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Disputing an Inaccuracy on Your Credit Report
You may have been turned down for a loan recently and were told by the bank that your credit was just not good enough. Would this concern you, if it were the case? It should. They’re essentially telling you that you’re too risky and they don’t necessarily believe that they’ll be getting their money back…
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Debit versus Credit is Co-Sponsoring a HUGE contest!
Freebie Reporter is holding a HUGE entrecard contest. The First prize includes 30,000 EC and several other fantastic prizes, such as free advertising at The Asian Economist for a month. Debit versus Credit is one of the sponsors of this contest and will be giving away 2000 EC at the end of the contest to…
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The End of the World As We Know It: National Bankruptcy!
If you had to take a close look at the U.S. markets and the financial system and give an estimate on the absolute worst-case scenario for our economy, what would you predict? Martin Hennecke, senior manager of private clients at Tyche, has done just that and he has publicly declared that he believes that the…
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The 3 Dumbest Financial Decisions I’ve Made
We’ve all been there and we’ve all done it. We’ve made stupid financial decisions. Decisions that have haunted us – haunted us for years after they were made. It’s not unavoidable, but sometimes it feels that way. Looking back we always feel stupid and wish we would have made different choices, but by that time…
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How Your Credit Score Defines You
Remember in High School when you would worry about how well you would do on your tests, and how those scores would either make or break your college admissions and scholarships? It wasn’t the most relaxing thing to think about. Well now as adults we continue to be graded and assessed by our scores, only…
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Why Lauren Willis Is Wrong About Money
I ran across an interesting article the other day which featured an interview with Lauren Willis, an associate law professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. The name of the article is Why You Can’t Teach Money and it’s a question and answer session between a writer at Money Magazine and Lauren Willis. Lauren…
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The Carnival of Personal Finance #168
One Caveman’s Financial Journey is hosting the Labor Day edition of The Carnival of Personal Finance, highlighting the best personal finance articles around (and maybe even a few grilling tips). My recent article on Debit versus Credit, Cash In On The Economy’s Problems, earned “the choice steak” rating as an Editor’s Pick. There are some…