Each week, we answer money questions from around the web on the NerdWallet app. Here are three of the trending questions from the month of November:Should I shop early to save on holiday expenses?Starting your holiday shopping early can help you spread out your expenses over many months instead of paying for all your purchases...

Hi! I’m Amanda. I’m Tommy. And we’re deal experts! (Can you hear us shouting it in unison?)We gave ourselves the title, but we do know deals. We literally shop for a living, scouring the internet for the best discounts during the biggest sale periods of the year. Since we work at NerdWallet, we try to...

Like many Americans, Jake Cousineau is busy preparing to host Thanksgiving dinner. As an educator and personal finance author, he’s applying some financial strategies to help reduce the costs. For starters, he’s asking his guests to bring dishes to share. “The typical model of Thanksgiving where one person cooks is wildly inefficient,” Cousineau says. Not...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — if being inundated with deals brings you joy. If not, it can be kind of overwhelming. Officially, Black Friday is Nov. 28. But many sales are already underway. Some examples: Target has daily deals happening now, and Best Buy is offering “early Black Friday deals,” too....

Think about all of the people on your holiday gift list. Now, think about how much all those gifts are going to cost you. Are you starting to sweat a little bit? If gift shopping feels like a bigger financial burden this year, you’re not alone. A recent NerdWallet survey finds that holiday shoppers plan...