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How to Prevent Three Common Disastrous Personal Financial Mistakes

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I was an expert at this; I spent every dollar I earned and juggled multiple credit cards to pay bills and buy whatever I thought I had the money for. Of course, by using credit cards for purchases and bills, I was spending money I didn’t have and probably wouldn’t have any time soon. Minimum Payments On Credit Cards.

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Small Money Mistakes That Have Big Consequences

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Having Multiple Credit Cards Buying with credit cards leads to spending more than you earn and we all know where that leads. Interest rates on credit cards are usually the highest around so you are actually paying many times what the item is worth.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

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Since there seems to be so much in the news lately about credit cards- the good ones, the bad ones, the ugly ones, the fee free ones, the reward ones, the secured ones, etc. I figured I would talk about credit cards as today’s theme. This post discusses the top 10 myths about life insurance.

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4 Good Reasons To Buy Travel Insurance

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Insurance has always been something that most of us aren’t really sure about getting. Although life insurance sounds sensible, other types of insurance such as travel insurance may make us think twice. Why should we spend more just to have insurance we might not even need?

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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Tom Drake from Canadian Finance Blog clarifies our Understanding of Term Life Insurance. Nathan Richardson from ComplexSearch.com presents What’s a Good Credit Score? Philip Taylor from PT Money Personal Finance presents The Best Gas Rewards Credit Cards–June 2011. I totally agree.

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How to Save Money on Car Insurance

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Many insurance companies are offering discounts for multi-car policies as well as some multi-line discounts for people who have different policies for different things like a car, a home, or life insurance etc. under the same insurance company. Pay your insurance bill using a cash back credit card.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

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Madison presents Credit Card Application Spree to Maximize Sign Up Bonuses posted at My Dollar Plan , saying, “It’s time for a round of credit card applications to make some money! ” Green Panda presents 2 Great Reasons Why Young People Need Life Insurance Too! Readon for some great bonuses.

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