Having a foot in both the Indian and American worlds recently has given me what I think is a rather distinct perspective on the progression of western economies. It is beyond debate that over the past few decades the western world has progressively become more capitalistic, and in so doing the overall wealth of […]

For our readers that are interested in getting the low down on debt and debt consolidation, we have reviewed a very thorough and site rich with information titled DebtConsolidationLowDown.com.
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The site has a Google Page Rank of 4 out of 10 and has archives that date back […]

This is our fourth part in a multiples part series covering some of the things that you should say and some of the things you should not say when you negotiate a lower interest rate on your credit card account. In this fourth section we are going to cover three things that You Definitely Should […]

Here is our third installment reviewing some of the things you should and should not say when you are negotiating a lower credit card rate on the phone.
What you Should Say
remind them that you are a good customer

When you call, you will want to explain to them how you have been a good customer by […]

Last week we kicked off a series covering the of negotiating a better credit card rate. This week we continue that series with our second installment.
We have about two to three more installments to go in this series and we’re going to continue to mix it up covering some of the “What you should say” […]

I read an interesting article the other day describing some basic strategies for negotiating a lower credit card rate. I have had a significant amount of experience in the area and intended to write about it and got side tracked. Then today I saw a new article from the same site is starting a series […]

I have been using Yahoo! Bill Pay for almost 10 years.  I do not recall the exact year I started using the service but it was sometime between 1996 and 1998.  The service is actually run on CheckFree technology, Yahoo! just provides an additional access option to Yahoo members.
CheckFree was one of the early entrants […]

Balance transfer arbitrage is a relatively new technique for making with 0% APR balance transfer credit cards. The general idea is that you get a card with, say, a $5,000 balance transfer, receive the transfer cheque, then deposit that into an interest- bearing liquid investment. If the 0% APR term is good for 12 months, […]

How To Get Out Of Debt: Write About It
Last month, Somu wrote on this blog about making money with your writing skills. It seems that a lot of people have the same idea. The International Herald Tribune writes about pfbloggers (personal finance bloggers) who wear their financial hearts on their sleeves, revealing all their debts, […]