Fintech Alternatives to Traditional Banking
Since time immemorial, there has been a novice attempt at breaking conventions, culminating in debates and comparisons. The traditional and the revolutionary have both survived the tests of time, giving man reason enough to ponder over which is better. The same applies to the...
Delinquencies Down But Total Recovery Still Pending
The total delinquency rate for non-mortgage or real estate related credit decreased in the final quarter of 2009.
Improved consumer spending along with modest job gains has many economists feeling optimistic about the recovery of the economy.
However, even with delinquency rates on the decrease they...
Foreclosure Double Standard
Right now there are many people who are experiencing the fact that they owe more on their mortgages than their home is worth. Not only that but with the continued plunge of real estate prices they may not be able to recoup the...
Tax deductions that went away this year
Tax deduction is basically a type of reduction in the value of income
which can be taxed. Being a result of all the expenditure, tax deductions are meant to
reduce the taxable income by subtracting the tax credits from...
Joblessness To Bottom Out
In some positive economic news, forecasters are predicting that in the first quarter of 2010 that joblessness will bottom out and while there will still be high unemployment rather than getting worse, it will start getting better.
Many economists have said...
Where the Jobs Are
Most everyone agrees that what the economy needs right now are jobs. Jobs. That?s it, jobs.
But there are a few places that have plentiful job opportunities. See this article from CNN Money to tell you more about these 25 counties...
How Would You Fix The Economy?
There seems to be some huge political disagreements about how to handle the current recession.
Do we stop spending all together in order to halt the growing national debts? After all, who's gonna pay in the future? Are we mortgaging our kids future??
Or...
The Catch-22 Of Credit and Jobs
As we have reported here before, there are far too many employers looking at credit reports and rejecting good employees outright if they have a poor credit score.
It?s the proverbial Catch-22. If you are unemployed, as more than 6.5 million Americans are right now...