For those of you in the Houston area, I recieved the following email from the Dave Ramsey folks: We are pleased to announce that The Dave Ramsey Show is BACK on the air in Houston!!!! You can find us on...More
Consumers unwrapping big credit-card bills
Consumers unwrapping big credit-card bills : If you charged your way through the holiday season you're certainly not alone. You may not be ready for the hidden costs of new credit card debt, though. ...there's an invisible edge to this...More
Weight Reduction Wins More New Years Resolutions Than Debt Reduction
Americans are More Focused on Shrinking Their Waistlines than Shrinking Their Debt: A new survey from Bankrate, Inc. indicates that more people are resolving to dump weight than debt. While we Americans are heavier than ever, so is our debt...More
Financial Regret? Step Up to a Debt Reduction Challenge in 2005
Financial Regret? Step Up to a Debt Reduction Challenge in 2005 Family Credit Counseling Service Offers Tips to Avoid Compound Interest on Credit Cards, Saving Thousands of Dollars and Reducing Stress ROCKFORD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 27, 2004-- At a time when...More
Four steps to healthy finances
Kansas City Star 12/26/2004 Four steps to healthy finances Humberto Cruz, columnist with the Kansas City Star boils 14 years of personal finance advice into these four steps: Know what you want. Spend no more than what you make, and...More
Rising debt spurs bankruptcy warning
Rising debt spurs bankruptcy warning According to thisislondon.co.uk holiday excess is expected to drive record numbers of UK shoppers to bankruptcy this year, prospects are likely not much better in the US. A FRESH alert over consumer debt was sounded...More
How to Avoid Post-Holiday Remorse
How to Avoid Post-Holiday Remorse; American Credit Counselors Offers Advice for Those Who Overextended Themselves Every holiday season, millions of consumers use their credit cards to finance gift purchases. Come January, those bills start rolling in and a strong case...More
Debt Reduction: How to get out of debt
This is Money | Guides | How to get out of debt Check out this ten step guide for getting out of debt from thisismoney.co.uk Sit down and work out how exactly how much you owe and who you...More
debt management: Does 'good' debt exist?
mymoney.iafrica.com | debt management Does 'good' debt exist? Iona Minton helps us determine the difference between 'good' debt and 'bad' debt in this iafrica.com article. We can use good debt when appropriate, dump bad debt, and learn to save for...More
HOLIDAY DEBT
Here's another last minute caution about taking on too much debt this holiday season from kpvi, channel 6 in Pocatello, Idaho. It's important to keep in mind how much new debt will cost in the long run and how long...More
Trapped by debt? Free yourself in 7 steps
MSN Money - Trapped by debt? Free yourself in 7 steps: Check out Terry Savage's tips for freeing yourself from overwhelming consumer debt. And be sure to check back for Dave Ramsey's sure-fire Baby Steps for dumping debt and acheiving...More
Holiday Finance Trickery Abounds
Receiving tempting "special" offers from your bank or lender this holiday season? Remember to read the fine print. Odds are that special deal is just another way for the bank to get more of your money into their pockets. Humberto...More
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Shopping all the Way
TownOnline.com - Swampscott Reporter - Business: Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Shopping all the Way: When Christmas hits it's easy to overspend and pile on more debt, even when we've resolved otherwise. Save yourself the extra guilt and New Years Resolution....More
Mvelopes: Personal budgeting software to plan a home budget and do money management
I found this on the web last night and signed up for a free 30-day trial. It's a pretty cool piece of software and it may be the easiest way to manage your cash flow (the ugly "B" word...More
Stock gambit can put your house at risk
Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/12/2004 | On Personal Finance | Stock gambit can put your house at risk: Consumers are putting their homes at risk in search of easy money. They are refinancing their homes, pulling the cash out of the...More
The Wise Steward
The Wise Steward was not always wise. He once lived under the burden of overwhelming debt. He knows what it is to receive threatening and hostile phone calls from creditors. He knows what it is to have one's parents harrased...More
