Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on The Mileage Plus Credit Card: How it Made my Trip an Affair to Remember, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Young Adults, Student Debt and Economic Well-Being: Student debt burdens are weighing on the economic fortunes of younger Americans, as households headed by young adults owing student debt lag far behind their peers in terms of wealth accumulation, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data. About four-in-ten...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on When You Have Taken on More Work Than You Can Handle, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Ukraine’s failure to pay gas debt may cut gas supply to Europe – Russia’s energy minister: Ukraine’s growing gas debt may lead to the failure of the country’s transit obligations and the reduction of gas supplies to south-eastern Europe, said the Russian Energy Ministry. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Maintain Open Communication with Your Virtual Assistant and Get Better Services, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Students can avoid drowning in debt with student loans: Students should only borrow money they feel comfortable repaying, a representative of a local credit union said in a session on building or rebuilding credit. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Franchising An Online Business, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Student loans is second largest source of debt in US households, says recent study: Steven Sabel, a former firefighter, decided to go to law school after a knee injury prevented him from returning to duty. He had wanted to be a lawyer since he was young. Sabel, now a second-year student at UCLA, is financing his degree almost entirely on loans....
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Mutual Fund Types and Investment Tips, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Who’s to blame for exhorbinant student loan debt? Every so often some politician makes it their (brief) mission to address the burdens of overwhelming student loan debt. Universally overlooked is that these students chose their institutes of higher learning knowing exactly what the costs of education would be. They intentionally overlooked smaller, less prestigious schools such as State colleges...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Determining your Target Market, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. 7 pieces of terrible debt advice: Asking for advice is one of those things that can either be helpful or disastrous — it depends on the topic and who’s offering tips. When it comes to get-out-of-debt advice, the stakes are high, so choose your advisers carefully and keep an open mind when it’s time to make decisions. It’s not so much...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on 10 Ways to Make Money, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. 7 easy steps to pay off debt: Let’s be honest. Did you overspend in 2013? If the answer is “yes” you are not alone. American consumer debt rose 1.1 percent to $11.28 trillion in the third quarter of 2013, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That’s the highest increase in household debt in more than five years!...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Sticky Blog Posts: 8 Tips for an Effective Post, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Detroit submits plan to fix debt as US court agrees to hear bankruptcy case: Detroit’s historic bankruptcy filing was challenged Friday as the US sixth circuit court of appeals agreed to hear a request to have it overturned. City pension funds representing Detroit’s police and firefighters and others who face major losses in the bankruptcy proceedings...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Do You Set Goals for Your Business, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Student debt may hurt housing recovery by hampering first-time buyers: The growing student loan burden carried by millions of Americans threatens to undermine the housing recovery’s momentum by discouraging, or even blocking, a generation of potential buyers from purchasing their first homes. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Saving For The Future, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. House passes debt-ceiling increase with no add-ons: House Republicans backed away from a battle over the government’s debt cap on Tuesday and permitted President Barack Obama’s Democratic allies to drive quick passage of a measure to increase the government’s borrowing cap without any concessions from the White House. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Financial Websites for Market Trends, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Poll: 44 percent of Americans oppose raising debt ceiling Americans overwhelmingly do not think Congress should raise the nation’s debt limit as President Barack Obama and Congress prepare once again to wage battle over the issue, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on What is Web Marketing, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. The Three Reasons Why The Debt Ceiling Could Become A Nightmare Again: Congress will need to either hike or suspend the nation’s debt ceiling in February, and so far, senators on both sides of the aisle are predicting this fight will be much less climactic than previous squabbles in 2013 and 2011. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Tips for the Online Marketer, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Debt advice clinic: put your questions to our panel The third week of January can be a struggle for many people, and debt charities report that it is one of their busiest times. It feels like a long time since the last pay packet, and bank balances could be running low. Bills for credit cards and other borrowing will start...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Using Facebook as an Online Public Relation and Social Marketing Tool, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1.How to write off debt and be debt free: Finding a way to write off debt and become debt free is something that many people experiencing debt problems consider at some point in time. There are a number of formal and legal debt solutions that will enable you to write off your unaffordable debt...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Innovative Internet Marketing Ideas, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Mortgage rise will plunge a million homeowners into ‘perilous debt’: More than a million homeowners will be at risk of defaulting on their mortgages and losing their properties in the wake of even a small rise in interest rates, a bombshell analysis reveals. Borrowers who have failed to pay down their mortgages when interest rates have been at record low levels...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on what to look for in an online trading platform, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Democrats Miss Again on Student Debt Fix: Currently, institutions are kicked out of the federal loan program if their two-year default rates are 25 percent or higher for three years or exceed 40 percent in any single year. The most recent national two-year cohort default rate across all sectors of higher education was 10.0 – the highest since 1995. The department...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on online day trading 101, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. College Student Debt Soars; College Presidents’ Pay Skyrockets: Presidents of U.S. colleges and universities fundraise with donors, preside over graduation ceremonies and provide unversities with long-range strategic vision. They are also paid handsomely for their work. Forty-two private college presidents earned more than $1 million in 2011, according to a new analysis by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The median...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to build passive income, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. A Snapshot of How Much Debt 12 Boston-Area Colleges are Saddling Students With: Student loan debt is, unsurprisingly, on the rise again. After all, the financial burden has been weighing graduates down by an increased six percent year over year — a hike that’s led to the eventual $29,400 the Class of 2012 is, on average, saddled with. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on why private cloud hosting, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. There is no debt ceiling crisis – just an erroneous fixation with the West Wing: The way the Coalition has carried on in recent weeks, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Australia was in the grip of a US-style debt ceiling crisis threatening to shut down our government and our very way of life. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to start a blog, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. America’s health care cost slowdown and the disappearing debt: Six years after the start of the Great Recession, there should be little disagreement what America’s number one domestic priority should be. With unemployment still stuck around 7 percent four plus years after that recession was declared “over,” creating jobs has to be Job #1. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on why private cloud hosting, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Climate debt collectors: Occupy wants the 1% to pay up Last year, Strike Debt — a small collective of New York-based academics, filmmakers, and business types published a short book called The Debt Resistors’ Operations Manual [PDF], which alternated between dispensing advice on how to clean up credit scores and chronicling the recent history of the finance industry. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to start a blog: the ultimate guide, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. How I Finally Paid Off a Lifetime of Credit Card Debt: I’ve been a debtor all my life. My parents first met at a financial loan office—my dad issued loans, my mom worked in the office. They divorced when I was 10 and my mother was left to raise two daughters in Cincinnati, Ohio on a...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on what’s the deal with extra income, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Don’t Sweat Margin Debt: One data point that has found a home among the bearish community is the total amount of New York Stock Exchange margin debt. It is at record highs, and this supposedly means the end of the bull market is nigh. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to build passive income, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. What the Senate Didn’t Do on the Debt Ceiling: With both chambers of Congress back in session on Tuesday, budget theatrics returned to Capitol Hill. In the legislative equivalent of a double negative, the Senate voted down a resolution blocking the president from extending the country’s borrowing limit. In other words: The Treasury can still borrow money to pay the country’s...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on tips for an effective post, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Demilitarize the Debt Ceiling: And there we are: Victory! The debt limit has been raised. After weeks and weeks of open conflict, intense infighting, and yes, some passive-aggressive sitting around as well, the President and Congress have managed to avert U.S. default and reopen the federal government. The PandaCam is back! Plus, a global financial crisis has been averted or...
