The Dollar Stretcher Featured Content
Dollar Stretcher Content

• More Meaningful Christmas
  Creating new, more meaningful family traditions.
• Financial Security
  3 practical ways to make yourself more financially secure.
• Buying Organic Foods
  Frugality is a means to self-reliance and independence.
• Financial Decisions
  Creating a comparison you can understand.
• Replacing a Timing Belt
  Is now the time to replace other items?
• Financial Problems
  Easy ways to dig your own financial hole.
• Putting Food By
  Are you prepared to survive tough times and prosper in times that aren't so tough?
• Using Local Library
  How much can you really save by using your local library?
• Tips for holiday tipping
  Advice on who to tip, how much ... and who to stiff
• Paying a mortgage deficiency
  Even after a home is foreclosed, the deficiency comes due
• Financial Forecast 2008
  Bankrate looks back over the events in 2007 that hit consumer pockets and forward to 2008 for ways to stretch earnings
• Plans help fund grandchildren's college
  Several options are available to help you save for your grandchildren's college expenses
• Can solvent pals help fix your credit?
  Piggybacking someone else's credit no longer helps your credit score
• Buying a car with plastic can be risky
  Buying a car with a credit card typically doesn't add up
• Fame & Fortune: Danica McKellar
  Math 'wonder' grows into roles as actress and author
• Upgrade to rewards card without depressing credit
  Want to upgrade a card from standard to rewards but not affect your report? Ask for a bridge to the new account
• Protect yourself from builder's bankruptcy
  What can you do when your home builder goes out of business?
• Homeowners may benefit from relief plans
  A plan to freeze interest rates for some homeowners with ARMs
• Mortgage rates fall to 26-month low
  Mortgage rates have hit their lowest point in more than two years as Fed officials made it crystal clear that the central bank will cut short-term rates next week
• 12 ways to de-commercialize Christmas
  Sick of the overspending and commercialism often attached to the holidays? Check these ideas for lowering the cash flow while raising the joy of the season
• Refiguring finances in a divorce
  Jennifer Haeselich needs to assess her financial position as she begins divorce proceedings, including an assessment of her estate plan
• Calculating deductions on Form W-4
  Claiming nine dependents won't put you in hot water with the IRS
• Bad investments can be good tax news
  Plummeting stock prices can cast a dark cloud, but at tax time they offer a ray of write-off sunshine in the form of capital losses
• Claiming UGMA losses, gains
  Gifting appreciated stock to siblings offsets capital gains
• 10 smart year-end tax moves
  Make time for taxes this month. The moves you make by Dec. 31 could cut your 2007 tax bill
• Four tax moves that should wait until 2008
  Conventional year-end tax-move wisdom isn't for everyone. Here are some situations where you should wait until Jan. 1 to take tax action
• When to pay medical costs
  Claiming medical deductions this year can reduce taxes next year too
• Tax benefits abroad
  Foreign study could qualify for tax breaks
• Why You Should Shop Around
  Amy did a little research and it proved to be fruitful - she got a much better deal and saved a ton of money!
• Feeling Stuck
  Sheryl's husband wants to start his own business. He feels, though, like he can't leave. See what Dave says
• Stupid Taxes in 2007
  Steve has accumulated a large chunk of change in Stupid Tax this year all because he didn't regularly balance his checkbook
• Student Loans Weighing Us Down
  Monique and her husband thought they were being smart and beating the system by using student loans throughout college. Boy, are they paying for it now!
• 50,000% Interest?
  My overuse of the debit card resulted in overdrawing my checking account
• Black Belt Tightwad
  Frugal experts share their best money-saving ideas.
• Christmas Decorating
  10 simple ways to get your home in the holiday spirit in a hurry.
• Grocery Spending
  How does your grocery bill compare with others?
• Frugal Beauty Products
  Putting your best face forward.
• Dumpster Diver
  There are lessons to be learned in a dumpster.
• Financial Goals
  Give yourself proper motivation to save money by working toward a concrete financial goal
• Uses for Bread
  Uses for bread that you may never have thought of.
• Home Based Daycare
  Effective management could assure your success.
• Kid Christmas
  3 gift ideas for the youngsters in your life.
• 6 ways to kill your credit
  These bad behaviors can wreck your credit score
• You can accidentally disinherit your heirs
  It happened to Anna Nicole's daughter, and it's quite a common occurrence. How it happens and how to prevent it
• Proposed rate freeze to reduce foreclosures
  There would be winners and losers under such a policy
• Gift Cards With a Twist
  Gift cards that donate funds to nonprofits are win-win for givers and receivers -- and charity
• Develop a strategy for dividend-paying stocks
  Stocks that pay dividends can ease the volatility of a portfolio -- if you buy right
• Giving the gift of charity
  Feeling generous? The holiday season is a perfect time for philanthropy. But before spending money or time, take a look at our guide