Posts Tagged ‘debt’

Last night, I was pondering the subject of cash flow (essentially how money flow through our hands) and about financial well being. I played around with various visualizations that consist of income, expenses, debt, and assets. What I came up with was the 5 stages of financial health below.
I believe that all of [...]

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Alas, problogger, we hardly knew ye at Brip Blap — Steve who became pro-blogger not long ago shares his thought on pro-blogging and the reason why he went [...]

A friend at work is thinking about borrowing from his 401k plan to fund his business start-up. He mentioned it to me and I told him that it’s a terrible idea to borrow from 401k. It may sound appealing at first — i.e., fast loan application, easy to qualify, and you pay the [...]

Over the weekend, I came across a rather interesting series called The History of Credit and Debt at Myvesta.org. In this carnival, I’ll be sharing short excerpts from the series.
This week carnival is not big, but it’s packed with good articles. In this carnival, I selected 9 articles as the editor’s picks and [...]

Following the success of previous Frugal of Cheap Test, I am going to throw another one out there for your enjoyment. I hope that you’ll like this Financial IQ Test as much as the last one and find it somewhat educational as well. Please note that I’ve included a link or two for [...]

Welcome to the “Money Saving Hacks” edition of Money Hacks Carnival. We have over 60 submissions this week, so this is a fairly long carnival. Let’s start off with the editor’s picks, and don’t forget to check out money saving tips.

Editor’s Picks

Smart Moves To Lower Your Health Care Costs posted at The Digerati [...]

When I started blogging, I’d never thought that my writing could possibly impact anyone. Above all else, it was a way for me to learn more about money management. It was more about me than it was about others. This all changed last Friday, when I read a blog post from Cootiehog: Monthly [...]

This article is not meant to convince you to try credit card arbitrage — rather, it’s meant to start a discussion about it. Ultimately, I would like to hear your thought on credit card arbitrage as a money making strategy.

Photo by Classyshot via Flickr
First, we start off with a little background information.
What Is Credit [...]

This is a guest post by Heather Johnson.
Many of us are working toward a comfortable retirement so that we can relax and enjoy our golden years. Money experts often give advice on how to reduce debt and retire early, yet they overlook the people who have already reached retirement age. There are plenty of seniors [...]

I knew that applying for too many credit cards could adversely effect on my credit score. However, the concept wasn’t picture perfect until I read Rocket Finance’s story where he said, “we traded our credit score of 748 at it’s highest point in exchange for favor from credit card companies.”
How Did I Sell My [...]