Monthly Archives: June 2005

Working 0% Credit Card Deals

While 0% credit card deals are often bad for those who overextend themselves, with a little planning you can make a bit of extra money. There is lots of talk about doing balance transfers, where you take out cash at 0% and then put it into some kind of interest bearing account. These [...]

Keeping Your Oldest Credit Accounts Around

If you have been applying for your free credit reports periodically, one way that you can help build credit is to make sure that your oldest card gets used once in a while. Since a major factor in your credit report is the average age of your credit card accounts, you want to make [...]

Citi Dividend Platinum Select MasterCard

I’ve been a devout Discover car user for quite some time. With the 1% cashback, it’s a great incentive to stick with Discover. But recently there have been some cards offering a little bit more cashback, and by using certain cards for certain types of purchases you can really maximize this.
Today I signed [...]