Get your finances in order for the New Year.
Kelowna.com
Use credit effectively: If you have debt, pay down your highest-interest debts first, which normally include credit-card debts and unsecured loans. …

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Fear of rate hike sparks action
Winnipeg Free Press
Why pay 18 per cent on a credit-card debt… when you could be paying three-point-something on your mortgage?" Zarrillo said he's seen five-year, …

Reduce spending or suffer major consequences, economists advise Bachand
The Gazette (Montreal)
Two-thirds of that debt is not secured by assets – it's simply the result of using a credit card to pay for the groceries. The inability to control spending …

Reduce spending or suffer major consequences, economists advise Bachand
The Gazette (Montreal)
Two-thirds of that debt is not secured by assets – it's simply the result of using a credit card to pay for the groceries. The inability to control spending …

The Cash Only Diet
DigitalJournal.com
Originally they had $22000 of credit card debt because to at their own admission they always reached for their credit cards. They admitted that to the only …

Got a retirement question?
Globe and Mail
Paying down a mortgage, saving for your child's education or chipping away at that credit card debt might seem more important. But financial planners agree …

Mayoral contender eyes sale of Toronto Hydro
Globe and Mail
… idea that we're going to layer on actually more payments – it's, 'Let's get another credit card, let's load on more debt over a longer period of time. …

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Easy money, short memories
Globe and Mail
It's like your credit card company agreeing you won't even have to make the minimum payment until 2013. And the interest rate isn't all that different …

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'Tis the season for resolutions
Metro Canada – Vancouver
Total up the amount you owe on each credit card. • Decide how you want to tackle your debt until balances are paid in full, whether it's better budgeting, …

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Bankers damned if they do, damned if they don't
Canada.com
Meredith Whitney, the US banking analyst who warned of the current crisis, estimates that US banks have cut US$1.5-trillion from credit-card lines. …

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