Did the Fed Already Ruin the Housing Market Turnaround?
The writing has been on the wall for some time now, but some words from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in late June sent housing market analysts into a bit of a tizzy. Everybody is worried about being the...
View ArticleHow to Deal With Rising Interest Rates
The economy is looking up, so why am I so down? The economic clouds are parting and the sun is finally poking through which can only mean one thing, interest rates are going to go up. Interest rates,...
View ArticleHow to Streamline Your Budget
According to Statisticsbrain, data compiled from the Federal Reserve, the US Census Bureau, and the IRS the average American household has approximately $3,800 in a savings account, 40% are not saving...
View ArticleCommon Knowledge on Credit Scores
Recently, VantageScore Solutions and the Consumer Federation of American conducted a survey to find out how many people were knowledgeable when it came to credit scores and their affects on finances....
View ArticleFind Cash in Your Trash- How to Sell your Junk Online
Did you know that most people have over $1000 worth of extra “stuff” in their house? There are treasures hiding in every nook and cranny of your house, you just have to find them. Before you throw...
View ArticleHedge Funds are Excited about Mortgage Insurance! Should you be too?
Several major hedge funds have recently begun buying shares of mortgage insurance companies in large quantities. This happened once before, in 2008, right after the first phase of the financial crisis,...
View ArticleIntroducing Credit Monitoring By SmartAsset360!
After many months of development, we are proud to announce the launch of SmartAsset360! With SmartAsset360 credit monitoring, credit scores and reports from all 3 credit bureaus is just a click...
View ArticleObamacare and Obesity – What Everyone Should Know
More than one third of American adults are obese. With their average medical costs being $1429 higher than someone who is not overweight, it was about time that the government took notice and did...
View ArticleSmartAsset’s Guide to the Internets 7/26/2013
Hello there. You looked a bit lost out there on the sea of useless web content and perpetual misinformation. Please allow us to guide you safely to harbor. This is the SmartAsset guide to the internet...
View Article6 Fitness Trends Worth Buying Into
Trends come and go, but fitness is forever. For many of us, however, staying fit is a constant fight against time, inertia, and boredom, and the various trends that help reinvent fitness are a reliable...
View ArticleLaws of the Land: Quick Tips on Dealing with Landlords
There are few things as stressful, annoying, and inconvenient as home repair. Whether it’s a busted pipe, leaky roof, or storm-damaged fence, fixing issues like these are always unwelcome additions to...
View ArticleHow Rising Interest Rates Affect Retirement
What may be good for the economy may not have been good for retirees. When the markets crashed and the economy tanked the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates. Than they lowered them some more and...
View ArticleShould You Buy Tuition Refund Insurance?
Not all insurance policies are created equally, and not all things need to be insured in this day and age, yet you can get a policy for just about anything. One type of policy that has been around for...
View ArticleHow to Turn Your Home into a Pension
When financial experts say that your home is an asset, they are not kidding! Imagine turning your home into a pension while still residing in it as long as you can? Well, it’s possible. Not many people...
View ArticleFHA Home Loans: How to Buy a Home Even If Your Finances Aren’t Perfect
Even if you have a bad credit, restrained finances, gone through a foreclosure, or little money for a down payment, it is still possible to turn homeownership into a reality with the assistance of a...
View ArticleSmart Guy Buyer’s Guide to Home Entertainment
A home entertainment center may be the smart guy’s most valued possession in the apartment. It’s a dream come true to watch your favorite media in HD with 7.1 surround sound. In years past, the cost of...
View ArticleAre We Ready to Wind Down Fannie and Freddie?
President Obama this week unveiled a plan to begin shifting the responsibility of mortgage financing away from the government and into the private sector. Effectively this would mean lessening the...
View ArticleContract vs. Prepaid Cell Phones – Which is Best for You?
In the past, prepaid cell phones have gotten a bad reputation as they were widely known as the preferred phones for drug dealers and criminals. Today a lot of people, including professionals and...
View ArticleBudgeting: The One-Size-Fits-All Plan
Handling your money is a personal endeavor. You are the person in control of what you spend on and how much you allocate to your expenses. The amount of pressure and responsibility is part of what...
View ArticleWhy Are Insurance Companies Losing Policyholder Satisfaction?
We’re not happy with our car insurance companies. We’re not angry with them either. We’re just not as thrilled with them as we were last year according to JD Power, the global marketing information...
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