Archive for the ‘Debt Help’ Category
Are you so in debt you ignore your bills? And even if you’re still paying them, when is the last time you looked beyond the minimum payments? If you seriously want to get out of debt, you need to face the ugly numbers…
May 25th, 2006. . Read More »
Faced with debt it is tempting to spend sleepless nights aimlessly crunching numbers, as if the right few calculator taps will make that red ink disappear. Sadly we both know that won’t happen…
May 24th, 2006. . Read More »
Got debt? You’re not alone. The average American’s credit card balance is over $8,000. Even if you’re in over your head, you don’t need to spend more money than you already have to get out of debt…
May 23rd, 2006. . Read More »
These rising interest rates are bad news for those of us hacking away at our credit card debt. A couple of years ago I thought I was safe because my cards had so-called “fixed interest” [...]
May 22nd, 2006. . Read More »
The IRS may be good for something. BusinessWeek reported yesterday that the IRS has revoked the tax-exempt status of 41 “nonprofit” credit counseling agencies.
May 16th, 2006. . Read More »
Should you start saving for retirement with a 401(k) before paying off credit card debt? It depends on your situation, but for most people the answer is…
May 5th, 2006. . Read More »
An artlice from Sunday’s Boston Globe (story) got me thinking about the principle of consumption smoothing for the first time since I took Econ 101 about seven years ago. If I remember correctly, it basically [...]
April 17th, 2006. . Read More »
