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The New Math: Credit Card Cleanup Means Higher Rates

February 22nd, 2010 1 Comment

Long overdue rules go into effect today to eliminate some of the worst credit issuer abuses. We’ll see: Payments due the same date each month. No double-billing. 45-day notification of rate or other significant changes. No interest rate increase for the first 12 months (excluding variable-rate cards, the expiration of teaser rates, and delinquent payments). [...]

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Pay Off Debt First, or Save?

April 21st, 2009 12 Comments

When I first started this blog, I envisioned socking money away in a variety of interest-earning places: IRAs, CDs, and money market funds. I was fresh from the “eureka! Savers build wealth!” experience that the otherwise clueless among us get when they’ve just stumbled across “The Millionaire Next Door,” and ready to start building some [...]

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