Debt

The Secret to Getting Out of Debt and Staying Out

April 21, 2012

Millions of people around the world deal with debt on a monthly basis. For many consumers, their debt problem continues to grow out of control to the point where they have no idea how to get back out again. If you find yourself in this situation, you can choose to keep accumulating debt and barely [...]

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9 Great Tips for Saving Money & Paying Off Debt

February 24, 2012

(Guest Post) Saving money can be an incredibly slow process, and paying off personal debt can be even more tedious. Both take patience, discipline, and determination. Once you learn how to use interest rates to your advantage though, your money will start growing before your eyes. However, you have to learn to pay yourself first.  [...]

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GetRichSlowly.org Launches Lottery Simulator to Show Dismal Returns on Frequent Play

March 30, 2011

March 30 2011 (Foster City, CA) – In honor of April Fools’ Day, GetRichSlowly.org releases “The Lottery: An ’Investment’ for Fools” with a bonus lottery simulator. GetRichSlowly.org founder and editor J.D. Roth explains why playing the lottery with an expectation of a positive payoff is foolish – and that nearly any common investment would do [...]

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Credit Sesame Launches – Offering a New Way For Consumers to Save Money on Loans

November 29, 2010

New Tool Finds Homeowners up to $600 a Month in Savings SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Credit Sesame (www.creditsesame.com), a free online tool that provides the best way for consumers to save money on debt and loans, is now open to everyone with today’s public beta launch. This new personal finance tool gives users a complete picture [...]

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7 Bad Habits That Can Send You into Bankruptcy

September 17, 2010

(Guest post by BillShrink.com) In the first half of 2010, personal bankruptcy filings in the U.S. totaled 770,000+ people.  And, from June 2009 and June 2010, an astonishing 1.5 million bankruptcy cases were processed, a 20% rise from the previous year. Filing for bankruptcy is a difficult, emotionally draining process and a financial outcome that you should [...]

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