http://financialcomedy.com Financial Rants Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:56:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to this Wall Street Journal Article Beware That New Credit-Card Offer the credit card companies are pushing cards that don't have all the protections that the Card Act or Credit Card Accountability and Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 gave consumers. Of course the companies claim they aren't offering ... http://financialcomedy.com/?p=222 Even if you don't agree with everything that Robert Kiyosaki teaches, you really should watch the videos at  Shooting The Sacred Cows Of Money and check out his point of view.I really like the point he makes about having a normal job being risky. By the way, the site is free ... http://financialcomedy.com/?p=219 According to an article on Money central, the credit card companies are using all kinds of info that they've collected about you to lower your credit limit and since lower limits mean higher utilization and lower credit scores, where you shop can lower your credit score. There's several other factors ... http://financialcomedy.com/?p=216 I just read this article on Yahoo and the thing that interested me the most was the part about people feeling a sinking feeling when they see how long it'll take to pay off their balance. It's not like everyone hasn't heard that it'll take forever to pay off a ... http://financialcomedy.com/?p=214 I think we all expected the credit card companies to find loopholes and continue to abuse the American people so finding this US Newswire article didn't really surprise me. New CRL Report: Credit Card Issuers Use Loopholes to Bypass New Rules Intended to Curb Abuses According to a report from the ... http://financialcomedy.com/?p=209 This is a great episode. I hope you enjoy it. http://financialcomedy.com/?p=207 Tis the season for resolutions. A lot of people will make the resolution to read more and learn to take control of their finances. Here is a good book that I recently finished and it fits 2 of my requirements for a good book. It was easy to read and contained some ... http://financialcomedy.com/?p=204 For a limited time, Lending Club will give you $4o to invest in Lending Club. I'm currently getting 16.22% on my investment so it's worth checking out. Get $40 Free from Lending Club http://financialcomedy.com/?p=201 2 warnings about this post. 1. It's not about money 2. It contains profanity I usually restrain my self while writing because I don't know who is going to read it and I don't want something I said today coming back to haunt me 5 years from now, BUT not today...today the gloves ... http://financialcomedy.com/?p=193 I just read an interesting story that says that banks collect more in overdraft fees from debit cards than they do in profit. The article points out that some banks make it difficult or impossible to opt out of the service. There's a lot of mixed reactions about this article ... http://financialcomedy.com/?p=189