Blog

Below is a list of all our blog posts.

• Credit Card Fraud Stats - Protect Yourself from Being Scammed
• How Much The Average American Spends on Entertainment
• How Much Does It Really Cost to Raise a Kid?
• How the Average American Wastes Water
• Gold: Good Investment or Waste of Time?
• Are You Financially Responsible Enough to Get Married?
• How Many Credit Cards Should I Have?
• How The Average U.S. Consumer Spends Their Paycheck
• The Presidential Paycheck - Where Obama Gets His Money
• Anatomy of Good vs. Bad Credit
• Understanding Your Credit Card Or Loan APR
• How To Prevent Holiday Nightmares and Avoid ID Theft
• Borrower Beware: 2 Dangers of Short Term Loans
• The True Cost Of Living Off The Grid
• How Much Are Interest Rates Hurting You? [Quiz]
• DIY Home Improvement: How Handy Are You Really?
• Which Fictional Billionaire Are You? [QUIZ]
• LOAN WARS: A New Hope For People Who Don't Understand Loans
• United States Federal Tax Dollars
• Double Irish Deception: How Google—Apple—Facebook Avoid Paying Taxes
• America's Debt to Income Ratio as Compared with Other Countries
• 6 Ways to Improve Credit Scores and Get Free From Bad Credit
• How to Find the Best Mortgage
• How to Keep Your Sanity Through The Mortgage Closing Process
• How To Dispute An Error On Your Credit Report
• How to Choose the Best Credit Card
• Case Study: Credit Cards vs. Store Credit Cards
• Guide To Personal Loans
• Mortgages Made Simple: A Guide For Complete Beginners
• Financial Flops of The Silver Screen
• Personal Loan Pros and Cons
• How Would the Average Person Spend "Brewster's Millions" Today?
• How to Spend One Trillion Dollars
• How Much Our Pets Cost in a Lifetime
• Eight Infuriating Fees You Can Do Nothing About
• How Low Budget Films Get Financed
• Test Your Knowledge: How Do Credit Cards Affect Credit?
• The Easiest Ways to Save Extra Money
• How Much Does It Cost to Keep a Criminal?
• Are You Ready to Buy a House? (Quiz)
• How Should You Invest Your Money?
• The Business of American Vacations
• The Largest Mergers and Acquisitions in History
• How Countries Spend Their Money
• Guide to VA Mortgages: Home Loans for Veterans
• 8 Ways To Save For Your First Home - Without Borrowing From Your Parents
• When to Use a Personal Loan Instead of a Credit Card
• 11 Ways to Save for Your Home's Down Payment
• How The Average American Uses Energy
• Fourteen Greatest Dot Com Bombs
• The Rising She-Conomy
• Choosing a Certificate of Deposit (CD) vs. a Savings Account
• Savings Accounts
• Certificates of Deposit
• Food Consumption in America
• The Enigma of Bad Credit Explained
• 8 Reasons Why Credit Unions Are Better Than Big Banks
• 15 Credit Card Truths You Can't Afford to Ignore
• How to Lie On Your Taxes and 11 Reasons You Shouldn't
• Guide to Car Buying
• What Is A Good Credit Score?
• Money Talks: How Young Adults Can Up Their Financial Vocabulary
• How to Maximize Your Wedding With a Personal Loan
• 5 Keys to Building a Credit History
• The Top Ten Ways Identity Theft Happens
• 5 Keys to Eliminating Your Mortgage
• Credit Killers: What You Don’t Know Can Bite Back
• How to Save While Shopping
• 3 Secrets Dealerships Don’t Want You to Know
• Cold States Win: Credit Scores By State
• Top 3 Loans that Defeat the Stress of Relocation
• Resolution 1: Get Out Of Debt
• High on Healthcare: Profits Soar While Consumers Pay
• #1 Hot Tip to Getting Extra Cash
• 4 Killer Ways to Finance Your Winter Sports Addiction
• Top 5 Worst Reasons to Borrow During the Holidays
• 3 Top Loans for the Holiday Season
• 4 Loans That Make Your Credit Better
• Top 5 Credit Cards For Holiday Shopping
• 4 Power Tips For Happier Holiday Hunting
• Obama’s Thanksgiving Feast
• Overcome Bad Credit When Shopping for the Holidays
• Millionaires in Power: How Capitol Hill’s Richest Determine Your Financial Fate
• What Do Students Really Buy With Their Loans?
• 4 Killer Apps To Improve Your Credit Score
• The Power of Rating Agencies
• Horrifying Predatory Lending: Know the Signs to Avoid Their Traps
• The Economic Power of Fear
• 1 Crazy Credit Card Tip That Really Works
• Getting A Great Mortgage: Knowing What You Can Afford
• These FICO Secrets Could Be Hurting Your Credit Score
• How To Find Dental Care On A Budget
• Know Your Rights: What To Do When Credit Report Is Wrong
• Finding The Perfect Loan: Best Calculators To Use
• 3 Easy Ways To Destroy Your Credit
• Credit Scores and Mortgage Loans: What They All Mean
• Living On A Budget: Funeral Planning Basics
• 3 Ways To Turn Around an Upside Down Mortgage
• 4 Steps To A Better Car - Even With Bad Credit
• Gem or Jalopy? 3 Ways To Make The Most of Your Loan and Avoid Getting Ripped-Off
• 5 Surprising Ways To Destroy Your Credit
• 3 Easy Steps To A Lower Interest Rate
• How To: Get A Mortgage With Bad Credit
• Working To Death: Stress and Its Deadly Effects
• 5 Reasons You Must Celebrate Labor Day
• Top 3 Ways Paying The Minimum Credit Card Balance Can Hurt You
• 6 Budget Pitfalls to Avoid
• Considering A Personal Loan? What You Need To Know
• 5 Ways To Say No To ID Theft
• Beware of Credit Repair: 7 Tips To Save Your Credit
• 5 Startling Reasons To Improve Your Credit
• 8 Awesome Ways A Healthy Lifestyle Saves You Money
• Celebrities From Detroit Who Went Bankrupt Before The City
• No More ‘Staycations’–6 Tips For Awesome Travel on a Budget
• 5 Keys To Making Bad Credit Credit Cards Better
• 6 Reasons Children Need To Know About Money
• The True Cost of Freedom
• How To: Fix Bad Spending Habits
• How To Eat Well On $50 A Month
• Airline Credit Cards: Soaring Successes of 2013
• The Good, Bad and Ugly of Refinancing Your Home
• 5 Ways Bad Credit Can Ruin Your Day
• How The Average American Spends Their Money
• The Financial Impact And Truth About Your Credit Report
• Women are from Visa, Men are from MasterCard
• How Americans Are Spending Holiday Money
• Thanksgiving on a Budget
• America's Financial Struggle
• Inside the Murdoch Scandal
• The Truth Behind America's Unemployment
• How Much Will You Spend for Valentine's Day?
• Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day
• What the Average American Wants for Christmas
• Student Loans Are Costing the Government $1 Billion
• Feasting on a Budget: How Americans Will Trim the Fat This Thanksgiving
• Occupy Wall Street
• Halloween Costs United States Consumers $6.86 Billion in 2011
• How the Economy is Killing Americans
• Nevada Has Highest Unemployment Rate at 13.4%
• $50 Billion Lost to Identity Fraud Every Year
• Americans' Biggest Money Concern
• National Debt Projected at $19 Trillion for 2015
• How Interest Rates Affect Your Costs
• Outlandish Mortgages: The Most Expensive Buildings Around The Globe
• Fumbling Towards Bankruptcy: Why So Many NFL Football Players Score Massive Debt
• The Real Cost of Counterfeiting
• How To: Calculate Credit Card Rewards
• Too Big to Fail: Inside America's Economic Downfall
• The Great Debate: Democrats vs. Republicans
• Identity Theft in America by The Numbers
• Meltdown: The Fukushima Catastrophe by The Numbers
• Gas Prices in America by The Numbers
• The Most Expensive Homes in America
• Mother's Day in America: Historical or Hallmark Holiday?
• The Best States For Taxes
• How The Royal Wedding Equates to Commoner Matrimony
• An International Look at Women in Media Jobs
• The Growing American Consumer Debt Crisis
• Walmartistan: Imagining the World's Largest Company as a Country
• Seismic Moment: The True Cost of Earthquakes
• The Oscars Vs. SuperBowl
• The Economics of Google
• Urbanomics: A Breakdown of CitySumers Around The Globe
• Demographics of American Debt
• American Census by the Numbers
• The World of Economics
• How Busy are Americans?
• The Rapidly Changing Labor Force
• Is Walking Away From Your Mortgage OK?
• VisualEconomics.com Best Infographics of 2010
• Creditloan.com Best Infographics of 2010
• Money Supply as Percent of GDP by Country
• Tax Cuts and The Federal Budget
• The Economics of Halo
• The Lifespan of A Dollar Bill
• Central Government Debt as Percentage of GDP
• The Black Friday Guide
• America's Richest & Poorest Cities
• Airline Tickets: The Cost of First Class
• Recession Recovery: Best and Worst American Cities
• Online Shopping: Financial Reality of The Virtual Economy
• The World's Wealth Gap is Shrinking
• Losing Effort: The United States' War on Drugs
• The Economics of Halloween
• The Skyrocketing Costs of Childcare in America
• Tax Cheats and Tax Deductions: The Messy Work of the IRS
• Why Credit Scores Reign Supreme in Today's Economic Climate
• World's Richest Criminals
• A Business of Love: Online Dating by The Numbers
• A State-By-State Comparison of Debt
• The Ins and Outs of Dollar Stores
• Property Taxes in America
• Unemployment Rates and Benefits by State
• China: Waking The Sleeping Giant
• The Economics of FarmVille
• Ten Most Expensive Buildings In the World
• A Detailed Look at Obesity in America
• How Much Americans Spend on Shopping
• How Stressful is Your Job?
• Credit Scores Around The World
• How the Great Recession Has Affected Americans
• How Much Does it Cost to Die?
• What Americans Love & Hate About The U.S.A.
• The Top 10 Ways Consumers Get Ripped-Off
• American Trust: Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
• What BP Could Have Bought With All the Money They Lost
• Innovation through Immigration by The Numbers
• Travel and Tourism Expenditures in America
• 60 Seconds: Guide to Getting out of Debt
• A Closer Look At Your Tax Return
• America's Birthday By the Numbers
• Bank Heists By the Numbers
• The Republic of Facebook
• How Do Americans Save Money?
• Using Financial Calculators to Help Your Personal Finances
• How The World Spends Its Time Online
• Financial Habits of The American Youth
• Three Sure-Fire Ways To Kill Your Finances
• The Truth About Free Credit Reports
• Key Considerations for Online Savings Accounts
• Goldman Sachs Under the Microscope
• Current State of the Euro
• A Guide to Defining Your Debt
• California Vs. The WORLD
• Cost & Effects of The BP Oil Spill
• The American Credit Card Craze
• The ABC's of CD's
• Your Credit Score Demystified
• The American Family's Financial Turmoil
• A History of Debt Consolidation
• Censorship: China Versus the World
• Ben Franklin's Facelift: The New $100 Bill
• The Big Business Side of Healthcare Reform
• Credit Repair Emergency Kit
• A Breakdown of the 2010 Census
• The History of Credit Cards
• The Housing Bubble: Single Family Home Sales 1963-2009
• Water(less) World: H2O Use Around the World
• The US National Debt Exposed
• US Trade Bans Across the Globe
• Unpaid Debts Will Come Back to Bite You In the SSA
• Revamping the Student Loan System
• A Look at the World's Most Innovative Companies
• The 13 Weirdest Currencies In The World
• China's Growing Wealth Gap
• The World's Funniest Dollar Bills
• Timeline Of The New Healthcare Bill
• America's Priciest Homes
• Cause And Effect Of New Credit Card Laws
• National Misery According to Congress
• Stock Markets Around The World Make A Comeback
• Nations With The Most Olympic Medals
• The Truth About Outsourcing
• International Tax Rate Comparison
• A Statistical Look at Wall Street Bonuses
• The Troubled Euro: Europe's Grand Economic Experiment
• Collapse of The Global Housing Market
• Healthcare Costs Around the World
• The Recession Generation: A Graphic Breakdown
• A Detailed Look At TARP
• The World's Largest Telecom Providers
• Presidential Spending: Expenditures by Year
• A Global History of Debt By Region: Map from 1970-2010
• Finding the Bottom: 2010 Global Economic Recovery
• Corporate Campaigning: Where Do Politicians Get Their Money?
• The State of 'Green' Business in America
• The Cost of Outsourcing Brain Power
• A Decade of Unemployment
• The Philanthropic Top 5: Most Generous Givers Of Charity
• Retirement, The Economy, and What You Should Do About It All
• Largest Advertising Budgets
• The Costs and Benefits of a Green Revolution
• Planet Google: From Philosophies to Market Shares
• The Rise & Demise of Companies in The Economic Crisis
• Export Value: Per Dollar GDP by Country
• Consumer Fraud in The United States
• Discover Your Debt to Income Ratio
• World Labor by Country
• Where is America's Debt?
• Economic Development and CO2 Emissions
• The State of the 40-Hour Workweek
• 100 Years of Consumer Spending
• How Wealthy Countries Tax Their Citizens
• The U.S. Credit Card Crisis
• Ecornomics: America's Favorite Crop
• Inflation by Country
• The Freedom of Labor Around the World
• The Cost of Home Ownership
• Income Distribution by Country
• US GDP by State
• Government Spending by Country
• US Exports To China By State
• Wealth versus FU Money
• Government Expenses Worldwide by GDP
• Heaviest Tax Burdens in America by State
• What is the World Bank Funding?
• Has This War Affected YOUR Paycheck?
• Which Economies are Dependent on Foreign Investment?
• Stock Exchanges Around the World: A Decade of Booms & Busts
• The Anti-Fed Fact Sheet
• The Value of United States Currency in Circulation
• U.S. Trade Partners Around The Globe
• Free Health Care Plan Costs Add Up
• Employment Change by Industry
• How Developmental Aid Flows Around The Globe
• Military Spending Worldwide
• World Stock Exchanges
• Unemployment Rates Around The World
• Six Things That Could Still Send the Economy Down the Tubes
• Online Retailers Grapple with Sales Tax
• The 50 Richest People on Earth
• The Cost of Human Comfort
• A Lifetime of Debt: The Financial Journey of the Average American
• The Social Security Situation
• How the Credit Card Companies Have Been Screwing People for Decades
• National Debt vs GDP
• Wasteful US Government Earmarks in 2008
• The Wealth of World Leaders
• Finance: 100 Days into the Obama Presidency
• The Great Bank Consolidation
• Stimulus Plan Tax Breaks
• How The AIG Bailout Pissed Off Just About Every Person In America
• What happened to the stock market?
• The History of US Government Corporate Bailouts
• Obama's Economic Stimulus Plan Mapped Out
• Uncle Sam's Credit Score
• Financial Implications of Mortgage Loan Modification
• What You Don't Know That Affects Your Credit Score