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Landon McGehee's Articles in Finance

  • Financial Strategies for Every Part of Your Life
    Each household will have different financial situations as the family unit within it moves through life. Families headed by married couples are barely in the majority of United States households. Unmarried couples, same-sex partners, or singles are the heads of more and more households that may either have children or be childless. These are some financial strategies that can work for each different type of household.
  • The Truth Behind Credit Cards
    There are many things you should keep in mind when thinking about the different types of credit cards that are available to you. You should think about how you will use the credit card and why you need the card. You also should consider what the annual percentage rate (APR) and fees are, and if you plan to pay your debt each month or if you plan to keep a balance.
  • How Do Credit Card Affects Your Life
    Are you in the habit of whipping out your plastic for every purchase?
  • Use Your Bank Account to Fund Purchases Without Interest
    While most people now carry around a number of strips of plastic in their wallets that they may refer to as credit cards, many of them are in fact quite different and not actual credit cards at all. Let's look at the difference between the three major types of charge cards.
  • Crawling Out of Credit Debt a Dollar at a Time
    Increasing levels of both disposable income and convenient lines of credit have sent our country into a whirlwind of over-consumption and consumer gluttony. Sure, consumer spending may be good for most commercial sectors of the economy, but as the credit crisis now looms clearly before us it's apparent that it's quite bad for other sectors, namely housing and auto sales, which have both seen sharp declines in sales in the past couple years in particular. These major sectors often have trickle down effects on the entire community. If an auto plant lays off 300 workers, that entire community will feel the results. We are only now entering the stage in this game where these realities are going to come to light and we're going to see just how big of a deal the credit issue is.
  • Discovering Capital One Credit Benefits
    We all need money to live and when our cash runs low, a credit card can come in handy. Credit cards are also helpful when you are traveling, as most people hate to carry cash over long distances.

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