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Financial Literacy 2007
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Audio clips 2007
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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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2007 Archives

Archive of Financial Literacy audio clips
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


TABLE OF CONTENTS
  SERIES 1: ESSENTIALS
  Part 1: Budgeting
  Part 2: Credit cards
  Part 3: Mortgages
  Part 4: Retirement
  Part 5: Home equity
  Part 6: Credit scoring
  Part 7: Emergency fund
  Part 8: Insurance
  Part 9: College funding
  Part 10: Investing
  Part 11: Estate planning
  Part 12: Taxes
  SERIES 2: ACTION
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