A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE?

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Student Loans Menace, But Grads Can Learn to Deal It’s a topic described by some analysts as yet another bubble, ready to burst and further complicate the already complicated-enough personal finance picture. We’re talking about student … [Read more...]

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Bond is Back!

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I can’t speak for everyone when I say this, but despite the Solar Eclipse, the untimely demise of Bee Gee’s legend Robin Gibb, Corey Booker’s political flap, Kristen Wiig hopefully making the best decision of her career, or violent protests … [Read more...]

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Quizzle Weekly Money Tips: Credit Cards

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Alarming headlines about our soaring national indebtedness frequently splash across the front pages of newspapers, our TV’s and computer screens, but members of congress aren’t the only ones who’ve racked up a hefty balance. Mr. and Mrs. … [Read more...]

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Five Things to Know If You Miss a Credit Card Payment

How to Improve Your Credit Score - the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Building credit has a few similarities to sports (after all, it’s called your credit ‘score’ for a reason). Like all sports, when checking your score, you’ll notice it deals in points. Also as in sports, sometimes you’re up and sometimes … [Read more...]

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Memorial Day Weekend Offers Americans a Gas Holiday

Save Money at the Pump with these Gas Cards

After climbing to record highs in recent months, the price at the pump has finally leveled out and is showing relief signs as the Memorial Day weekend approaches. A welcome change for would be holiday travelers, decreasing prices at the pump and … [Read more...]

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Facebook IPO – Not as Public as You Think

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Investment bankers and Wall Street sharks aren’t the only ones salivating over this week’s expected initial public offering (IPO) from social media giant Facebook. Tech geeks and Facebook fiends are lining up to grab their piece of the company … [Read more...]

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How to Help a Friend with Financial Problems

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With the economy still going through a long, slow recovery, millions of Americans are feeling financial pressure. Whether you’ve lost your job, had your hours cut, or are feeling underemployed, under-challenged or undercompensated at your job, … [Read more...]

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Personal Finance Blog of the Week – Money Crashers

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While there are many attributes I could extol about Money Crashers, we are highlighting them, and I realize 'they' undermines 'blogger' of the week, because of their dedicated section to economics and policy. Most personal finance blogs cover the … [Read more...]

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JP Morgan Sends Investors to the Mattresses

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There was no horse head in my bed this morning, or Michael Corleone breathing down my neck, but JP Morgan Chases’ latest derivatives gamble is sending investors across the globe to re-check their mattresses for good places to stash their cash. … [Read more...]

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Mixed Emotions – Finance, Obama, Gay Marriage and Quicksand

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Above all things I am a pragmatist. As a political operative, like a spy, a good businessperson, a sound financial adviser or an undercover cop, the ability to divorce yourself from the emotional ties that often encumber good judgment is one of your … [Read more...]

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Austerity – The New Dirty Word

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Austerity is the 21st century’s new dirty word. Governments across Europe and obviously here in the U.S. are struggling with ways to cope with mounting debt  and voters in all countries are bristling against the notion of deep cuts. None more so … [Read more...]

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