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In the current uncertain economy – managing your debt may be one of the most important financial survival skills you have many consumers find themselves in an uncertain financial position these days. In the not-so-recent past, using up home equity and...
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How the House and Senate Versions of the New Finance Bill Affects Consumers If you are struggling, amidst all of the newspaper articles, blog posts and nightly television news sound bites surrounding the topic of financial reform, to understand what the...
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For only the second time in the last 14 months, the amount borrowed by consumers from the credit markets rose. A report by the Federal Reserve showed that consumer borrowing posted an unexpected increase in March, only the second gain in the last 14 months...
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In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes, wrote Benjamin Franklin in 1789. Well, its tax time again – time to file our annual reports on how we did – financially in 2009. And of course, to pay our share! In order to minimize...
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Most of the news coming out of the housing market is bad. Home values continue to tumble. The first quarter reports show a fourteen percent value loss over the past year. The national median home value is now the same as in 2005. There’s no doubt about...
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If you’ve been breathlessly awaiting your tax rebate, you can exhale sooner than expected. The first of the direct deposits will be hitting the bank April 28, and by Monday, May 9 the paper checks will be in the mail. All $100 billion of the stimulus...
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No question about it, investors are in survival mode right now, just trying to hang on in a market that has given away much of this year's gains. Key culprits are the ongoing credit crisis, which has banks and lenders reeling under the weight of billion...
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As a business journalist, I certainly get my fair share of press releases and media pitches on an endless array of products and services. Usually they find their way into the circular file. So when I got a release this morning from a company called CreditXpert...
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