Recent Dollars & Sense Articles
May 14, 2013
Is Now a Good Time to Buy or Sell a Home?- If you’ve been waiting on the sidelines to purchase a home, or to put yours on the market, has the time for action finally arrived? The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the law that addressed fiscal cliff issues, helped clarify some of the...
May 07, 2013
Understand Student Loans- Students and their parents need to understand the ramifications of defaulting on a student loan and parents need to think carefully about co-signing for a student loan and what that could mean to their own financial future. The Oklahoma Society...
April 30, 2013
Boost Your Bottom Line: Employ Financial Education at Work- The economy may be showing signs of improvement, but research shows employees are still not confident about their own financial situations. In fact, according to the Federal Reserve, American workers spend an average of 28 hours a month worried...
April 23, 2013
Association to Offer Free Financial Fitness Kits- To celebrate April as National Financial Literacy Month, the Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition is again conducting Jump$tart Your Money (JYM) Week, April 20-26. Joining in the statewide effort to promote financial education, the Oklahoma Society of...
April 16, 2013
Learn from Your Tax Return- Tax time may be over, but before you file away your return, take a moment to review it. You’ll find you can discover a lot about your financial situation and identify changes that will improve your tax outlook before it’s time to file next year’s...