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7 Money Saving Alternatives To College

Posted by Elisheva Wiriaatmadja On March - 1 - 2010

Because of this bad recession that doesn’t seem to end, colleges and universities are also hurting. The reason being is because attendance rates drop and private contributions are drying up. In order to keep education running, the loss of income are passed onto students by rising tuition fees and adding ridiculous fees to it. Consequently, students are finding it more and more difficult to fund their further education especially with the reduction in financial aid and also trouble with Pell Grants. It has now become a stark fact that college and universities are only something for the well-to-do. If this continues to happen, where does that leave middle class Americans?

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When The Trends Research Institute predicted the collapse for 2009, many people said that they were wrong and that the collapse did not happen. However, according to Gerald Celente, the collapse actually did happen back in March 2009 when the worlds’ equity market crumbled. The reason why many people don’t actually “see” or “feel” it, is because there is a world wide cover up using bail out money and stimulus packages. In the interview with Russia Today, Celente explained that from China to UK and from the US to Australia, trillions of dollars were poured out into the financial system in order to prop it back up from the collapse.

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George Soros, “The Ultimate Bubble is Gold!” – and Still Buys Gold

Posted by Elisheva Wiriaatmadja On February - 24 - 2010

On Jan 28, just last month, George Soros, in an interview with Davos Man, said that gold is due for a fall. At the World Economic Forum in Switzerland he said, “When interest rates are low we have conditions for asset bubbles to develop and they are developing at the moment. The ultimate asset bubble is gold.” His quote immediately hit the headlines and people believed.

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Obama’s Latest Bull – “No Second Depression”

Posted by Elisheva Wiriaatmadja On February - 23 - 2010

Marking the anniversary of the $787 billion stimulus bill, Obama said last week, “One year later, thanks to the Recovery Act, we can stand here again and say that a second depression is no longer a possibility.”

A second depression is no longer a possibility? I wonder how much longer Americans are actually letting their government lie to them straight into their faces…

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Obama’s Newest $1.5 Billion Plan To Help Homeowners Revealed

Posted by Elisheva Wiriaatmadja On February - 20 - 2010

The Mortgage Bankers Association just released numbers which shows that the housing and foreclosure crisis is far from over.

  • 15% of homeowners in America are either in foreclosure or at least one payment behind.
  • 9.67% of mortgage owners who are delinquent by 90 days or more (gone up from 6.3%)
  • 4.58% of mortgage loans are in foreclosure (shot up from 3%)
  • 1 out of 7 homeowners are struggling with payments

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Getting Your Free Credit Report

Posted by Elisheva Wiriaatmadja On February - 18 - 2010

Creditscorequick.com does not only provide you with free credit reports but provide free credit score improvement advice. You will find the most recent tips and techniques to improve your score. Based in Dallas, Texas, the company aims not only to provide you with free credit report and credit advice but to better educate the people about their credit and how to maintain it.

Going to their website you will find resourceful information on credit scores, FICO score, credit card, loans and identity theft protection. They also offer Identity Guard services which you can try out for free for 30 days.

Currently your credit score is important not only for you to get a loan or a mortgage but also for applying jobs. Other institutions, banks, mortgages, car dealers, realtors and even insurance can easily determine your risk by looking at your FICO score.

Many people do not realise that they can actually do something to improve their credit scores. They do not realise that often they could find errors which they can ask to have fixed and these fixes will actually improve their scores.

Creditscorequick.com can give you tips and techniques to check your score and spot any errors if there are any. They will help you and show you what to do to have your those errors fixed and thus improve your score. You are also able to send questions to them regarding how to dispute your credit report and they will answer your questions.

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Gerald Celente: Fascism Is Coming To America

Posted by Elisheva Wiriaatmadja On February - 17 - 2010

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150+ Available Scholarships To Avoid Toxic Student Loans

Posted by Elisheva Wiriaatmadja On February - 15 - 2010

In the past decades, US students were told that having student loans is having a “good debt”. The reason was because taking out this kind of loan is like investing into the future and that it will pay off once they graduate and get a 6-figure income job. Unfortunately, it has never that simple.

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The Danger of Student Loan Defaults

Posted by Elisheva Wiriaatmadja On February - 14 - 2010

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Senate Whacks Tax Hikes

Posted by Elisheva Wiriaatmadja On February - 11 - 2010

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