Author: Erin Lowry, Special to USA TODAY

Stimulus money is great for paying off credit cards. But for most people, it’s better to build savings in a time of economic uncertainty.

To save or to buy

If you’re on a budget, here are strategies for stockpiling food during a coronavirus quarantine.

Start a new annual rite: spring cleaning for your personal finances. It’s a good time to assess discretionary consumer spending and boost savings.

To build a credit history, you need a credit card, but you can’t get approval without a history. How can you fix this chicken-or-egg dilemma?

As families blend and people marry in different stages of life – saying “I do” to joint accounts is not always the right answer for all.

We should stop lecturing people on how they spend their money and focus on where they keep it. Look at the fees banks charge, for example.

What kind of personal finance author would I be if my husband and I went on a fancy honeymoon instead of paying off his student debt?

Target date funds are one way Broke Millennial Takes on Investing author Erin Lowry says millennials can get over fear and invest in a 401(k) or IRA.