| "donkey-proof" (easy to understand) financial tips and deals for college students | young adults | travelers | small business owners |
|
Recent Articles by Naomi ManninoYoung Adults Learn About Borrowing Concepts the Hard WayMost respondents to a recent CreditDonkey.com survey said they learned key finance concepts in high school. Despite all the reports about poor financial literacy buzz among adults and debates over when teens should learn money management skills, ... How Long Would Your Lifestyle Last If Your Income Was Cut?Just over half of over 1,000 respondents to a recent CreditDonkey.com survey said that if they ever have to face an unexpected loss of income, they would not be able to support their current lifestyle for even a month. If You Had All the Money in the World, What Would You Buy Your Mom?If money were no object, over half of respondents to a recent CreditDonkey.com survey would send their mom on a vacation for Mother's Day. Second on this wish list was a house (27.4% of respondents said so). Alas, for all the mothers out there, ... Men at Work, ShoppingMore than half of men shop online while at work, according to a recent CreditDonkey.com survey of over 1,200 respondents. In fact, they are more likely than females to shop at work; exactly half of women do it while they’re on the clock. Survey: Half Use Social Networking at Work, But Not for Work ReasonsJust over 60% of respondents use social networking at work, according to a recent CreditDonkey.com survey, but they might not be getting any work done. Only 2% of the respondents who use social networking said they are on the sites solely for ... Survey: Most Prefer Print Books But Would Rather Read a Digital NewspaperDespite the ease of e-readers and tablets for reading, a recent CreditDonkey.com survey found that a real book in the hands trumps the digital version. Out of over 1,200 respondents, 73.7% would rather hold an actual book versus 26.3% who would ... Survey: Nearly Half Use Social Networking on the Toilet or DrunkOut of almost 1,200 respondents to a recent CreditDonkey.com survey, 48.6% admitted to engaging in social networking while on the toilet and 47.6% admitted to doing it while drunk. Maybe these high numbers shouldn’t surprise us, considering The ... Portrait of a FreelancerMany people assume that the growing workforce of freelance workers is primarily made up of stay-at-home moms who are either trying to maintain their professional skills or supplement their growing family’s income. We think of a young woman ... Consumers Mistrust Banks, Credit Cards Over MortgagesMany consumers think banks are saving us from actually saving because of their numerous fees, some of which we may barely know about or understand. When asked which types of financial institutions they do not trust, consumers to a recent ... More Than Two-Thirds of Parents Live Paycheck-to-PaycheckIt’s one thing to be young, single, carefree, and barely making ends meet. That’s sometimes called paying your dues. But our recent CreditDonkey.com survey found that while 59.9% of the more than 1,100 respondents live paycheck to paycheck, a ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||