April, 2009

Even Obama s cash advances do not come free

Obama is ready to be tough With the Fed’s coffer shrinking faster than ever, President Barack Obama has now made it clear that the cash advance in Virginias that he is offering to corporate America will not be for free. In his recent speech at the Georgetown University, while he defended his economic policies on one ...

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Repair Your Credit | How You’re Judged (Pt. 4)

How credit agencies view you (conclusion) Welcome back. CLICK HERE if you missed part three of this article. You’ve made it to the very end of “Repair Your Credit,” and let’s keep going to the end by taking a continued look at what credit agencies look at when they produce a credit score for you. That score ...

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The Secrets of Financial Freedom: An Interview with the Millionaire Next Door

Today is the last day of Financial Literacy Month. To tie everything together, I thought it would be fun to share an interview my real millionaire next door, a man we’ll call John. He used the basic tenets of money management to build wealth and to retire early. Here’s how I described John when I ...

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Money Basics: Budgets

April is National Financial Literacy Month in the United States. In most cases, schools do not extensively teach financial skills. Teenagers, highly susceptible to messages from the media, often do not have guidance from teachers, who are not trained to teach financial skills, or from parents, many of whom do not model healthy financial behavior. ...

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Arlen Specter Switches Political Parties

I was a Democrat before I became a Democrat A major shift in political power has occurred on Tuesday, April 28. Conservatives in the Republican party look upon the shift with scorn, but Democrats are welcoming the change with open arms. They should - their ability to slam legislation through the Senate could be within reach. ...

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