Credit Score – The Good, the Bad, and the Sucky
Like it or not, your credit score matters whether or not you plan to borrow money. As such it’s a good idea to learn as much as you can about credit score, how it works, and how it impact your finances. Below are some great articles about credit score I found around the web this [...]
Free Credit Score and Report Sites Comparison
There are a lot of web sites that offers free credit score and credit report. However, many of them are not really free and some have down right misleading advertisement regarding their offers. This list contains some of the most popular web sites that offers free credit report and credit score. From the list, two [...]
Money Hacks Carnival #76 – The Fun Money Facts Edition
Welcome to the 76th edition of Money Hacks Carnival. In this edition, I’ll be presenting some interesting and fun facts about money along with the submissions. For editor’s picks, please look for entries noted with (EP).
Money Fact #1: $1 bills wear out in about 17 months. Bills of larger denomination last longer because they are [...]
How To Get Free Credit Reports From AnnualCreditReport.com
I recently came across a video by FTC that advertise AnnualCreditReport.com in a manner that mocks the more familiar commercials by FreeCreditReport.com. I had mentioned in the past that credit report from FreeCreditReport.com is not free because you have to sign up for one of their paid services to get it.
FTC AnnualCreditReport.com Restaurant Video
If you [...]
Weekly Highlights: January 29, 2009
Earlier this week, I wrote that FreeCreditReport.com is not free, and promptly got a personal finance lecture from Abigail at I Pick Up Pennies. She said, “If you’re not clear why a site needs your credit card information is needed, don’t give it out.” She also said that I should be reading and re-reading Terms [...]
FreeCreditReport.com Is NOT Free
Have you heard of FreeCreditReport.com before? If you watch television at all, you probably came across their free credit report commercials more than once. And if you do a Google search for “Free Credit Report”, they will actually come up as the #2 result. Don’t believe their commercials or their extremely misleading name even for [...]
Weekend Highlights, December 14, 2008
This week Moolanomy feed was transferred from FeedBurner to Google, and there was some problems. The results? I had to burn a new feed, the subscribers count is down to 570, and I lost all email subscribers in the process. Darn. If you wants to get free daily email updates, you’ll have to go through [...]
| High Interest Savings Accounts | 1.51% |
| High Yield CDs (1-year) | 1.60% |
| High Yield Checking Accounts | 1.46% |
| Best Credit Card | TrueEarnings® |
| 0% APR Balance Transfer | 12 mo |
| Lowest Interest Rate | 9.75% |
| Best Cash Back Reward | 5% |