Best Money Tips: Common Work Email Mistakes
Seven Rational Things to Do When Financial Panic Hits
I originally included this email in the reader mailbag this morning, but my answer to Susan’s email (below) went on so long that I thought it warranted a post of its own. Yesterday my husband found out he has lost his job. We don’t know what to do. He was making $38,000 a year as an IT specialist. I make about $36,000 a year as a school teacher. We have about $10,000 in credit card debt spread across three cards and a $1,300 a month mortgage payment. We don’t have anything saved either other than some retirement account money. I… Read the whole article...Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Choices, Credit Card Debt, Deep Breath, Email, Financial Panic, Financial Situation, Horns, Look For A Job, Mortgage Payment, Paycheck, Playing Video Games, Reader Mailbag, Retirement Account, Searching For A Job, Spare Time, Turtle, Watching Television
How to Avoid Credit Card Minimum Annual Purchases Fees
As we wrote about it last year, credit card issuers are instituting annual fees they are willing to refund if you make enough purchases in a year. The first issuer to start doing this is Citibank and recently sent notices out to cardholders about the $60 fee starting April 1st. If cardholders spend $2400 in a twelve month period, the fee will be waived. Consumerist has the full text of the letter cardholders received. I received an email from a reader asking if I knew what she could do: “I am not sure if you… Read the whole article...Categories: Uncategorized Tags: April 1st, Balance Transfer, Cardholders, Citibank, Close Account, Credit Card Issuers, Debit Card, Email, High Interest
Action Alerts PLUS Review – Trade Stocks With the Guidance of Jim Cramer
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Borrow Money With Prosper & Lending Club
Earlier this year, I hosted a guest post by Jonathan sharing his experiences with borrowing money from peer to peer lending network Prosper. Just recently, I received the following email from a reader singing their praises: I’ve borrowed twice now from Prosper and I love it. The first loan was $7000 at 8.65% for three years and the most recent was $8000 at 9.65% for three years. I got the 2nd in response to the credit cards jacking up my interest rate and slashing my credit limit no reason. I was so angry about the… Read the whole article...Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Borrowers, Borrowing Money, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Debt Loans, Debts, Direct Deposit, Email, Hassle, Interest Rate Hikes, Lenders, Lending Networks, Peer To Peer Lending, Sources Of Funding
Why do immigrants save so much more money than you?
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Some Thoughts on Building a Successful Friendship
Early this yr, I posted a nicely-liked write-up, >>>>Some Ideas on Building a Effective MarriageBy no means Consume On your personalTwitterFacebookCategories: Money Tags: Acquaintances, Backbone, Close Friends, Companionship, Email, Emotions, Fashion, Friendship, Having Children, Lifestyle, Marriage, Month And A Half, Old Friend, Parents, Personal Lives, Relationships, Term Friendships