Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 In my previous post, I explained the terms 'balance transfer arbitrage' and 'App-o-rama'. Both strategies are risky, but there are definitely instances where an introductory rate on a credit card can be leveraged in order to give your family finances some breathing room. If you have good credit, if you ...
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Saturday, March 28th, 2009 A zero percent introductory rate on a credit card is a good deal, but not necessarily a great deal.
In the mid-2000's and even into 2008, 0% balance transfer cards were all over the internet and in your mailbox. Every credit card company was offering introductory rates of 0% interest. Eventually, ...
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Friday, March 27th, 2009 These $125 Chase Checking bonuses must really be paying off for J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. because they just extended the date for which you can apply for a checking account with direct deposit and qualify for the $125 bonus. They initially set April 15th as the deadline, but now ...
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009 You are a den of vipers. I intend to rout you out, and by the Eternal God I will rout you out. If the people only understood the rank injustice of our money and banking system, there would be a revolution before morning.
-Andrew Jackson, President Father of the Democratic ...
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 Does it bother anyone else that Congress gave $180 billion of your money to American International Group and now they are all upset about how AIG spent less than 1/10th of one percent of that money?
Why are Americans angry that AIG executives received the bonuses that were included in their ...
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