Financial Literacy 2007 archive: audio clips

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As part of its Financial Literacy series, Bankrate offers audio clips that explore topics ranging from budgeting to taxes.

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January 2007

�	10 ways to save $500
�	Save on energy costs
�	Be master of your money
�	Stop living paycheck to paycheck
�	Surviving on one income
�	Successful balance-transfers
�	9 best reasons to save money
�	5 (worthless) excuses for not saving

February 2007

•	Educating teens about credit
•	What to ask before getting a secured card
•	Using credit card for overdraft protection
•	Cancel a card, hurt your credit score
•	Tips for balance transfers
•	Sign a credit card or not?
•	Credit cards can be a good idea

March 2007

•	High credit score can save you plenty
•	Meltdown in the subprime mortgage market
•	Multiple loan applications can hurt credit score
•	5 homeownership tax myths
•	Buy flood insurance before the water rises
•	Debt-to-income ratio important as credit score
•	8 questions to ask home listing agents

April 2007

•	Moving toward your retirement goal
•	Guard your portfolio against inflation
•	Are you ready for retirement?
•	The other great Social Security debate
•	Free financial planning with no strings attached
•	Target-date funds a solution

May 2007

•	What's a cash-out refinance?
•	Finding cash for remodeling
•	What home equity lenders look for
•	Beware these home equity scams
•	Pros/cons of debt equity

June 2007

•	Bankruptcy timeline: Rebuilding credit
•	High credit score can save you plenty
•	Hitching a ride on hubby's credit
•	Piggyback can lift your credit score
•	3 steps to boost your credit score
•	Educating teens about credit

July 2007

•	10 ways to save $500
•	Save on energy costs
•	Be master of your money
•	Stop living paycheck to paycheck
•	Surviving on one income
•	9 best reasons to save money
•	5 (worthless) excuses for not saving
•	Most Americans fail the emergency-fund test
•	How to build an emergency fund

August 2007

•	Buy flood insurance before the water rises
•	Kids gone? 20 insurance tips for empty nesters
•	Get the gap if you're upside-down
•	Life insurance: Introduction
•	Finding the best deal on auto insurance

September 2007

•	Having that special talk ... about money
•	10 financial aid pitfalls
•	Student loan forgiveness: Rare, but possible
•	Home equity can be source of tuition money
•	Colleges help to tame tuition
•	5 ways to make college saving a cinch

October 2007

•	Target-date funds a solution
•	Keith Cameron Smith: how to become a millionaire
•	Building liquid savings: savings account
•	Building blocks for successful investing
•	U. S. Treasury securities
•	Investment blunders

November 2007

•	Preparing your finances for death and disaster
•	Financial and health care planning
•	The basics of estate planning
•	Preventing squabbles over a will with no-contest clause

December 2007

•	4 tax moves not to make until 08
•	7 tax terrors
•	Your online tax-paying options
•	Form W-4: the beginning of your working life
•	Ill-fitting forms could mean slow refunds