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Welcome to the Credit.com newsletter!
This free newsletter delivers easy-to-read tidbits
about credit directly from personal finance experts.
In this issue, we're talking about pursuing dreams.
We'd love to hear from you! Send us an email
with your questions or comments anytime!
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Quick Tip
Traditional
banks offer stingy yield rates on savings accounts.
Why earn 1% on your money when you can earn 4.5% instead?
Online high-yield checking accounts are easy to open
and have no fees or minimums!
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Ask John
How does divorce impact your finances?
Our credit expert, John
Ulzheimer, answers this reader question and more!
Read his replies and submit your credit reporting question
online.
Find
out more
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Get on the Right Track
What is your dream? Do you want to buy
a home? Get out of debt? Go back to school? Credit.com is here to
help you get on the right track.
In the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, Chris Gardner is
a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling
to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son
evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When
Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm,
he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters,
in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them.
Away from the movie screen, we all face challenges while pursuing
our dreams. Having a good credit score and stable finances can make
it easier for you get ahead. Our experts share their tips for making
your dreams a reality:
1. Know your credit score
A good credit score can make it easier to achieve your dreams. Your
credit is used by lenders, insurers, employers and more to make
decisions about you. Use our free Credit Score Compass to estimate
your credit score in seconds and see where you stand.
See your credit score.
2. Share your dream
What is your dream? Whether you want to start your own
business, improve your credit score, buy a new car or start saving
for retirement, we want to hear about it. Email us your dream and
check CreditBloggers.com all month long for updates.
Share your dream.
3. Make it happen
Credit.com's team of financial experts has designed free
tools and articles that can help you make your dreams a reality.
Click on these links to learn more about:
- Getting
out of debt
- Rebuilding
your credit
- Creating
a savings plan
- Going back to school
- Starting
your own business
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Buying a home
- Buying
a car
- Achieving
any goal
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Give yourself the gift of a dream come true! See The Pursuit
of Happyness when it opens in theatres December 15 and enter
online for your chance to win the Get on the Right Track of Life Sweepstakes
Happy Holidays from Credit.com!
Quote of the Month
Christmas
begins about the first of December with an office party and ends
when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth
of the next year.
- P. J. O'Rourke
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