Tips to Ward Off the Evils of Credit Card Fraud
A guest post by Dorothy of the Oak view law group
Credit cards are a common financial accessory that people use for their day to day transactions. So it is important that we protect our credit cards. As information technology is booming, scammers are taking advantage of it and are fraudulently stealing credit card numbers. As [...]
Moving Beyond the Holiday Hangover
Guest Post by Christian Gordun
The holiday hangover is not over yet – most of us still have a stack of holiday shopping bills piled up on our coffee tables or desks to deal with. In a recent post, we addressed one way people can rebound from the holidays and start anew this year, but just [...]
Plans to Hide Commercial Real Estate Losses Won’t Avert a Double-Dip Downturn
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By Shah Gilani, Contributing Editor, Money Morning
Sooner or later, mounting losses on commercial real estate could crash through the market's 2009 optimism and send the economy and stocks into a double-dip downturn.
The major problem is that lawmakers and regulators are setting up investors into believing that commercial real estate (CRE) losses are being [...]
Cure for a Credit Hangover
Guest Post by Paula Drum
Often, the cheer of the holiday season can be all consuming and shoppers forget that unlike Santa, their budgets are real. The exhilarating high of making a memorable December is quickly forgotten when the next year’s financial hangover settles into our banking accounts.
So what can you do to rebound from the [...]
Repost: ID Theft
I stumbled across this ID Theft article today and thought I'd pass it along. I've written about ID theft before, but this serves as a good reminder.
It's interesting to note that most ID theft does not occur online; rather, it's in the physical world. Things like discarded mail, stealing your credit card info, and stealing [...]
