Frugality is a virtue. In fact, the word comes from the Latin frugalis (virtuous, thrifty), from frux, or fruit. But something can get rotten when frugality moves from the individual to the ...

A woman who regularly shares helpful ways to save money has shared four simple daily habits that could help you cut your ...

Dear Cheapskate: I have cheapskates in my life. My father is one. My boss, my boss's mom and my boyfriend's mom. All these individuals have the following in common: They are unhappy. They avoid ...

I just read that that the company that holds my home mortgage is under investigation by the feds and has a net worth of ...

NEW YORK — Amy VanDeventer has always been a cheapskate. "Now I am neurotic about it," says the 36-year-old mortgage loan underwriter from Broomfield, Colo.. Before the economy tanked, she was still ...

My father, age 85, bought a $10,000 engagement ring for a lady he intended to marry but never did because he became sick and ...

Sure, we could afford to spend more, but why would we? It wouldn’t make us any happier.” That’s it. That’s the simple statement that I’ve spent the last year and a half traveling the country to hear.

IT WAS ONE of those days I waited for all winter. There was not a cloud in the sky or a breeze in the air. It was way too ...

Today’s crappy economy has turned the derogatory term "cheapskate" into a badge of honor. In an all-new TLC special ,"Cheapskates,” several are profiled: folks who, in the pursuit of saving a penny or ...