On July 30, 2009 I wrote an article about free information about credit. Today I found another resource to assist you with your quest. Mymoney.gov is website that provides free information about taking control or your finances and credit. This website is run by the U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission. The site provides information [...]
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Part 6 of my review of Kevin Trudeau’s book, “Debt Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know” examines Chapter 8 (Highest Points Wins), 9 (The Report); 10 (Knowing the Score) and 11 (Show Me the Money). The purpose of the review is to examine whether Trudeau, who has had extensive involvement with credit card fraud [...]
As the commercial says, there is no credit fairy that will come and rescue your FICO Score. Only you can take control of your financial future through hard work and education. There is a new website designed to give you information about credit and how it affects your financial future. It is called Take Charge of [...]
There are a number of sites on the internet (which I shall not link to in the interest of public education) which are completely wrong in stating that medical debt collection does not affect your credit score. Medical debt which has gone to collection is a debt which has gone to a debt collector and [...]
Credit scores are the driving force of consumer finance. And consumer finance is the driving force of our economy. But obsessing over your score can be time-consuming and unrewarding. Your credit score says nothing about you as a person. I spoke with a young woman a few months ago who was upset with a credit [...]
