Posted March 26, 2009 - 14:40 by Andrea Dickson
Credit cards are fun for the whole family, until the bills start rolling in and you are expected to hand over your hard-earned money for the stuff you bought on plastic. In this week's Best of Personal Finance round-up, the web's PF bloggers look at debt of all kinds.
Posted July 2, 2008 - 12:38 by Andrea Dickson
Have good credit? A low APR on your credit cards? Always pay your bills on time? That's not going to stop your credit card company from jacking up your rate whenever they feel like it.
Posted December 23, 2007 - 15:14 by Nora Dunn
Annual fees, grace periods, balance transfer options…it's a wonderful world of credit card jargon out there, and depending on your needs and planned uses for credit cards, it pays to look at your options. Following are the various ways in which credit card companies can get some money out of you and how you can avoid it.
Posted September 28, 2007 - 16:47 by Philip Brewer
What sort of investment return would it take to get you excited? You can get 5% or so on cash these days. The average return from the stock market runs in the 10%-12% range, depending on how you measure it. The fact is, though, you can pretty easily get 30% or more on investments that are not only very safe but come with built-in inflation protection.
Posted June 7, 2007 - 09:59 by Jessica Harp
When’s the last time you saw the interest rate and fees on your credit card go down? Yes, you read that right. Down. If you’re like most Americans, the likely answer to this question is never. Now, what if I told you that eliminating your fees and slashing your interest rate by five, ten or fifteen percent is as easy as picking up the phone and dialing the number on the back of the card?
Posted March 7, 2007 - 16:02 by Paul Michael
The average American has around 8 credit cards and is carrying roughly $9000 in credit card debt. If that’s not bad enough, the credit card companies are involved in what can only be described as a conspiracy to keep Americans in debt, permanently. Here are some of the biggest dirty secrets for you. You may want to sit down for these.
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