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Archive for April, 2010
How to Be a Savvy Cheapskate
Apr 17th
by Katy Marquardt
[excerpt] Don’t judge this penny pincher by his cover. Jeff Yeager may be the author of The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Roadmap to True Riches–which one might assume to be filled with coupon-clipping strategies and saving tricks–but his philosophy isn’t as much about how to get more for less as it is learning to live with less, period.
8 Steps to Reducing Credit Card Debt
Apr 14th
by Erin Petersen
[excerpt] In times of economic uncertainty, it’s even more important to put yourself in a solid financial position. One good way to do that is to dig out of credit card debt.
Liz Weston, author of “Easy Money: How to Simplify Your Finances and Get What You Want out of Life,” says tighter lending standards make it even more important for people to bring down their credit card balances. “Many credit avenues are being shut off,” she says. “Some people are finding their credit limits getting lower and interest rates getting higher.”
Meet the Credit Score Perfectionists
Apr 7th
by Erica Sandberg
[Excerpt] While most Americans strive for good credit scores, others take special care to achieve great ones. Meet some credit score superstars — and learn why and how they keep those precious three digits so high.
How to Save on Big-Ticket Items
Apr 4th
by Kimberly Palmer
[Excerpt] To Elisabeth Leamy, Good Morning America’s consumer correspondent, pinching pennies by skipping coffee or bringing lunch to work is barely worth the trouble. (She says she ends up eating her bagged meal by 11 a.m. and buying a second one in the midafternoon, anyway.) Plus, she likes supporting the local coffeehouse with her green tea habit. She also likes saving money–but only when she can save a lot of it.
Five Billionaires Who Live Below Their Means
Apr 3rd
by Katie Adams
[Excerpt] At least once in your life – maybe even once a week or once a day for that matter – you have fantasized about coming into a lot of money. What would you do if you were worth millions or even billions? Believe it or not there are millionaires and billionaires among us who masquerade as relatively normal, run-of-the-mill people. Take a peek at some of the most frugal wealthy people in the world.
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