Sneaky Credit Card Trick #5 - Skip A Payment Invits

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]During the holiday season when our card balances are usually high, credit card companies often send offers which invite us to skip a payment. This might appear to be helpful, more so since it has come at an opportune moment when our balance is high and our wallets stretched. But be careful, whenever the

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Sub Prime Mortgage Fiasco - Credit Losses So Far

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).] While doing some research on the sub prime mortgage fiasco we came across some interesting data, courtesy Bloomberg and Company. These figures show the credit losses incurred so far by various financial giants. Citigroup heads the table of losses with a gigantic $40.7 billion dollars till date. Here is the

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Sunday Reviews #23 to #26 - A Compendium of Personal Finance & Frugality Posts for June 2008

Citibank is rewarding business owners with a $100 sign-up bonus when they sign up for The Citi Business Card and spend $250. The bonus will be awarded as 10000 Thank You Points redeemable for a $100 gift card from the Thank You Network of Merchants.

This card has no annual fees and comes with a 0% APR on purchases for 12 months.

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Sneaky Credit Card Trick #2 - No Grace Period

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).] There are many credit card programs which do not offer any grace period. A wise strategy is to simply avoid such cards whenever possible.What is a grace period?The period from the statement date to the payment-due date is known as grace period. If we make a full payment by the end of the grace period, the

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Mutual Funds - The Economic Cycle of Sectors

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Jun 9, 2008: A crucial step in creating long-term wealth is to have a diversified portfolio that would behave reasonably well under various market conditions. Many experienced investors spice up their portfolio with few sector funds which have a potential to fetch above average returns. Sector funds are

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Citi's AT&T Universal Rewards Card - 10% Cash Back!

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).] Most technology oriented professionals like us spend a considerable amount of our salaries on cell phone, internet and phone services. It would help if we could pinch some savings in this area of our budgets.It seems that those of us who are using AT&T for our wireless and phone services just got lucky.

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Sneaky Credit Card Trick #1 - Over The Credit Limit Fees

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Often credit card companies charge various types of sneaky fees that catch us unaware. They do list all fees in their fine print and we do agree to abide by them when we open an account. But often there are some practical difficulties which might cause us to err. And then we end up paying heavily.One of

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