Dear Liz: I just bought a home and my FICO credit scores are excellent: 842, 813 and 809. I requested copies of my files from all three credit bureaus, and one of them — which showed me with the lowest score — said the reason my score wasn’t higher is that I had “too many […]
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More mega millions madness: Money pros weigh in
Here’s a recent post from Credit.com where a bunch of us money types hold forth about the lottery: Mega Millions Madness: Money Pros Weigh In (via Credit.com) Let’s face it. When it comes to things like lottery jackpots, personal finance experts and writers tend to be wet rags. We usually put lottery ticket purchases in […]
You’re not going to win the lottery. But if you do, read this.
With so much talk about the record Mega Millions jackpot, I thought I’d throw in my two cents: First cent: You’re not going to win. The odds are ridiculous. Second cent: If you should win this or any other windfall, even a much smaller one, you’ve got some work ahead of you. If you’ve never […]
The weekly round-up
Spring break starts tomorrow for my kiddo, so I won’t be hanging out at the computer–we’ve got some serious goofing off to do. Therefore, I’m posting links to some stuff I hope you’ll find interesting, by myself and others, a day early. Bob Sullivan of MSNBC posted a very scary column about how “Hackers turn […]
Want to know more about Roths? Check out these links
Nearly 150 bloggers so far have contributed posts to the Roth IRA Movement, which financial planner Jeff Rose organized after speaking to a group of college seniors and discovering none of them knew what a Roth was, or how important it was to their financial futures. (It’s “the best thing since sliced bread,” and really, […]
Save money. Don’t multi-task.
The barista had to ask three times for her order before the woman finally responded. She’d been so busy nattering away to her friend in line that she didn’t notice she was now at the front. And the fun wasn’t over. When it was time to pay, the woman pulled out her wallet and dug […]