Archive for August, 2007

The Credit Card Arbitrage Game: Making Money from Balance Transfer

A couple of days ago, I received an email from Mike regarding my credit card arbitrage:
I was just wondering how you were able to get 100 K onto your credit cards (cash advances??) … I transfer every $ from my credit card bills (i buy everything i can with credit) to a 0% card then […]

Factors Affect Credit Score Negatively

Yesterday, I posted an entry on credit score with a couple of items that I feel are important in getting a good score from my own experience. Last night at home, I went through several credit reports with credit score I obtained in the past few years, trying to find out what I have done […]

Around the PF Blogosphere: August 29, 2007

Money articles I like:

Saving Explained has 7 tips to keep you motivation no savings on track. It’s always easy to get started. What’s difficult is doing it day after day, year after year.
Online Savings Blogs posted 11 online banking features you want to have. When I choose an online bank, no feature is attractive if […]

Free Schick Quattro Shaver still Available

The FREE Schick Quattro shaver that I posted a while ago appears to be still available as I received another email regarding the event this morning. If you can use one, try this link to claim yours. The offer will end on October 8, 2007, but they may run out of free shavers much earlier.

Do I Need a Perfect Credit Score?

When I checked my credit score early this month, I was very happy to see it inch toward the 800 mark, despite the huge balance and the large number of accounts on file. I don’t know if it could help push my score from 788 to over 800 if I pay off all the balance […]

Catch the Growth with a Piece of BRIC

It’s BRIC, not BRICK!
For investors looking for growth outside US and other developed economies, emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) offer great opportunities. With 2007 estimated real GDP growth at 3.7%, 6.7%, 9.2%, and 10.7%, respectively (according to indexmundi.com), these countries just can’t be ignored. There are many options for US […]

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