Financial Literacy 2008 archive: audio clips

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Audio clips 2008

Personal finance audio clips

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

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Archive of Financial Literacy audio clips

Part 13: Debt management

�	Arm yourself before seeking debt help
�	New rules for handling debt boost consumers' power
�	College grads: Avoid credit card penalty & fees
�	Spending too much? Try the 7-day challenge
�	Secrets to creating a budget
�	Debt-to-income ratio important as credit score
�	A grad's guide to fiscal fitness

Part 14: Identity theft

•	Protect yourself from identity theft
•	Detecting synthetic identity fraud
•	Children victimized by identity theft
•	7 steps to protect your child from identity theft
•	Medical identity theft can kill you

Part 15: Securing retirement

•	7 tips for retirement entrepreneurs
•	Savings rates for a secure retirement
•	5 ways to jump-start your retirement fund
•	Saving strategies for the over 50 crowd
•	Pursuing lifetime dreams in retirement

Part 16: Smart borrowing

•	Frozen HELOC can hurt credit score
•	What to do when you're asked for financial help
•	Keeping liquid in a home equity freeze
•	Canceling credit card could ding score
•	Longer car loan can handcuff buyer

Part 17: Investing money

•	Retiring in a bad economy: Plan ahead
•	Ways to downsize during retirement
•	Financial and healthcare planning
•	7 steps to financial abundance
•	15 money moves for tough times
•	Get rich, or lose money quick?

Part 18: Credit savvy

•	6 good reasons to carry multiple credit cards
•	7 ways to spot unrewarding rewards cards
•	Canceling credit card could ding score
•	Do�s and Don�ts of establishing credit
•	You can negotiate a balance-transfer fee