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Debt
Holiday shopping: Will you choose debit or credit?
Nov 18, 2011
The debate over credit versus debit has been raging for years. Guest blogger Gerri Detweiler gives three reasons on each side of the argument.
The root of Italy's problems
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Paddy Hirsch
Nov 14, 2011
Berlusconi may be gone, but Italia's problems persists. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how Italy got into the mess it's in today.
Harrisburg implodes -- what other municipalities are in danger?
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Paddy Hirsch
Oct 12, 2011
When I was a lad I decorated my room with a poster of a nuclear mushroom cloud, with "Harrisburg is Everywhere" written in big letters across the...
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A priority on reducing debt
Sep 30, 2011
Question: I am a 38 year old single parent and I have a huge amount of personal debt. I have student loans ($80k), credit card debt ($22k), a car...
Fund Roth or target debt
Sep 29, 2011
Question: I'm in the middle of a debate with myself as to whether my wife and I should continue to aggressively pay off a variable 4.5% HELOC or if...
Before There Was Money, There Was Debt
Sep 29, 2011
Debt: The First 5,000 Years is a new book by anthropologist, author and general provocateur, David Graeber. It gives a long and global view on th...
Plastic fantastic - credit card solicitations rocket
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 21, 2011
Credit card solicitations are double what they were last year. Business Insider got its hands on a research report by Credit Suisse, which says...
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Household debts: Half-empty or half-full?
Aug 15, 2011
Is the household money glass half full or half empty? The Federal Reserve's latest quarterly survey (second quarter, 2011) shows that households...
Four steps to managing personal debt
Aug 5, 2011
Over the past several weeks Washington put the country through a crazy, bewildering shoutfest over the federal debt. Gnawing worries over the worth...
Loan rates are down: The bad and the good
Aug 3, 2011
The cost of borrowing is heading lower.
Take mortgage rates. According to Bankrate.com, the national average for 30-year fixed rate mortgages is...