Archive for February, 2010

The Pros and Cons of Canceling Credit Cards

How does canceling card affect your credit card score? Adam Baker canceled all his cards and wrote about it. His credit score dopped only 10 points but he thought it may dropped more.  His credit was already about 700 so I think results would be different if a person’s score is initially under 700 before [...]

Win A Free Pass To The Fifth Annual Small Business Summit In New York City

  clipped from smallbiztrends.com It’s that time again! Time for the 5th annual Small Business Summit which will take place on March 16, 2010 in New York City. How would you like to attend this event? Even better yet, how would you like to attend this event for FREE? The good news is that we [...]

SXSW Interactive Panel: The Broke Diaries is March 12

The panel that I am moderating for SXSW, The Broke Diaries: Blogging and Twittering About Living on the Cheap is March 12 at 2PM. If you will be at SXSW, please come to the panel. I will be joined by a panel of “thrift experts” which are Larry Chiang (Duck9), Hayes Davis (CheapTweet), Emily Farris [...]

Plentii Explains The New Credit Card Act

Plentii, a new personal finance content site, created a video that explains the new Credit Card Act.

Credit Unions: Another Place To Do Your Banking

My mom loves her credit union.  She has had great experience with refinancing, college savings and small loans. I always thought credit unions were banks only for employees of a certain company or government organization, but they are not. There’s a new site called CU Lookup where you can find a credit union in your [...]