Donna Freedman
Contributor for The Simple DollarAward-winning journalist and veteran personal finance writer Donna Freedman is the author of “Your Playbook for Tough Times: Living Large on Small Change, for the Short Term or the Long Haul” and “Your Playbook for Tough Times, Vol. 2: Needs AND Wants Edition.” A former full-time reporter for the Chicago Tribune and Anchorage Daily News and longtime columnist for MSN Money, Freedman has also written for Get Rich Slowly, Money Talks News, and other publications.
Your auto insurance does more than safeguard you while you drive. It can also protect some (or all) of your…
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While talking on the phone with my daughter last Friday, I heard an unearthly roar and felt the house begin…
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The National Retail Federation expects us to spend as much as $720.89 billion this holiday season. That’s a lot of…
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