From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance:

Making a buck on your investments is tough enough without watching your profits nibbled away by fees that are pesky at best and punitive at worst. The best way to avoid them is to deal with firms that offer the best value for the services you want.

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To avoid outrageous overdraft charges, keep close tabs and weave a safety net.

From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance:

Paying an overdraft fee on your checking account is like having your mouth washed out with soap: The bank says it’s for your own good-but is it really? Just ask Ben Kohler, a 19-year-old Pizza Hut manager who’s paying his way through school at Wright State University, in Dayton, Ohio. Kohler has paid hundreds of dollars in overdraft fees. “How do I keep that stupid fee away?” he wonders.

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