Recent Posts Tagged With 'tackling debt'

• Ed McMahon Personal Finance Fairy Tale?

  Posted on Monday August 18th, 2008 at 09:05 in tackling debt, rainy day planning

  This past Saturday, the Wall Street Journal ran an article on Donald Trump riding in as a white knight trying to help Ed McMahon avoid foreclosure of his home. If you're not familiar with the general story, the longtime television personality and Ton...

• The Lady Who Wouldn’t Pay Her Mortgage

  Posted on Wednesday August 13th, 2008 at 09:48 in tackling debt

  There are at least a few schools of thought on the order in which you should pay down different debts. Mathematically, paying down debts with the highest interest rates first should result in paying off total debt the fastest—and paying the least i...

• July 1 Is “Magic Date” For Student Loan Consolidation

  Posted on Tuesday April 8th, 2008 at 07:33 in tackling debt

  Declining interest rates are probably going to be good news for folks who have variable-rate Stafford student loans. The May 2008 issue of Kiplinger’s notes that the rates will adjust on July 1, 1008—and are likely to look pretty good: [T]he r...