How Can I Afford the High Cost of Higher Education for My Children?
Study These Smart Ways to Save for Your Kids´ College Tuition

How Low Can I Owe?
If You Dread Tax Time, Here´s How You Can Ease—and Even Postpone—the Pain

WRY BREAD: A Slice of My Life in Pursuit of Dough

Spending Seemed to Run in the Family, Until the Day My Father Died

MAKING BREAD´s Top 10 Failed Financial New Year´s Resolutions
Many make them; few keep them. Will this be the year we all learn to "buck the trend"?

Hard Lessons of September 11
Millions of People Are Asking: What Would My Family Do Without Me? Protect the People You Love with This Financial Safety Net

Put Your Grocery Bill on a Diet!
Follow This Savvy Mom´s Advice and You´ll Save 25 Percent on Food and Household Products

Your Greatest Asset Isn´t Your House Or Your Hedge Fund . . . It’s Your Health!
Here Are 9 Easy Ways to Protect It

To Buy or Not to Buy....Oil Tank Insurance?
How not being ´penny wise, pound foolish´ saved this writer $50,000

Making Bread Budgeteer
Tips and tricks to help you trim the excess—and plan for success

Smart Shopper Chronicles
One woman´s passionate take on what sets spenders and savers apart

Kids ´R´ Costly!
Try these 9 smart financial moves for first-time parents

Pat the Bunny, Honey!
Sure, they´re funny, but are those touchy-feely baby books really worth the money?

QUOTABLE

I don´t know much about being a millionaire, but I´ll bet I´d be darling at it.

--Dorothy Parker


A woman who earns $45,000 a year will make $2 million in her lifetime. What are you going to do with your millions?

--From "Making Bread: The Ultimate Financial Guide for Women Who Need Dough"

Fresh Bread Money Blog Women Carrying Shopping Bags

In the blog…
Top 10 Things You Can Do to Stay Out of the Mall This Weekend…and other
money–saving strategies.

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