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How Your Selfie Could Affect Your Life Insurance
That brunch selfie could raise your life insurance rates.
How to Build Credit in (Exactly) 250 Words
Short, sweet, and effective.
Get to Work on Building Your Unemployment Fund
Don’t waste anymore time.
The Credit Scoring System Is About to Get Less Awful
Big changes are coming this fall.
Today’s top story: How credit use affects credit scores. Also in the news: Starting a business if you have student debt, how one couple crushed their debt, and how budgeting doesn’t have to suck if you make it a habit.
Virtual People, Real Lessons: How Card Use Affects Credit Score
Meet Cora Condo and Rebuilding Robert.
Ask Brianna: Can I Start a Business if I Have Student Debt?
Can you be your own boss?
This Couple Crushed Their Debt
How you can do it, too.
Budgeting Doesn’t Have to Suck If You Think of It As a Habit Rather Than a Task
Getting into a groove.
Today’s top story: 4 ways to ride the rising interest rates wave. Also in the news: Why you should set your own credit card limits, reasons why credit isn’t as boring as it sounds, and more than 1 million student loan borrowers are in default.
Fed Rate Hike: 4 Ways to Ride Rising Interest Rate Wave
Only the third increase since the 2008 financial crisis.
Set Your Own Credit Card Limits and Improve Your Life
Knowing your limits.
3 Reasons Credit Isn’t as Boring as It Sounds
It’s about more than just cards.
More than 1 million borrowers defaulted on their student loans last year
The amount owed by borrowers has increased 17%.
Today’s top story: Don’t hit the brakes on uninsured motorist coverage. Also in the news: Giving your child excellent credit, the pros and cons of telemedicine, and how to trim your tax burden.
Don’t Hit the Brakes on Uninsured Motorist Coverage
Protect yourself from the unexpected.
Sean Talks Money: How to Give Your Child Excellent Credit
Making sure they’re on the right track.
Online Medicine: What to Know Before You Sign Up
The pros and cons of telemedicine.
Trim your tax burden by deducting phone, Internet bills
Take advantage of all the deductibles.
Today’s top story: How to make the 10 years before retirement count. Also in the news: Tips on reining in holiday spending, which generation has the best credit score, and which insurance most car renters can say no to.
5 Ways to Make the 10 Years Before Retirement Count
Fattening your nest egg.
5 Frugality Pros Help You Rein In Holiday Spending
Avoiding the after-holidays sticker shock.
Average U.S. Credit Score Rises; ‘Silent Generation’ Wins Bragging Rights
The older you are, the better your score likely is.
Which insurance most car renters can just say no to
Deciding which insurance you need.
Today’s top story: Why your newborn doesn’t need to be on your credit card account. Also in the news: Why paying more tax today could be your best AMT strategy, common retirement mistakes seen by financial planners, and how credit card minimum payments are meant to keep you in debt forever.
No, Your Newborn Doesn’t Need to Be on Your Credit Card Account
No need to build credit that early.
Paying More Tax Today May Be Your Best AMT Strategy
Understanding how AMT works.
Seven Common Retirement Mistakes Seen by Financial Planners
And how to avoid them.
Credit card minimums: Perfectly calibrated to keep you in debt
A cycle of perpetual debt.