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Credit card debt can pile up fast, especially when you're in college. A new poll says that nearly one quarter of college students graduate with more than $5,000 in credit card debt. One in 10 of those surveyed said they owed more than $10,000. Some students sign up for credit cards on campus, when…
Topics: credit card debt
Curtis Arnold, founder of CardRatings.com and author of "How You Can Profit from Credit Cards: Using Credit to Improve Your Financial Life and Bottom Line," talks about how he started his adult life $45,000 in debt.
Kathy Kristof, L.A. Times writer and author of "Investing 101," discusses her new…
Topics: 401k
As students head off to college this fall many of them may be managing their own money for the first time. Chicago's Better Business Bureau offers these tips for how college students can better manage their money:
Topics: credit
Apparently first time home buyers want more than they used to. They're less willing buy fixer uppers, per a new Coldwell Banker survey.
"In the past, first-time home buyers were willing to purchase older, more basic houses in an effort to save money and break into homeownership," said Jim Gillespie…
Topics: first time home buyer
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