Finance

Louisiana is currently ranked 50th in the country in financial literacy. In an attempt to increase our state's future generations' knowledge on everything to do with finance a bill was proposed by our state representative Nicholas Muscarello.

Cost of living varies vastly from state to state and the good folks at the Tax Foundation recently took a look at how much or how little 100 bucks is worth depending where you live.

The major averages took a breather on Tuesday. Ken Meyers has your stock market report on the Acadiana Business Index.

In yet another bit of cheerful economic news, a quarter of the 1,500 people who filled out Wells Fargo’s latest retirement survey said they don’t plan to retire until they’re 80 years old — two years past the life expectancy of the average American.

Turning up the dial on your thermostat in the fall and winter months is bound to add major coin to your electric bill, so you power through. Unless you live in Utah, and then you really have nothing to worry about, according to new data released this week.

Money, it's transportation, it gets you where you want to go. The more you have the faster you can get there. It doesn't make you smarter but you can sure seem like a dummy if you don't know how to watch your pennies. Your kids need to know about money too. Oddly enough, keeping them without money is not the best way to teach them responsibility. You need to be upfront and truthful with your child

You and I we work hard for what we have. We all wish our paychecks were a little bigger and our bills were a little bit smaller. We want good things, nice things and things our families can be proud of but still at the end of the month the bank account is a lot smaller than we want it to be. The truth is we might be tossing some of that hard earned cash right down the drain, not literally but wher

There is a line from a song I am quite partial too that says Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it, in other words, don't expect people to learn from experiences they've never had. Teaching kids how to manage money is a lot like pushing a rope. You can do it, it's frustrating and quite often you wonder why you're even trying.

Let's say you spring for your favorite cup of coffee everyday, it's not too expensive you can afford it right? What if that cup of coffee was keeping you from taking a dream vacation or being secure in your retirement? No way, a cup of coffee? Wel...

If you work for a living you pay taxes. That means April 15th is a day you always make a note of on the calendar. The American Tax Code is very confusing, that's why companies make lots of money doing all the work for you. The government certainly isn't making it any easier this year!

Certain politicians, well okay all of them, said I would be making more money this year. I would have more money to spend on the things I need and want. They didn't tell me the things I need and want would cost more than the more money I would be making.

The time honored tradition of lying to ones self in public about the expectations of a new year. This will be the year I grow wings and then fly to the moon. This will be my year to stop showing up on the red light cameras. This year I will have money to do things I want to do! Believe it or not that last one can be done, but you don't need a resolution.

If you like to pinch your pennies until Abe Lincoln screams then this is for you. We all know if you want to go to the beach, the best time is after Labor Day, same condos cost hundreds less. So what items can your really save big on during the Winter months?

April 15th might seem like a million miles away but if you are like me that refund check comes just about the time the Christmas Bills are really needing to be paid. Thanks to our "hired hands" in Washington that might come a little later than we are used to.

It is a brave new world in which we live, things we have come to count on will no longer be. Do you remember the milk man bringing milk to your door? Or how about using a pay phone? Well the paper check maybe the next icon of my generation to be placed in a museum, even Uncle Sam is sending the paper check out to pasture.