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Recent Articles
What Scares You More: Giving Your Teenager the Keys to Your Car or Your Credit Card?
Teenagers behind the steering wheel have always made the hearts of parents pulse with panic. No matter the age of your child, you always want to protect them from physical danger. That same sense of fear doesn't seem to stretch into the ...
Compound Interest: Split Personality
Compound interest – the wonderful banking principle that helps your savings grow at a faster rate each year. Simply set up automatic deduction from your paycheck, sit back, watch your retirement grow and let your worries fly away. If only it ...
Survey: Credit Card Usage Statistics
Are some people going into debt to buy gas as fuel prices rise? Are some people trying to dig out of a mountain of credit card debt with a minimum-payment teaspoon? How are people who are struggling financially using their credit cards and ...
Financial Infidelity: Marriage and Money
Married people are happier by many measures, yet many marriages are unhappy or fail because couples bring to the partnership significant debt, including student loans and credit card balances, as well as self-deceptions and outright lies about ...
Infographic: Ebooks Statistics
Americans are finding their credit card bills and bank statements riddled with a mounting tab of new charges for digital books after sales of eReaders and tablets exploded at the end of last year.
St. Patrick's Day 2012: Ireland Will Call Irish-Americans Home
In order to generate an economic stimulus for a country deeply mired in European debt, Ireland will be calling its global citizens home through a coordinated national effort set to be launched on St. Patrick's Day 2012.
Infographic: Household Spending Statistics
Where does all the money go? See what typical Americans make and spend in a month.
Your Refrigerator Can Provide Cold Hard Lessons in Personal Finance
Buying a refrigerator is likely the only big-ticket consumer shopping experience all Americans universally will share at some point in their adult lives, based on government data showing that this commonplace appliance is used by 99.8 percent of ...
Credit Check: Review Your Credit Report
Informed consumers who take action to protect their individual financial interests and their credit records are the bedrock of a healthy American economy. Our educational infographic helps consumers conduct a basic annual credit health ...
Buying a Winter Jacket
As another La Nina winter approaches, CreditDonkey guide on winter jackets helps families stay warm and on budget this winter.