4. Save 20% of your money. (In "The Index Card," Pollack and Olen altered this to "10% t0 20%"). 5. Pay your credit card balance in full every month. 6. Maximize tax-advantaged savings vehicles ...

After a talk with personal finance expert Helaine Olen, Pollack managed to write down pretty much everything you need to know on a 4x6 index card. And it would probably fit on a 3x5 index card if ...

Keep a running track of your bills by using index cards. Office productivity blog Web Worker Daily has more: Create a card for each bill, writing the name of the bill at the top. When you pay the ...