Ken Clark

As many of you know, I’m a contributing writer over at Investopedia.com. If you haven’t seen that site, you really should check it out. It really is one of the most comprehensive personal finance sites on the web.

Here are the links to two articles of mine recently published over there:

Getting Your Kids Their First Credit Card

A Guide to Debt Settlement

Last week, I was invited to sit down with a wonderful woman who was dealing with some less than wonderful credit card balances. The goal was to help her go on a “credit card diet” so that she’d be out of debt in 12-18 months. I’ll be checking in with her over the coming months to see what kind of progress she’s made.

Kristi Nelson at NBC 5 News in Dallas was kind enough to set the whole thing up and then turn it into a special on their nightly news broadcast.

Enjoy the clip:
http://www.nbcdfw.com/around_town/shopping/Slim-Down-Your-Debt-Go-On-a-Credit-Card-Diet.html

CBS 3 in Philadelphia just aired an interview I did on Credit Card Reward Perks.

Enjoy!

http://cbs3.com/business/rewards.program.credit.2.908054.html

Jarrod Thalheimer just put together a great list of “10 Ways To Beat A Credit Hangover” for AOL’s new personal finance site, WalletPop.

Jarrod was nice enough to include a few quotes from me in Tips 5, 6, and 7 of the article.

Check it out when you get a second.

10 Ways to Cure a Credit Hangover - AOL WalletPop

Some of you may have seen the new credit cards many companies are offering that provide “financial” rewards instead of the standard airline mileage or cash back. While I’m not a huge fan of these, they’re definitely catching the eye of consumers.

Here’s a special report (featuring me, among others) on KDAF TV news in Dallas on a few of the hot cards right now.

Enjoy!

Tamara Holmes just published an article looking at the growing trend among credit card issuers of offering rewards programs focused on paying off debt, saving for retirement, saving for your kids’ college, etc. It’s quite a shift from the old days of mileage programs.

Many thanks to Tamara for including me as an expert in the article!

Check it out:
Card Issuers Offer Rewards to Build Savings and Payoff Debt - CreditCards.com

If you’ve been reading my stuff for long, you know that I think Tax Refund Anticipation Loans (RAL’s) are a pretty bad deal for 99% of folks.

Lauren Garrison at the New Haven Register newspaper just did a great article on the perils of these short-term loans and was kind enough to include my less-than-rosy opinion in the article.

Check it out when you get a chance!

“Experts Warn of Perils From Tax Refund Loans” - The New Haven Register

Just in time for your New Year’s resolutions… Great article by Heather Larson on “Making Your Financial Resolutions Stick,” featuring yours truly.

Enjoy!

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/pf/20090101-simplify-New-Year’s-resolutions-a1.asp?prodtype=pfin

For those of you just tuning in, my first full-length book hits all the major bookstores in just over a month (Feb. 3, 2009). 

The list price for The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Out of Debt is $16.95, but you can get it right now on Amazon.com for just $11.53.

 Click here or on the image below to be taken straight to my Amazon page. Thanks!

 

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