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Credit Karma: Get Your Credit Score For Free
A great way to stay on top of your credit is by using the free Transunion and Equifax credit scores via Credit Karma. Here’s what else they do.
How To Deal With Your Creditors. David Style!
By applying these 5 principals to my life I was able to deal with my creditors, similar to how David dealt with Goliath. Here’s how to be victorious as well
Tax Rules And Consequences Of The Cash For Clunkers Program
I’ve written quite a bit about the cash for clunkers program here on Bible Money Matters in relation to how the program worked, who qualified for the rebate, and how you could go about redeeming your voucher. The program has now run its course, and now that the excitement has died down people are beginning […]
Five Things That Don’t Affect Your Credit Score
With a shaky economy and tightening credit terms, it can be easy to be paranoid about your credit score. If you’re planning a major financing or recovering from bad credit, it’s not unsurprising that you’d be as self conscious and mindful about your credit score as a supermodel would be about her (or his) weight. […]
New Legislation Will Bring Changes To The Credit Card Industry
If you’ve been reading this blog for any period of time, you probably know that I’m not a huge fan of credit cards. As a Dave Ramsey fan and facilitator for his Financial Peace University class, you’d probably understand why. In general I think that using debt and credit are just poor ways to get […]
Are In Store Credit Card Offers Becoming More Aggressive?
Have you been noticing an uptick in pushy sales associates offering you store credit cards as well? Are the stores pushing credit cards more aggressively?
Video: The Crisis Of Credit Visualized
The current economic downturn that we’re experiencing can be quite overwhelming at times. It’s tough to understand, and when people try to explain, it’s easy to get lost in all the details. I found a video online that does a good job of looking at the current credit and housing crunch, and explaining how it […]
When Canceling A Credit Card, Be Ready For The Emotional Appeals To Stay
I recently called to cancel an old American Express card. The moment I got on the phone, the appeals to stay started.
5 Keys To Overcoming The Urge To Splurge
Christmas Is For Debt? Christmas will soon be upon us with all of the good cheer, family get-togethers and presents! All of the big department stores are already in full-on Christmas mode, with aisles upon aisles of decorations in the front of the store and Christmas music pumping over the PA systems. It’s hard not […]
The Looming Credit Crisis: Another Reason To Live Without Credit And Debt
What do you think about the looming credit crisis? Should the companies be tightening standards and keeping spending limits lower on the cards they give out?
I Guess I Spoke Too Soon!? No Deal on $700 Billion Bailout.. Yet.
Yesterday I posted the news that we had all been waiting to hear. Congress had finally come to an agreement and had settled on a bailout deal to help jump-start our faltering markets. The price tag? A mere $700 billion dollars. At the announcement of proposed deal the Dow Jones industrials enjoyed a 196-point gain […]
Your Credit Card May Give You Perks You Didn’t Even Know About
I recently was unfortunate enough to have some personal items stolen from my car, including a GPS and digital camera. I had only recently purchased the GPS, and digital cameras aren’t cheap to replace. I called my homeowner’s insurance to see if they would cover the replacement cost, but my deductible was too high […]
Credit Crunch to Continue Getting Worse?
This year has been a tough one economically. We’ve had the foreclosure crisis, and now the credit crunch. People are bracing for the worst. Now leading academics are saying that the credit crunch may not be over yet. The deepening toll from the global financial crisis could trigger the failure of a large US bank […]
