Investing Prerequisite #1: How To Deal With Debt
Photo by: SqueakyMarmot This post is step 1 in our Investing Template. Deciding when and how to pay off your debts is not a simple matter. While it can be comforting to be debt-free, that may not...
View ArticleIs the Debt Snowball an Atkins Diet?
Photo by: House of Sims While I run the risk of alienating a lot of low-carbers out there, I’m choosing to use Atkins as an analogy because I think there are a few parallels between the diet and my...
View ArticleDebt and Moral Hazard
Photo by: Vinay Deep For decades now the American approach to debt has been to worry about it later. We’ve essentially kicked the problem down the road. While some points in our history may have...
View ArticleIs the Mortgage Crisis Over?
Photo by: respres The mortgage crisis was clearly one of the dominating catalysts of the recent economic fiasco. While many other factors contributed, this was one of the most visible and visceral to...
View ArticleDebt Reduction for the Willfully Stupid
Photo by: kainr People get into debt in a variety of ways. Some people have medical problems or other things that are largely beyond their control. Others have simply traded their future earnings...
View ArticleWhy You Spend More Than You Make (and What To Do About It)
Photo by: CarbonNYC Everyone knows what you need to do if you want to get out of debt and create a savings account; you have to make more money than you spend. So if we all know this, then why are so...
View ArticleShould You Ever Leverage Yourself?
Photo by: fairlightworks The typical American is leveraged. They have borrowed money to buy things. This is not necessarily bad in and of itself, but if you start to think of your household as a...
View ArticleThe Joneses Are Your Enemy
Photo by: Chapek Sergey Probably the most self-destructive thing that a person can do for their financial future is to pay undue attention to what those around them are doing. Obviously this has...
View ArticleHow to Save When You’re in Debt
This is a guest post from Fred from Credit Card Finder. Fred helps people to compare and choose the best credit card online. If you’re in debt with credit cards, or personal loans and a mortgage you...
View ArticleIs Debt consolidation the right solution for you?
Today’s post is a guest post by David Brown, a financial writer with Oak view law group Have you been hit by the money bug? Are you suffocating under the burden of multiple debts? Well, debt...
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