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As You (Or Your Kids) Look For That Perfect Place To...
It’s that time of the year again. People are (desperately, in some cases) searching for rentals. Some have just started looking for that perfect...
5 Money Talks to Have Before You Get Married
You finally found your soul mate -- someone who is sympathetic, nurturing, loving and caring. You're ready to tie the knot. But before you...
13 Incredibly Careless Things That Make Your Smart Phone Dumb And...
Organized crime sees your smart phone as the most vulnerable entry point into our electronic financial system—an easy way not only to steal your...
5 Ways Student Loans Hurt Middle-Class Kids
Student loans are supposed to help middle-class kids pay for a college education, but these days they can do more harm than good. It's...
Just When You Thought You Knew Every Way Your Credit Report...
Whether we are talking about mortgage loans, credit cards, auto or student loans, most people know that credit reports play an important role in...
Should You Pay Off Your Ex’s Credit Cards?
When the Love Boat morphs into the Titanic and you are flailing in the icy waters of the North Atlantic, the banks are not...
Good News (Finally) When It Comes to Medical Debt Reform
You could be excused for skipping over the piece in The New York Times the other day. After all, it did sound awfully familiar.
Here’s...
How Much Student Loan Debt Is Too Much?
Some call it the Student Loan Bubble -- I call it crazy. And what better time to discuss student debt insanity than now, as...
4 Big Problems With Social Security Numbers
A Social Security number is like a skeleton key -- able to unlock a kingdom of untold riches for identity thieves. It is the...
9 Ways To Better Protect Your Identity When You Are Away...
I commissioned a poll last month to sample, among other things, people’s attitudes about identity theft. I was both surprised and disappointed to see...
‘The Best Form Of Consumer Protection? Self-Protection’
We can debate — if you want — whether the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was necessary. (I think it was.) But there...
5 Money Lessons Every New Graduate Needs to Know
Yes my friends, it's that time of year again. No, not allergy season -- graduation. That seminal moment in our lives when, in ceremonies...
Hate Universal Background Checks? Meet the Gun Score
A sufficiently large minority of the U.S. Senate demonstrated their Orwellian allegiance to the gun lobby last week -- or their fear of it...
Are Your Employees Accessing Or Stealing Your Company’s Private Information? Probably.
Here’s depressing news for all those who thought our corporate data was safe. It isn’t.
And one of the biggest threats is coming from the...
OCC Ya! The Government Agency That Should Fine Itself
This just in from the "It Couldn't Possibly Get Any Worse" Department: The first wave of checks from the bungled foreclosure abuse settlement landed...
The Tax Form That Could Save Your Refund From Thieves
The Bible tells us, "It is better to give than to receive." Most Americans don't feel that way on April 15. But when the...
The Biggest Credit Mistake People Make (Plus 3 Tips)
Some credit mistakes are obvious. Everybody knows the big one: Failing to pay your bills on time. If you're looking to wreck your credit...
Obama Proposes Credit Score Stimulus: Everyone Gets a Perfect 850
Flanked by leaders from the credit industry and Congress, President Barack Obama announced today that he has signed an executive order designed to open...
5 Places Where You Should Never Give Your Social Security Number
Every time you go to a new doctor or dentist and they give you a clipboard brimming with documents to fill out and sign,...
Consumer Reports Got It Dangerously Wrong on Identity Theft
We commissioned a national poll last month which found that nearly 40 percent of Americans believe "identity theft is not a serious problem." In...