Carnival of Money: Roadmap to Money Health

posted: 170 DAYS 8 HOURS AGO

Are you in a money rut? Or do you miss shopping and need help sticking to your resolution to save? Walletpop has rounded-up a some of the best money-advice blogs out there. Consider this your roadmap to money health.

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A Newsman and His Housing Crisis

posted: 170 DAYS 12 HOURS AGO

filed under: Banking, Credit, Credit Cards, Debt, Fraud, Loans, Mortgages, Recession, Refinancing, Retirement

Edmund Andrews wasn't just reporting on the unfolding subprime-mortgage crisis -- he was also living it. The New York Times's economics writer and the author of the forthcoming Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown talks to us about how and why he got tripped up by a deal that was too good to be true.

"I have no one to blame but myself for my woes," Andrews tells us. "But it is too easy to snarl in contempt at homeowners who got in over their heads in the housing bubble. I've seen too many people who really were duped by the system, and I've learned too much about how corrupt the system itself had become."

Read on for more of our exclusive interview.

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Obama Signs Credit Card Reforms into Law

posted: 174 DAYS 7 HOURS AGO

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President Barack Obama signed new credit card rules into law Friday. Finally consumers will get the protection they need starting as early as August.

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Will Cardholder Protection Law Hurt Us?

posted: 175 DAYS 6 HOURS AGO

filed under: Banking, Credit, Credit Cards, Credit Reports, Credit Score, Recession

Will the new credit card legislation President Obama is about to sign into law hurt more consumers than it helps? That depends on who you ask. Card issuers and banks are warning that the cardholder-protection law might sting a little; consumer advocates say no way. For the full debate, read on.

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U.S. House Easily Passes Credit-Card Bill

posted: 176 DAYS 8 HOURS AGO

filed under: Banking, Credit, Credit Cards, Credit Reports, Credit Score, Recession

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve a credit-card reform bill, a day after the Senate approved the same protections by an overwhelming 90-5 bipartisan vote. President Obama is expected to sign the legislation, which limits interest-rate hikes and other industry practices, as early as this week. Read on for more details.

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What the Cardholder Law Means to You

posted: 175 DAYS 3 HOURS AGO

filed under: Banking, Credit, Credit Cards, Credit Reports, Credit Score, Debt, Recession

David Rogowski, AOL

President Obama may sign Congress's new bills protecting credit cardholders, making them federal law, as early as this week. But what does that mean to you? Read on to learn what's in the fine print.

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Senate Passes Cardholder Protection Bill

posted: 177 DAYS 9 HOURS AGO

filed under: Banking, Credit, Credit Cards, Credit Reports, Credit Score, Recession

The U.S. Senate today passed a bill protecting credit-cardholders from such lucrative industry strategies as hiking interest rates and shifting payment deadlines with little warning, marketing cards to minors, and issuing excessive fees. Read on for all the details.

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Spring Cleaning for Your Credit Score

posted: 178 DAYS 6 HOURS AGO

filed under: Credit, Credit Cards, Credit Reports, Credit Score, Debt

At age 27, Audrey Seiberling (left) was nearly $19,000 in credit-card debt. Today, at 29, she's debt-free. How (and why) she got herself out of debt should motivate us all. Read on for eight great (and surprisingly simple) steps to help you free yourself from debt.

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'Times Magazine' on Credit, Foreclosure

posted: 181 DAYS 8 HOURS AGO

filed under: Banking, Checking Account, Credit, Credit Cards, Credit Reports, Credit Score, Debt, Fraud, Mortgages, Recession, Refinancing

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On Sunday, The New York Times Magazine will publish its Money Issue, featuring at least two stories virtually guaranteed to spoil your brunch: reporter Edmund L. Andrews's personal tale of his own harrowing misadventures in the subprime-mortgage crisis, and Charles Duhigg's study of what the credit-card companies are doing to track your every move (and figure out whether you've been naughty or nice). Read on.

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