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Credit Card Mistakes – How Bad Are Yours? (Part 3 of 3)

Saturday, October 31, 2009

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Credit card mistakes and blunders are common.  Experts graded a range of credit card mistakes on a scale from 1 (losing a few bucks to a cash machine) to 10 (losing the house). Find out which worry the pros most — and which may (almost) get a free pass. Debt Settlement Plans How bad is it? [...]

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Credit Card Mistakes – How Bad Are Yours? (Part 2 of 3)

Friday, October 30, 2009

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Credit Card Mistakes – How Bad Are Yours? (Part 2 of 3)

Credit Card mistakes and blunders are common.  Experts graded a range of credit card mistakes on a scale from 1 (losing a few bucks to a cash machine) to 10 (losing the house). Find out which worry the pros most — and which may (almost) get a free pass. 4) Missing a Payment How bad is it? 9 The [...]

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Credit Card Mistakes – How Bad Are Yours? (Part 1 of 3)

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Credit Card Mistakes – How Bad Are Yours? (Part 1 of 3)

Credit Card Mistakes  - Grade yours on a 10-point scale. Nobody’s perfect. When it comes to our financial lives, we’ve all done things we later regretted — whether it’s getting slapped with a $3 fee for using an out-of-network ATM or going on a Las Vegas bender and losing the house on an overly aggressive poker [...]

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Improving Your Credit Score

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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Improving Your Credit Score

So what are some specific tips for boosting or improving your credit score? Amounts Owed Tips Keep balances below 30% on credit cards and other “revolving credit” Pay off debt rather than moving it around Don’t close unused credit cards – keep them open and use them once every few months to improve credit score Don’t open a number of [...]

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Credit Score and Credit Report Basics

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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Find out what your credit score (FICO) is made up of, and what it takes to improve a bad credit score.

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