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The Carnival of Personal Finance #174
Greener Pastures is hosting the Columbus Day edition of The Carnival of Personal Finance, highlighting the best personal finance articles around. My recent article on Debit versus Credit, Stock Market Basics: Investing for Beginners, was featured under Investing. There are some fantastic articles in this week’s carnival. In addition to the Editor’s Pick articles, here…
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4 Simple Ways to Improve Your Credit Score
Be honest with me here. How is your credit? Is it great? Good? Or… not so good? The fact is that hundreds of thousands of Americans have anywhere from decent to borderline terrible credit. It doesn’t take much you know. A missed payment here and there, a bill that you never received, one too many…
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Recession: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
It’s no secret that to many around the world the sky seems to be falling. There is even talk of a new depression – in fact a recent poll by CNN showed that 60% of Americans think we’re likely to end up in one. A depression! Can you imagine? The great depression was a terrible…
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Do You Play the Balance Transfer Game?
Do you constantly find yourself chasing the next great credit card deal, whether it be no annual fee or 10,000 free airline miles or 0% interest for six months? Is it an obsession or a compulsion? Do you do it for the thrill of having yet another available credit line, or are you like a…
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The Economy’s In Shambles, So What Do You Want To Know?
There’s been a lot of crazy stuff going on out in the world lately. We’re facing wars and economic issues and even weather phenomena. Sometimes it’s hard to focus on what’s important when you are bombarded with different forces in every waking aspect of life. It may be difficult to concentrate on your financial situation…
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Essential Money Saving Tips For Students
Today we’ll be featuring a guest post from hopeark who will be sharing some money saving tips for students. Enjoy! It is easy to get caught in the rush of things when you are in college. In the midst of studying, part-time jobs, socializing and extracurricular activities that you have, you are most likely to…
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The Carnival of Personal Finance #171
Sound Money Matters is hosting the Celebrate Fall edition of The Carnival of Personal Finance, highlighting the best personal finance articles around. My recent article on Debit versus Credit, The 3 Dumbest Financial Decisions I’ve Made, was featured under Money Management: Make Soup. There are some fantastic articles in this week’s carnival. In addition to…