As Congress contemplates how to sculpt the next phase of regulations to prevent overaggressive or unethical conduct in the financial world, we need to ask a basic question. Can the regulators ever keep up?
It is my feeling that whereas of course well-crafted regulations administered by nimble regulators can make a difference, they can never
Posted November 16th, 2009 by admin in category
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Mary Eileen Williams discusses The Skinny On book series with Jim Randel as well as The Skinny on Credit Cards on The Feisty Side of Fifty Internet radio show..
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If you are the parent or uncle or aunt or friend of a young adult -- meaning anyone 18-20 -- who will be attending college this fall, you should strongly suggest they get a credit card. Why this advice which flies in the face of the current anti-credit card groundswell?
1. The new credit card law, The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility
Yesterday my daughter and three of her friends were visiting our home. All four had graduated college last June and all are fortunate to have jobs.
These young adults were all concerned about the economy, and asked me what I thought they should be doing by way of saving or investing. They had all heard the usual advice. But, they were smart
Americans have a love-hate relationship with credit cards. On the one hand, it is hard to argue with the amazing convenience of this little piece of plastic. In fact today there are almost a billion active credit cards in the United States -- more than 2 cards for every man, woman and child in the country.
The problem is that at times credit