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5 Credit Score Myths That Lead to Disaster The media and the credit reporting companies have done an excellent job promoting the notion of having a good credit score,...
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Understanding Your Credit Score In most cases, consumers have to pay to see their credit scores. But a provision in the recently enacted Dodd-Frank financial reform law gives...
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You Went Into Debt For THAT?!? Good Examples of Bad Charging There’s a right way to use credit cards: charging only what you can afford to repay in...
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Overwhelmed by Debt? Trying to get out of debt can be overwhelming. But it’s absolutely possible, and there’s no better time than now to start taking action. The average American...
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10 Golden Rules For Retirement Planning Though it’s true that people are working longer, the majority of us will still stop working and retire at some point, so...
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8 Rules of Thumb on Saving and Retirement Financial planning still requires some math Sometimes the best advice is the simplest. After all, if it wasn’t short...
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Financial Matters: Doing Your Heirs a Favor The passing of a loved one is never easy for friends and family, but it can be even more difficult if...
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8 credit-repair tips after bankruptcy You’re one of the millions of consumers who have erased financial hardships by filing for bankruptcy. Now what? Listed below are credit...
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6 Sticky Money Problems How to finesse six sticky financial situations involving friends and family. 1.) Splitting the Bill Problem: The check arrives, you had a salad, everyone else had steak. Solution:...
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4 Things Credit Card Offers Do not Disclose 1. APR. This is the Annual Percentage Rate i.e. the interest (also called the “finance charge”) that you’ll be charged if...
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How to get a Good Credit Scores Rating: Until recently, a good credit score rating of 680 was something to be proud of. It meant you paid most of your...
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Fraud involving debit cards, ATM scams and personal-identification numbers is on the rise as criminals go where the cash is—even targeting banks’ own automated teller machines. Techniques such as “skimming,” in which...
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Are financial worries on your mind a lot these days? Do they eat up precious time and sap your energy? Have you found helpful ways to cope? Finding time to...
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Student Loan Debt Don’t despair. You have options with private lenders and the feds to cut your payments. When this college student looks into her future, she sees checks for...
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Credit Card Theft is Easy It takes 2 seconds to STEAL credit card information and months to RECOVER from Fraud! The Payment Card Industry has made it easy...
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Drowning in Debt? Struggling to pay your debts and looking for a way out? There are several options, though none is easy. In general, those in debt should never...
