Many married women are burned each year when a spouse passes away or they get a divorce because they haven’t made good financial decisions when they were married. Wondering which mistakes are most common for married women? Here are six that you should avoid.

1. Letting him call all the shots

In many families, one spouse calls all the financial shots and completely controls the purse strings.

Want to finally get your financial plan in place, but don’t know where to start? Help is now available from the nonprofit Alliance for Investor Education (AIE) at http://www.investoreducation.org, the online hub of America’s top regulatory, self-regulatory and industry organizations focused on investor education.

Today, AIE is outlining 11 of the best Web-based resources for consumers looking to start or revisit their financial planning needs. The Alliance’s new “Getting Started With Your Financial Plan” is available athttp://www.investoreducation.org/financialplan. AIE is the organization of the United States’ leading financial-related foundations, nonprofit organizations, associations and governmental agencies.

If you use credit cards wisely, you’re probably already aware of how you can get the most out of your card by keeping your debt low and paying down your balance each month whenever possible. But did you know there are actually some things you shouldn’t charge to your credit card and a few things that are wise to put on a card? Here are the best and worst things to buy with your credit cards.

Worst:

Low-budget purchases