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Good news for non-working spouses and partners seeking credit
New credit regulation go into effect this week that could impact 16 million people. For many years, people were allowed to share their credit cards with authorized users. Husbands historically did this for their stay-at-home spouses who were working in the house with little income to show for it. Unfortunately, ...
Justin Bieber's new debit card for kids
Hey, parents! There's a rip-off aimed at your young "Belieber" that might appeal to his or her musical tastes, but it does no favors for your wallet or theirs!
Recession teaches lasting life lessons
People with elderly relatives who lived through the Great Depression found it affected them their entire lives. I have a relative who lived through it and reused paper towels, plastic bags, plastic forks, spoons, and knives. Those people had a life altering event. Any possession they had was precious. Even ...
The two faces of inflation for savers and borrowers
Savers are getting the short end of the stick while it remains a borrower's paradise thanks to low inflation and the Federal Reserve's refusal to raise interest rates. Normally, a serious bout of inflation would result when you have massive federal budget deficits and the Federal Reserve essentially creating money ...
Ignore building a credit history?
Young people are turning their backs on credit cards. That's great on one hand, but it also presents some real challenges going forward. "Thirty-nine percent of undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 24 owned a credit card in 2012, down from 49 percent in 2010," according to a ...
Millennials turn their backs on borrowing money
A new study from the Pew Research Center finds young adults carry a lot less debt than their parents. As a result of recession, the debts of people under 35 fell by 30%. At the same time, the debts of the overall population only dropped by 8%. Today's young people, ...
Surcharges coming for credit card use
Merchants are now allowed to pass along a 4% credit card use surcharge when you pay with plastic. But which businesses are actually adopting this fee?
New free app prevents bank overdraft fees
Imagine walking into a store and having your smartphone automatically tell you whether or not you have enough money in your account to make a purchase. That's the promise of a new app called Wink. This free mobile app uses your phone's GPS and geo-fencing technology to know immediately when ...
Is foreign currency trading worth the risk?
Have you seen the ads that are everywhere touting how you can get rich quick by trading foreign currencies? I'm getting so many calls from people who want to know if this can be their ticket to instant wealth as the pitch makes it seem. I will tell you, this ...
Why you should pay with credit card even if you face a surcharge
You may have heard about the new credit card use surcharge going into effect. Well, I have a very contrarian stance on the issue. In fact, there are several times when I'll be willing to pay a higher price just to use my credit card. Beginning Sunday (1/27), merchants got ...
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