Tag Archives: cash

I’ve Got Some Cash on Hand. Should I Settle With Amex? – James

“Dear Steve, I live in California and have been self employed for 15 years. Long story short, in 2006 business was extremely slow and I acquired a $32,000 balance between two Amex cards. One card is business one personal and have an interest rate of 8% and 10%. I also have two or three other [...]

Should I Forego Credit Completely and Just Live on Cash? – Lady Chicken

Lady Chicken “Dear Steve, I have just under 50k in student loan debt and 8k in unsecured debt. I will have paid off the 8k by June or July of 2009. My credit is horrendous and even though I have am now current on all bills I do have a credit file with a redeemed [...]

Expect Tidal Wave Of Limit Reductions and Credit Card Closures to Hit Before Christmas

Yesterday I wrote about a little old hardware store that had noticed an increase in card purchases over cash. That’s not a good sign if people are using plastic more for routine things and especially in this environment of credit card issuers reducing credit limits, raising interest rates and closing cards. You see, the credit [...]

Eleven Real Things You Should Do to Survive a Bad Economy

So much of what we read is all high level safe stuff about what people should do when facing tough economic times. And a whole lot of that advice is good for the masses, but what about what is best for the individual, you. The government wants consumers not to lose confidence during tough times. [...]