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It’s about time I checked my FICO credit score ( rather multiple credit scores ) - been 6 months since I applied for a couple of 0% APR (balance transfers) cards and transferred large balances from the cards to my HSBC Direct account. Now, I want to see if things have gone haywire (or not) […]
Add to: del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo MyWeb | Google | Netscape | StumbleUpon Lets see the “why” first, and then I will mention a few points from a Bankrate.com article about “how”.
Why does bad credit hurt?
Come to think of it, your credit history is really keeping a track of your financial responsibility more than your “credit-worthiness”. People who lend money to you are interested in knowing […]
After you finish reading this, try and give some innovative reasons that might be making the man smile.
So, I was just went to myFICO.com to check my FICO score (made a huge balance transfer and now I am worried about my score…this is another story). On their main page, I see these three […]
Interesting article on MSN about how you can hurt your credit score. Here is the hot list of weird things that can do the damage (my comments are in italics):
1. Credit company not reporting your true credit limit (Capital One) (Not really weird)
2. Credit cards with no preset spending limits (Amex) (Not really weird)
3. […]
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