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By Mike Peterson / March 15, 2013

You probably know by now that I’m a pretty big advocate of responsible credit card use. I don’t think credit […]

By Mike Peterson / January 30, 2013

Credit card companies sometimes use rewards – things like airline miles, rewards points, and cash-back offers — as a way

By Mike Peterson / January 26, 2013

If one of your goals for this year is to pay down your credit cards, it’s hard to go wrong

By Mike Peterson / November 19, 2012

A balance transfer – especially a balance transfer with a 0% introductory interest rate – can seem pretty tempting, especially

By Mike Peterson / November 13, 2012

Are you in control of your credit card debt – or is your credit card debt controlling you? Although

By Mike Peterson / July 30, 2012

Four Ways We Talk Ourselves into Financial Disaster You make plenty of money – enough, at least, to allow

By Mike Peterson / June 25, 2012

As someone who deals with debt for a living, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people defend

By Mike Peterson / February 21, 2012

. . . and Why You Don’t Need Them If you’ve got a credit card, chances are good that your

By Mike Peterson / January 24, 2012

How a Few Bad Habits Can Add Up to a Cycle of Eternal Debt We all know that credit cards

By Mike Peterson / September 27, 2011

Are there really “no-limit” credit cards? Is a high credit limit better than a lower one? Will a high credit

By Mike Peterson / August 22, 2011

What happens when you fall (and stay) behind on your credit card payments? And how do you fix it? If

By Mike Peterson / March 24, 2011

Most of my readers probably know I’m not a huge fan of credit cards – in general, I believe it’s