Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

While I may talk a lot about savings and being prudent with your money, a huge part of decluttering your finances is knowing exactly where you stand with the major credit bureaus. Like most credit scoring services, Credit Karma requires some of your personal information to fetch your credit score. How Does Credit Karma Work?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 17, 2013

I don’t want my banking information out there for everyone to see” She went on to tell me about a friend’s horror story; the friend had experienced online banking fraud, whereby somebody hacked her online bank account and transferred money to their own. Don’t Access Banking Information From Your Phone.

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Saving Cents With Sense

MARCH 10, 2016

Make sure you know who you are sharing your personal information with, especially your social security number (or EIN). And don’t be scared to ask questions about why they are requesting the information. If you don’t need paperwork that has your personal information on it, make sure that you shred it. How did you handle it?

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Enter your personal information You’ll need your name, Social Security number, address and birthdate. Incorrect, negative information. Negative information that’s too old to be included. Most negative information, other than one type of bankruptcy, should be excluded after seven years.

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Saving Cents With Sense

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Avoid becoming a part of this statistic by taking a few precautionary steps to keep your personal information safe. Only give your social security number out when absolutely necessary, and take the proper steps to ensure it’s not spread to inappropriate channels or people who will take advantage of the information.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 10, 2012

Welcome to the May 11, 2012 Edition #236 of the Carnival of Financial Planning. For typical individual investors, without special access to information, it offers what is likely the best financial advice they will ever get: It is hard to consistently beat the market, especially after fees. Norton and now in its ninth edition.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

That can protect you from fraudulent credit applications, even if a criminal has key information such as your birthdate and Social Security number. When someone applies for credit using your personal information, a lender or card issuer typically checks your credit before making a decision.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 6, 2012

History repeats and informs in market technologies. It’s modeled much like Michael Pollans Food Rules with many one-page rules that give short but useful tidbits of information. There may be a few ways to do that… Retirement. There are so many complex and obscure parts it’s hard to discern what’s going on.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Alternately you could strive for multi-millionaire status – once you get to Category II wealth status (See What Category Wealth Are You for information on the categories) you pretty much have it made for several generations. 8 Ways to Prevent Identity Theft. What are the differences between a millionaire and a billionaire?

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Saving Cents With Sense

DECEMBER 15, 2012

And, unfortunately, charitable giving this time of year brings out scam artists willing to take advantage of a person’s generosity, so taking extra caution to protect your sensitive information is important. First of all, verify the legitimacy of your chosen charity to ensure you don’t fall victim to fraud.

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