Good Money Blog

With the latest credit crunch, it now takes a higher credit score to be considered a good credit risk. For instance, if you want to go buy a car today, you need at least a credit score of 700 to get a loan. Mortgages are also hard to come by.
I hadn’t checked my FICO score [...]

Net Worth Our net worth went down slightly by 0.3% (-$599) despite the market meltdown.
Bank and Cash Accounts The majority of our cash is now sitting at high-yield savings accounts such as HSBC Direct (3.25%-3.50% APY) and E*Trade Bank (3.30% APY). [...]