You got it. Canceling credit cards just when you get them without ever using them or using them once is just as bad as using them and not paying it back Well almost as bad). From Fool.com Closing accounts will not undo anything. According to Fair Isaac & Co., once you acquire more than seven revolving debt accounts, your FICO score begins to suffer a little. However, all is not automatically forgiven by simply closing accounts to get below seven. Once you've opened the accounts, th...
SOURCE: FOOL.com The Best Financial Non-Move To Make By Dayana Yochim (TMF School) September 14, 2004 It's not just buyers feeling lost in today's real estate market. Many current homeowners are scratching their heads over what to do with what's likely their largest investment. How about doing nothing? Novel approach, we know, but staying with the status quo may be the best financial non-move you make this year. It's not a bad idea to approach the housing market with the att...
SOURCE: FOOL.com How to Stretch a Buck By Dayana Yochim (TMF School) September 13, 2004 With interest rates on the rise and inflation threatening the price of a Big Gulp, a dollar just doesn't seem like, well, a dollar anymore. No need to look for part-time work or switch to generic soda pop. Here are some painless ways to make the money you already have go further. Find your loose change: Review your current investments, including your work retirement plan, IRAs, and that ch...
3 Credit Report articles in a row!!! Believe it!! This is something J.Lo needs just as much as you or I. Well, maybe not as much, but it still effects her just like us so pay close attention. Firstly, there is a site that gives you tips about your score and how to track your credit reports. Fair Isaac & Co. (FICO) has a website and it has the tips to help you out . Now for the main event: How to be a perfect 10 (or 850) in credit score ranking. Here are some of the tid-bits: # B...
SOURCE: FOOL.com Credit Tete-a-Tete The Motley Fool's resident consumer credit junkie Dayana Yochim recently chatted with longtime Consumer Credit discussion board mentor Joel Corley about couples and credit issues, the truth about FICO scores, and what everyone should know about keeping a clean credit rap sheet. No "Clean Up Your Credit Campaign" would be complete without getting the pro's perspective. In true Foolish fashion we went not to the credit reporting industry or even ...
SOURCE: USA TODAY Low-income students scarce at elite colleges By Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Thomas Jefferson believed that democracy wouldn't work unless poor but worthy students had access to a quality education. So what would he think today about all those SUVs or that shiny black Saab turbo convertible parked near student hangouts at the campus he founded 185 years ago? The number of students at his beloved University of Virginia who qualify for need...
SOURCE: NETSCAPE Scary News About Teen Girls Who Date Nearly one in five sexually active teenage girls in the United States say they have been physically abused by a date in the past year, Reuters reports of a study released by the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Mass. These same girls are also more likely than other teen girls to become pregnant or engage in risky sexual behaviors, such as having more than one partner over a short period of time. It's not clear if ...
SOURCE: NYTIMES Who's There? How Parents Can Be IM Watchdogs By LARRY MAGID Published: October 7, 2004 INSTANT messaging and online chat are well on their way to ubiquity. Some 41 percent of all Internet users use IM to communicate in real time, according to comScore Media Metrix, a research group that measures Internet demographics. Among users ages 12 to 17, the proportion is even bigger: 55 percent. For parents, this raises the question of controlling the risks associated...
SOURCE: FOOL.com Credit Lies and Urban Legends By Dayana Yochim (TMF School) November 12, 2004 We'd like to take a moment to tackle a few credit reporting misconceptions and rumors that just won't die. This is what we call a "lightning round" Q&A, designed to quickly disperse the crowd whispering around the water cooler. If you're looking for deeper, more meaningful insights into the credit reporting industry, you won't find it here. (It's here.) MYTH: Cutting up a credit card ...
SOURCE: MSN Money Jubak's Journal What if nobody retires? By Jim Jubak Lately, the idea of working longer and retiring later has become the financial planning equivalent of a free lunch. You've heard this one from the politicians: If everyone delayed retiring for a couple of years, it would "fix" Social Security. And from the financial planners: Keep working if you haven't saved enough for a comfortable retirement. You've probably heard it so often that the idea dances throu...
SOURCE: CNN.com Coalition: High school diplomas losing meaning Tuesday, February 10, 2004 Posted: 10:10 AM EST (1510 GMT) Only comprehensive change, including more rigorous English and math requirements for all students, would restore the significance of a high school graduation, according to a nearly two-year review by the American Diploma Project. The organization is an alliance of three groups whose leaders include top education officials in the administrations of ...
SOURCE: CNET News.com Gates taking a seat in your den January 5, 2005, 6:30 PM PT By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.com LAS VEGAS--Bill Gates is coming to your living room, whether you like it or not. Microsoft's chairman is setting the company on a course to provide software and tools that will allow different forms of entertainment to blend. Messaging will become a crucial part of Xenon, the code name for the next Xbox . Microsoft will also work with te...
One source I found on planning your retirement future now. It has a few links and can provide a good place to start your search.
An interesting article on getting an online college degree and who would hire them. I am not sure MSN is a trusting source of infor since they have allot of affiliates for online schools, but its still worth a read. Check it out.