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Category: Money & Personal Finance

Money & Personal Finance

401k Loan for a down payment on a house

Home ownership has not been an insurmountable financial hurdle for the 63.5 percent of Americans that own their homes according to US Census data, but…

byRick GoodApril 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Fraudulent credit charges

A thief often only needs the numbers on a credit card to rip you off. According to CreditCards.com, about 31.8 million Americans had their cards breached…

byRick GoodMarch 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Behind on student loans

According to Marketwatch, about 40 million Americans currently have student loan debt of some kind. Coupled with a complex job market, one in four…

byRick GoodMarch 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Check Social Security benefits

Marriage, age at retirement, the length of employment, and other considerations affect the amount of your Social Security benefit. But to get a rough…

byRick GoodMarch 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Cracking the credit score formula

Learning how one’s credit score is determined is essential for many because Fox Business explains that around 30 percent of Americans have a credit score…

byRick GoodMarch 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

New car prices on the rise

Interest rates, production costs, and regulations have made new cars cost more. According to Experian, the average consumer pays $495 for a new car loan….

byRick GoodMarch 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Moneywise: IRAs, flowers

Rolling over an IRA In an effort to simplify the process of rolling over an IRA account, the IRS has just made a change to the way it handles the 60-day…

byRick GoodFebruary 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

How is Your Financial Relationship?

We think of love on Valentine’s Day; should we also think of money? Connecting with a partner on a financial level is as important as an emotional one….

byRick GoodFebruary 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Hard lessons about purchases and returns

A box can tell you a lot about a product, but you don’t know if the product is in the box until you open it. That lesson has been painfully clear to a…

byRick GoodFebruary 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Three questions to identify fake debt collectors

Debt collection scammers abound and can cause massive problems once they get you to pay them or reveal personal information. But you can identify an…

byRick GoodJanuary 1, 2017July 11, 2026

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