Month: November 2007

Carnival of Credit Report Stories

Welcome to the November 19, 2007 edition of credit report stories. Ted Stearns presents 3 Reasons Why FICO 08 Won?t Happen posted at TradeLine Solutions.com, saying, “Although Fair Isaac has insisted they will present their new system to change the scoring method for all three credit agencies. Consider these three...

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Tracking my Finances in November: Day 17

Welcome to my daily tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $2688.06 Expenses for the month to date: $2391.77 Net effect: $296.29 The spending is getting bigger and bigger as the end of the month creeps up. I have had the flu or a really bad cold from work for the last few days so I had to...

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Sunday Shout Outs for November 18

The Sunday shout Out is a section where I shout out the blogs and other sites who have sent me the most traffic over the week.This Sunday’s shout out goes to: We’re In Debt My Open Wallet The site or sites mentioned above have sent me a good deal of traffic over the last few days so I just want to say that Save...

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Tracking my Finances in November: Day 16

Welcome to my daily tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $2688.06 Expenses for the month to date: $2027.51 Net effect: $660.55 Wow this has been a BIG jump in the spending over the last few days. This is mainly because the bigger bills are now coming through. I had to send off money to...

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Why I WON’T stop using my Credit Cards

Most people say you should stop using the cards completely once you get the balance down to zero. I disagree with that point because when you have a zero balance you can make a profit by using the rewards card. I have a Chase rewards card that gives cash back on purchases which is the ONLY card that I carry around with me....

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