Financial Schools Reviews

I had to go out the other day to run some errands and I got caught in the Christmas shopping rush. At Target, people were pushing carts heaped with toys through the aisles and there was a beat down going on in the toy department over a shipment of Zhu Zhu pets. I overheard someone say that getting a Zhu Zhu pet was the only way to ensure that their kid remembered this Christmas forever. On a message board I frequent, posters are talking about buying thousands of dollars in gifts to make this a “Christmas to remember” for their kids. Peo

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What does your credit score do with your ability to drive? Or the likelihood that something devastating will happen to your home? The most obvious answer is nothing, but that’s not what insurance companies think.

If you have a low credit score, chances are you’re paying a higher insurance premium than someone who has a high credit score (all other things—like driving history—considered equal). Insurance companies don’t necessarily say that credit score has anything to do with your driving habits. Rather, they argue that people with low credit scores are more likely to file a claim. In turn,

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Credit bureau TransUnion releases its annual auto delinquency report with the forecast of a rise in the delinquency rate that is not god news for consumers in the bad credit car loan sector.

TransUnion report

At Auto Credit Express, we see that TransUnion has released its latest report on automotive lending. The auto delinquency forecast from TransUnion, one of the three major credit bureaus, is culled from a huge database consisting of 27 million consumer records that are randomly sampled every quarter.

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This is a guest post from our friends at BillShrink, an online site that helps you to save money on wireless plans, credit cards, and gas expenses. 

Men take the prize

Are men truly better financial planners than women? We recently looked into the results of Financial Finesse 2009, a survey showing that men are generally better prepared for retirement, more willing to put money into savings accounts, pay off credit card balances in full, are more educated about investing, AND are more prepared for unemployment.

Really? 

Men taking the prize for financial savvy in all categories got us a firestorm of responses from our BillShrink blog readers. M

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