Financial Crisis
As much as I read about this sort of thing, there is still a lot that I do not understand about this whole "financial crisis" business. Well, this pictorial, which I took directly from Mint.com, does a pretty good job in summarizing it.

The moral is, and this is in alignment with every single personal finance blog that I read out there, don't spend more than you can afford and save, save, save (for retirement)! Unless you are single, that is. Then you should spend like this article here recommends.

The moral is, and this is in alignment with every single personal finance blog that I read out there, don't spend more than you can afford and save, save, save (for retirement)! Unless you are single, that is. Then you should spend like this article here recommends.