LivingAlmostLarge

Okay get ready students, July 1st, 2008 is approaching.  And the time is now to consolidate student loans!  Liz Weston just published an article about this. This is your chance to lock in rates of 3.6%.
Here’s the deal, if you had student loans taken out before July 1, 2006, then you are eligible for consolidation.  All [...]

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Interesting article by money claiming that people who use plastic spend more.  I wonder is that a cause of credit card debt or an artifact of the credit card usage?
 First off, if you notice many PF bloggers use CC extensively and none worry about late fees or 25% interest.  Some like Nickel have automatic debit [...]

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This article published in the Washington post, states from polls that stress from debt is causing health problems among Americans.  Apparently with the increasing debt in America, many people are also complaining about increases in health problems such as backaches, headaches, or stomaches.
Approximately 10 to 16 millions Americans are suffering due to debt problems and the number is [...]

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Guess I’m way to mean to MP Dunleavy for her financial moves.  Although I am not the only one.  She apparently has her defenders, one of whom is Karen Datko over at Smart Spending.  In this post, they defend MP’s financial choices. 
Here’s the scoop on MP, she’s a 40-something writer with $40k saved for retirement.  [...]

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I thought this a most apt and funny fairytale about mortgages.  I thought it a bit saddening though about all the truth in the story.  Enjoy.

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This article is an interesting read about how debt has rapidly seducing our society.  That between 1989 and 2001, as a nation we tripled our credit card debt to $692 billion, and last year it hit $937 billion.  Ouch.  The article asks what happened to our frugality of a nation?  Our capitalistic natures and our [...]

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Okay as most know, MP Dunleavy seems to always piss me when she writes about her finances.  She always does STUPID.  But the most recent article in the NY times is called “Paying off debts that seem Unshakeable.”  So what’s the problem?  Well here is a thread on her Women In Red discussing her decision [...]

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What’s your money personality? This interesting article at MSN talks about different types of personalities. Most people have a little of every personality, but the quiz gives you the top 3 personalities.  The article suggests that that most balanced people are equal parts of all personalities.
I took the quiz and found I was 50% saver, [...]

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I am such a HUGE Sex and the City Fan.  I have no idea why. I know there are many, many financial discrepancies in the show, but I still love it. I can’t wait for the movie to come out.   So what’s real about it and what’s not?
Reality is that Carrie the main character loves [...]

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I turned on Suze Orman this weekend for a few minutes. The segment of the show I turned on was a woman hiding $87k in credit card debt from her new boyfriend.  She wasn’t sure if she should reveal it or not.  She was wondering how and when to tell him.  Suze said she needed [...]

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