Personal Finance Notebook

Personal Finance: Debtors Anonymous offers support for spending addicts

By Claudia Buck - Updated: Sunday, November 15 2009 - 9:57 am

"Hi. I'm Tom and I'm a compulsive spender."

Signs of compulsive debtors

Claudia Buck: Shop, but don't drop, car insurance policies

By Claudia Buck - Published: Sunday, October 25 2009 - 12:00 am

The recession has run a few drivers off the road, at least when it comes to keeping their auto insurance coverage.

Personal Finance: Jane Bryant Quinn sticks to her mantra: Borrow less

By Claudia Buck - Published: Sunday, September 27 2009 - 12:00 am

Call her the matriarch of money management. For more than 30 years, Jane Bryant Quinn has been writing, opining and advising consumers on all aspects of personal finance. Next month, the author and former Newsweek columnist will be speaking in Sacramento during the annual "Perspectives" event (see box).

Personal Finance: Do women undercut their financial future?

Published: Sunday, September 20 2009 - 12:00 am

Hidden behind the stories about highly paid female CEOs, business owners, politicians and athletes, there remains one stubborn financial fact.

Claudia Buck: Preplanning can ease financial pain of Auburn fire or other disaster

By Claudia Buck - Published: Sunday, September 13 2009 - 12:00 am

Every natural disaster sears us with the same images: Forlorn families sifting through ashes for treasured heirlooms and possessions. Business owners peeling open the charred remnants of payroll records and money bags.

Personal Finance: Saving on college expenses gets priority now

By Claudia Buck - Updated: Sunday, September 6 2009 - 2:31 pm

As millions of students head back to colleges, they're facing one of the tightest financial worlds in recent years.

Personal Finance: Good news and bad on credit card reforms

By Claudia Buck - Published: Sunday, August 30 2009 - 12:00 am

Life with a credit card presumably got a little easier this month. Under new federal regulations, credit card companies have to give more warning before upping your interest rate and more notice before your bill is due.

Personal Finance: Money guidance for military families

Published: Sunday, August 16 2009 - 12:00 am

Air Force wife Denise Fernandez wants to help high school and college-age kids of military families get financially savvy. Sacramento-area retiree Bart Aspling, whose wife recently deployed to Texas, hopes to offer financial counseling to families stressed by frequent military relocations.

Personal Finance: Getting Social Security payment via debit card

By Claudia Buck - Published: Sunday, August 9 2009 - 12:00 am

For millions of Americans, getting a paper check from Social Security or SSI in the mailbox each month is a regular ritual. In the Sacramento region, about 65,000 of those government-issued envelopes arrive every month.

Personal Finance: Finding unclaimed money

By Claudia Buck - Published: Sunday, August 2 2009 - 12:00 am

This week, we're dishing up a little midsummer financial smorgasbord. A taste of this, a dab of that:

Personal Finance: California's lost and found fund is bulging with billions

By Claudia Buck - Updated: Sunday, July 19 2009 - 11:34 am

It's not like hitting the lottery, but it beats hunting for spare change in the couch cushions.

Claudia Buck: Daily savings tips pay off for Bee readers

By Claudia Buck - Published: Sunday, July 12 2009 - 12:00 am

You came. You saw. You saved.

Personal Finance: State singes Madoff victims

By Claudia Buck - Published: Sunday, July 5 2009 - 12:00 am

When Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff was carted off to prison in disgrace last week, he left behind thousands of investors in financial ruin. His estimated $65 billion global Ponzi scheme – which the court called "extraordinarily evil" – robbed individuals, banks, universities, even charities.

Personal Finance: There’s still time to save $1,000

By Claudia Buck - Updated: Sunday, June 28 2009 - 9:17 am

Psst. Found your $1,000 yet? There's still time.

Claudia Buck: It's dads' turn to share financial wisdom

By Claudia Buck - Published: Sunday, June 21 2009 - 12:00 am

Last month, in honor of Mother's Day, we shared the best money tips that readers learned from Mom. Today, it's Dad's turn and we asked readers for their favorite fatherly financial wisdom. Here's what they told us:

Personal Finance: What to do with graduation money

By Claudia Buck - Published: Sunday, June 14 2009 - 12:00 am

It's the season for graduation gifts. And for most high school, college and grad school grads, there's one gift that's king: cash.

Personal Finance: Blogger offers a tip a day on saving money

By Claudia Buck - Published: Sunday, June 7 2009 - 12:00 am

Save $1,000 in four weeks: Can you do it? Ramit Sethi thinks so.

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