Recently at work someone was talking about how their credit card number was stolen and fraudulent charges were made to it. After some back and forth with Capital One all of the charges were reversed, but then they noticed that the interest charge for carrying a balance popped up. They
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Debt Snowball Method
After discussing the avalanche method of paying of debt last week, I want to share with you another method to pay off your debt that has been popularized by many – the snowball method. This another fitting name with the cold weather and snow we have been having around here though.
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If you are new to debt repayment, you might be thrown off by all the winter terms being thrown around like “avalanche” and “snowball.” Just what the heck do these terms have to do with your debt? I’m hoping that I will be able to clear that up in this
Continue readingRecent Student Loan Developments in the News
Recently there have been some developments regarding student loans in the news dealing with both the current and future interest rates. The current rates for subsidized student loans are 3.4% and unsubsidized loans are locked in at 6.8%, with many private loans coming in at rates even higher than this.
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I personally believe the biggest thing that needs to be done about student loans is education about what exact these student loans mean for your life after college. I personally had no idea the extent the amount of debt I was piling up while at school or how exactly it
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