You may have heard the last few years that interest rates are low or that it’s a great time to buy a home or a car. In fact, interest rates have been low ever since the financial crisis in 2008. It also means that the interest you were getting on your savings was somewhere around .01% or in other words...
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Lots of people immediately dismiss credit as a catch 22, a necessary evil, or something that they can do without altogether. But today I would like to argue that it can actually be relatively easy, act as a positive force for our wallets, and is vital to our daily lives. Here are three cases for credit:
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