Love & Money

If you’re looking to show your spouse how much you care this Valentine’s Day, bag the gift or night out and get your credit cards paid off instead. It may cost you points for romance, but the gesture is guaranteed to yield other dividends.

Putting out money for family members and good friends is always risky business, but if you must, follow these guidelines to make it rational, reasonable—and legal.

With financial struggle more the rule than the exception these day, many financially stable parents are looking for ways to help their newly married children alleviate some of the burden. Here's some tips.

Surviving on a single salary, after you’ve built a life on two, takes planning, discipline and above all else, a willingness to make tough choices.

Talking about money with family can be extremely stressful, but it is possible to do it and do it well, if you remember some simple rules: Do it early, build the relationship, and have empathy.

There are a host of financial and legal scenarios for which you need to be prepared--in some cases, simply by leaving your home state.

Sure, the economy's not great, but that's no excuse not to get something nice. "Make it personal and show that you put some thought and effort into it," advises one expert

The most important Valentine’s Day rule, according to Patti Stanger, star of Bravo’s hit reality show Millionaire Matchmaker, is don’t ignore Valentine’s Day.

It's Valentine's Day weekend, and before you leave the office, are you sneaking a box of chocolates to the co-worker you're secretly dating?

There are some companies that may benefit from Valentine's spending, but that will be harder this year than most given the frugal ways of consumers.

Valentine's Day is just a few days away but you haven't even thought about it, have you? Here's a gift you probably didn't think of—and She. Is. Gonna. LOVE. It. Plus, a little something for the men.

Chances are you'll think about flowers, chocolates, or a dinner at your favorite restaurant, before you consider a bottle of perfume. Perhaps, no more.

It should come as no surprise that couples are saying they plan to spend less on each other this Valentine's Day. Two surveys look at expectations for this year's holiday, and come up with some different conclusions.