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Though you may have no intention of moving anytime soon, today may be the best time to start looking for a second home. It may sound counter-intuitive in today’s economy, but in fact, falling real estate prices and eager sellers are exactly why this may be your best chance to invest in your next vacation home.

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Preparing for it is one of the best and romantic times of your life, but marriage can also a big change to your financial future. When you get married, you not only join hearts and home, but your partner’s financial history becomes yours, and vice versa. So before you tie the knot, it’s important to secure your financial future and take the following steps with your future spouse:

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Apart from airfare, the costs of your hotel or other accommodations are likely to be the biggest budget items when you take a vacation. Obviously, you want to have as much cash left to spare to enjoy activities on your vacation as you can, so here are some tips to save some money on accommodations while still having a decent place to sleep each night.

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World food prices are on the rise, and consumers are beginning to feel the pinch. The rising cost of flour has made the price of bread and cereals begin to climb, higher meat prices have caused many third world consumers to up their vegetable consumption, and now increased rice costs in Asia are cause for concern and, in some cases, riots.

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When it comes to cartoons and comparisons of wealth, the problem invariably arises that these characters, at least most of the time, exist in different worlds. Where a million dollars might make one the richest man on Earth in one world, the same amount could make one a pauper in another. That being said, some characters are just blatantly the richest cartoon characters out there.

Scrooge McDuck, Disney/Duck Tales – The guy has a ten story vault… filled with gold coins… that he swims in. Need I say more? Scrooge McDuck began his wealth as a child when he was given a dime for shining a man’s shoes. He would keep that “#1 Dime” as his luck charm and to this day considers it the most valuable thing he owns. Scrooge McDuck is the epitome of the richest man, er duck in the world. It’s his whole reason for existing.

Flintheart Glomgold, Disney/Duck Tales – If you’re going to mention Scrooge McDuck then you have to mention his rival, Flintheart Glomgold. If Flintheart has 98 cents, then Scrooge has 99. Unfortunately for Flintheart, this is how things have always been despite any of Flintheart’s dastardly plans. At the very least you have to credit him for one thing, he’s not lazy.

Bruce Wayne, DC Comics – Billionaire playboy by day (or so he’d have you think), caped crusader by night. Bruce Wayne’s wealth began with the inheritance from his murdered parents. From those beginnings, his wealth has grown exponentially. Lex Luthor would have made this main list too if it weren’t for the fact that Bruce Wayne now also owns everything Lex once had.

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Whether you’re trying to reduce your own personal income tax bill or trying to develop a business, there are different parts of the United States that you might like to move to, if you want to take advantage of the nation’s best tax-free havens. Here’s a list of some states that might meet your needs:

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It doesn’t matter what the economy looks like, as Benjamin Franklin famously believed, a penny saved is a penny earned. And when it comes to our utility bills, there really is something we can do to save a bit every month.

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A lot of us imagine that to be more environmentally friendly we’d have to spend more money. But a new David Bach book called Go Green, Live Rich suggests exactly the opposite: if you live a greener lifestyle, you can actually save money.

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With rising oil prices and a long commute, chances are you dream of the days when you thought that $1.50 gas was too expensive. But times have changed, and so have gas prices, so Money Magazine has brought you several tips on how to fuel up for less:

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It’s a pretty ironic outcome of a Bankrate survey that people with debts make the best savers. The results showed that 84% of Americans who had debts like car loans, credit cards or student loans (the survey excluded mortgages) are regularly saving a proportion of their income. The people who didn’t have a non-mortgage debt had a regular savings rate of only 63%.

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