Interest payments add up.   Car payment, credit card payments, business expenses, mortgage and recurring monthly bills add up, and they can add up quickly.   One day you are making payments adding up to $500, and in the blink of an eye you could be staring down the barrel of $5,000 a month.   [...]

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The United States controls the largest economy in the world, and one that has not gone bankrupt once in its 235 year history.  It is safe to say that the country is a pretty safe investment.   So revered is this fact, that just about everywhere in the finance world, the “risk-free” rate of return [...]

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Interest Free Loans

On September 21, 2010 By

Not for us unfortunately.    Unless we take advantage of zero percent financing that a lot of retailers are advertising.    That is dangerous; if you do not pay the entire purchase price back during the promotional period, you owe interest on the ENTIRE purchase.  That is a nugget of knowledge I had to squeeze [...]

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