Avoid Co-signing For Your Children And Help Them Build A Solid Credit History
If you are a parent who has children just starting college, then you are familiar with these four little words;” I need money for …” Get used to them, because you will hear them a lot. Personally, I...
View Article“I Don’t Want To Be Rich, I Just Want To Be Free”
Pop Quiz: You have $70,000 and you MUST spend it. You have to choose between a 4-month trip around the world with a significant other or a brand new 2011 Porsche Carrera, which do you choose?...
View Article5 Ideas to Get Your Spouse or Significant Other On-Board with Your Savings Plan
Ah young love; it is wonderful and carefree, but sooner or later reality will set in and differences of opinions will most certainly arise. As individuals we each develop a belief system based on...
View ArticleEasy A: Debt Ratings Don’t Matter, Yields Do
About the Author: PKamp3 is a writer at Don’t Quit Your Day Job, a web site which explores the intersection of economics, politics, investing, personal finance and the offbeat. It’s déjà vu all over...
View ArticleUh Oh, Trouble for Broker-Dealers or Should I Call Them Hedge Funds?
Last week broker/dealer MF global was downgraded by Moody’s Investors Services and promptly declared bankruptcy this past Monday. MF Global’s sources of funding dried up like a kitchen sponge left in...
View Article5 Tips for Escaping Debt by Altering Your Mental Approach
The following is a Guest Post: It’s easy to think about debt as a sort of deal-with-it-later type of problem or as simply being a product of economic forces beyond our control. But what if the way you...
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