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That zero percent credit card offer might not be a good deal for you. Here is the trap, and how to avoid it.

Use the new Credit Card Lab on Capital One’s website to make a great rewards card, or to compare other rewards cards.

The Fidelity Investment Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card is an intriguing offer with a generous 1.5% cash back offer and the standard 1 point per $1 rewards program. Details inside.

Not too long ago, I wrote about monitoring your credit report on the non-blog Finance Gourmet site.  In it I included a warning about the various services offering to “fix” your credit and lower you monthly payment.  Now a much bigger site has an “insider” confession from just such an outfit.  A little independent confirmation [...]

Being a smart consumer, or smart investor, or smart anything really is all about knowledge. Understanding the world you are playing in just makes good sense. I can spot most finance scams by reading the title. The reason? I’ve spent plenty of time reading the fine print and [...]

Several years ago when I was a wild-eyed fresh out of college computer guy, I got my first “real” job with a local company. The company had around a 100 employees or so which meant that the HR person was the Office Manager. On my first day, the Office Manager went through [...]

In an effort to help people make good comparisons of credit card reward programs I am building the definitive rewards catalog matrix. If you have a rewards credit card that you think is particularly good or particularly bad please let me know so I can look into it.
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