Your credit score is a financial report card that tells lenders how risky it is to do business with you. Scores range from 300 to 850.The higher your score, the more likely you are to pay back a loan -- and that means that lenders will be more ...
Continue reading Good to Know: The 5 Criteria That Determine Your Credit Score
Here’s an Easy Way to Save $1500 Per Year – Just By Doing Your Laundry
Nobody likes doing the laundry. Well, at least nobody I talk to.
I know for a fact that the Honeybee never looks forward to laundry day. Even so, she won't let me come anywhere near the washing machine because she hates the way I do laundry. ...
Continue reading Here’s an Easy Way to Save $1500 Per Year – Just By Doing Your Laundry
Black Coffee: Revenge of the Fed
It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ...
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
Despite the continuing economic ...
Continue reading Black Coffee: Revenge of the Fed
How Do I Choose the Best 0% Purchase Credit Card?
A 0% purchase credit card offers zero interest on purchases for an introductory time period. After this period expires, any outstanding balances are charged a standard interest rate.
Here are some important points to consider when finding the best ...
Continue reading How Do I Choose the Best 0% Purchase Credit Card?
The Best Household CEOs Understand the Importance of Saying ‘No’
By most accounts, there are more than 250,000 words in the English language.
Of course, I have my favorites.
For example, I've always been quite fond of platypus; I smile every time I hear myself say it.
For some reason, there happens to be ...
Continue reading The Best Household CEOs Understand the Importance of Saying ‘No’
Black Coffee: America’s Coming ‘Eat Your Peas’ Moment
It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ...
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
Summer is in its waning days, and for ...
Continue reading Black Coffee: America’s Coming ‘Eat Your Peas’ Moment
What Is a 0% Purchase Credit Card?
As the name implies, a 0% credit card offers 0% interest on purchases for an introductory time period -- typically from 6 to 12 months. After the intro period expires, any outstanding balances are charged a standard interest rate.
Avoid getting a ...
Continue reading What Is a 0% Purchase Credit Card?
4 Good Reasons Why Some Quarters Are Painted Red
Every once in awhile I'll come across something a bit arcane that will catch my eye and really make me wonder.
For example, consider the pattern on the back of this cat:
I know; I can't believe it either.
I'll never forget the time I ...
Continue reading 4 Good Reasons Why Some Quarters Are Painted Red
Black Coffee: Close Enough for Government Work
It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ...
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
The Labor Day weekend is here! But ...
Continue reading Black Coffee: Close Enough for Government Work
How Do I Choose the Best Rewards Points Credit Card?
There is no magic to selecting the right reward points card. In fact, it basically comes down to just a few basic steps:
Identify your most important perk. For example, if you're not interested in traveling, then consider a cash dividends or ...
Continue reading How Do I Choose the Best Rewards Points Credit Card?
18 Facts You Didn’t Know About the National Debt
I know that Halloween is still more than a month away, but it won't be long before people will once again be looking for ways to scare the pants off unwitting friends and family members.
One way to do that without having to dress up like a ghost ...
Continue reading 18 Facts You Didn’t Know About the National Debt
Black Coffee: Calling Out the Legal Looters
It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ...
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
Whenever destroyers appear among men, ...
Continue reading Black Coffee: Calling Out the Legal Looters
How Do I Choose the Best Air Miles Credit Card?
An air miles rewards card are perfect for folks who love to travel and have great credit -- so you'll want to make sure you maximize your dividends by using the following strategies:
Compare interest rates and annual fees. Rewards cards typically ...
Continue reading How Do I Choose the Best Air Miles Credit Card?
8 Stupid Fees Consumers Hate to Pay (But Often Do Anyway)
In this tough economy, businesses of all types continue to nickel and dime us to death with add-on charges. Needless to say, they want you to believe that those fees are necessary to cover the additional costs of doing business; pizza delivery fees ...
Continue reading 8 Stupid Fees Consumers Hate to Pay (But Often Do Anyway)
Black Coffee: Hope Is Not a Plan
It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ...
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
Let's get right to this week's ...
Continue reading Black Coffee: Hope Is Not a Plan
How Should I Choose a Student Credit Card?
For younger people who are just getting started in life, a student credit card is a terrific way to help establish a positive credit history. The most important consideration in choosing the best one for you depends on how you plan to use it. For ...
Continue reading How Should I Choose a Student Credit Card?
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Calculate This Bill’s Tip
By the time kids leave the 5th grade they should know how to calculate simple percentages, which is one of the most critical mathematical tools we have at our disposal after we become adults.
Thanks to the longtime custom of tipping, restaurants ...
Continue reading Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Calculate This Bill’s Tip
Black Coffee: Empty Coffers and Sticky Fingers
It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ...
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
Despite the continuing economic ...
Continue reading Black Coffee: Empty Coffers and Sticky Fingers
My 12th Annual Cost Survey of 10 Popular Brown Bag Sandwiches
If our local high school decides to open its doors this year, the completely unappetizing daily lunch will be $3.75. For a family with two kids, that amounts to $1350 during the course of a 180-day school year.
Oh, sure; $3.75 for lunch may sound ...
Continue reading My 12th Annual Cost Survey of 10 Popular Brown Bag Sandwiches
Black Coffee: The Road to Perdition
It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ...
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
Summer is here, but for most people on ...
Continue reading Black Coffee: The Road to Perdition
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 62
- Next Page »