Ten Credit Mistakes People Make

Most children are not trained in how to handle credit by their families other than with vague platitudes like ‘pay your bills on time’ and ‘live below your means.’ Practical knowledge about interest rates, revolving credit and credit scores ... discover these mistakes by making them. So here is a list of the top ten credit mistakes most often [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 13:39:30

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The Correct Way to Pay Off Personal Debt: The Debt Avalanche

When it comes to mathematics, certain facts are universally agreed-upon ... from highest interest rate to lowest. You may find credit cards at the top of the list. It’s typical to see interest rates from 10% to 20% or more. Credit cards offered by stores often have the highest [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 12:00:46

Restoring Functioning Markets in a Broken World

Much of what has been written about the financial crisis has focused on the why, as opposed to the what now? ... , I'm sick of it. We're in trouble: the time has come for the conversation to shift from bad guys ... to move OTC transactions - interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, etc. - to a listed medium where [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 04:21:48

Carnival of Debt Reduction #151

Welcome to this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction!  Since this is Carnival #151 here’s a debt reduction example based on a credit card payment of ... your debt snowball.  This list is a good way to ease into saving money and spending less. No Credit ... rate might give the biggest return on investment of all!) Credit Withdrawal talks about getting [more...]

Date: 2008-08-04 08:35:02

Realogy Now on Endangered List

A: Realogy was taken private by Apollo Management in a $6.6Bln LBO, from NRT last year. Talk about ill timing ... . Standard & Poor's slashed Realogy's corporate credit rating to CC from CCC last week. A CC rating ... . This will be one of the side effects of the credit crisis / severe economic slowdown on both the country [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 14:23:28

Should credit repair be one of your New Year’s resolutions?

The USA.gov website has a recently updated list of popular New Year’s resolutions ... some help, make credit repair a goal for 2009. Lexington Law has helped hundreds of thousands of people ... benefits specifically designed to modify, monitor, and protect your credit rating. Lexington Law [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:54:17

Fixing Your Messed Up Finances this 2009

If you enjoyed the holidays as much as everyone else, then like them, ... -up budget. List all payables. How much credit card debt do you have? Get all your receipts ... your credit card statements so you can see if your bank is increasing its rates. Explore ways on how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:18:05

Restoring Your Credit Worthiness

Have you been denied a loan? Have you been offered one at an unbelievably high rate of interest? Are you having trouble getting a new credit card? ... from a credit repair specialist. But there are other things that you can do that are definitely in your control ... as well. Review the documents with a fine tooth comb and list all mistakes. Involve a cre [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 22:39:58

30 Ways to Save a Dollar a Day

This is a list of ways to save about $30 a month or a dollar a day. If you can do a couple of these, then you can save even more, like 60 or 90 ... the difference goes into savings 17. Call credit card companies to get a lower interest rate – calculate ... ) 6. Cut back on a bad habit – reduce smoking by ½ pack, buy fewer drinks when going out, cut the [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:18:25

Links for 2008-10-23 [del.icio.us]

Subscribe to my News Feed .delicious-posts ul {list-style-type:none; margin: 0 0 1em 0; padding: 0 } .delicious-tag,.delicious-extended { ... roughly two months ago.Bernanke May Seek New Ways to Ease Credit as Fed Rate Nears 1% - Bloomberg [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 10:46:08

Friday morning links

TOP STORIES Rate cut from Japan, Barclays seeks funding - Reuters Nevada, Michigan, Florida lead 'underwater' list - AP Housing plunge: ... is more likely than many assume - MarketWatch Banks, consumer advocates urge U.S. to allow credit card debt ... it feels so bad - CNN/Money Economic data point to the start of a recession - LA Times Recession Ghost [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 13:20:00

Media Hops on 'Rate Cut' Wagon

A: Last post, I promise. Also, I will get back to posting on Manhattan real estate when I get back to work after my vacation; ... listings. So, don't worry to those who were disappointed with the main focus being on the credit crisis ... and the credit crisis. The main reason is that the biggest threat to our economy is deflation [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 22:36:56

Ripples from Chase. Banks in the news, and not in a good way

Here is a job listing just in time for all those great folks at Chase Chase’s exit from wholesale left brokers searching the rate sheets in their ... this out to his/her clients: “Wells Fargo Sr. Mgt. reports: we are committed to the Wholesale ... up-front fees for application, credit report and appraisal with the thinking being “once a customer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:34:13

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