By Kurt Woock, NerdWallet The holiday shopping season happens every year. So why can it still be so tough to be financially ...

Big, one-time or infrequent expenses — a Disney vacation, new Apple Watch or next year's car insurance premiums can be budget busters. Because these expenses don't occur regularly, you may struggle to ...

Chances are you have big expenses coming up in six months, a year or even five years. How will you save toward those expenses without cutting into your emergency savings or taking on more debt? A ...

The average American spends about 3% of their annual pretax income on travel, according to a Fidelity analysis of Consumer Expenditure Survey data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But if you’re ...

Sinking funds are an effective way to plan for upcoming expenses. For example, if you know you'll need to pay $750 to renew your car insurance in six months, you could put $125 into a sinking fund ...