4 HABITS THAT DAMAGE YOUR CREDIT SCORE If you are like most consumers, you don't spend a lot of time thinking about your credit history. You may think that, as long as you're paying your bills on time, your credit history and related credit score should be shiny and clean. However, many common money habits can have a detrimental effect on your credit score without you even knowing it. Keeping these money mistakes to a minimum will help keep your score high. >> Read More

SHOULD YOU SET UP A TRUST? Trusts were first used in medieval England, and they have evolved to serve many purposes in modern law. The essential attribute of a trust is that it divides ownership of property into two pieces. One person, the trustee, holds the legal aspects of ownership and may control and take responsibility for the property. Another person, the beneficiary, holds the sole right to enjoyment of the property. Perhaps the most popular image associated with trusts is the "trust fund baby," usually portrayed negatively as a spoiled young adult who has always had everything provided without any work or effort on his or her part. Despite this unfortunate image, though, trusts play an essential part in many estate plans. They're often preferable to wills in ensuring the orderly transfer of property at death. >> Read More

SHOULD I INVEST ALL THE MONEY NOW OR GRADUALLY? OK, the first quarter of 2012 was fantastic! The first few days of April, however, are telling a different story. So now investors are wondering what to do next. Dollar-cost-averaging, or moving the same amount of money into the markets over the course of a year or more - has been largely accepted by the financial wizards as the ideal way to invest. Nobody knows when the market will sink or soar, so you're better off tiptoeing in rather than diving headfirst. >> Read More

Wise Choices provides basic financial workshops WISE Choices provides basic financial workshops for Mary's Shelter. Mary Shelter's mission is to equip and empower homeless and at-risk pregnant teens, and minors with babies, for lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency. WISE Choices helps to teach these young women about budgeting, setting financial goals for themselves and career planning. >> Read More

Watch Liz Weston Present "How to Survive and Thrive in The New Economy " At the WISE Speaker Event on May 24th at the Center Club     Watch PIMCO's Bill Gross Discuss "The New Normal" >> View More

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