Bad debt can also affect your credit. Your credit utilization, which is the percentage of your available credit that you're using, plays a major role in your credit score. High balances and maxed-out ...

A debt consolidation loan can help you streamline credit cards and other high-interest debt, but favorable terms often ...

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There’s a lot of talk about debt and whether it is good or bad. As a general rule, when discussing money matters or, really, anything in life, whenever superlatives are used, something is probably ...

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Good debt refers to money that you have borrowed to purchase an investment asset, such as an investment property or some ...

Figuring out when to take out a loan, pay cash, use leverage, or pass when something isn't affordable. Unpacking good vs bad debt. Myth: you should always pay cash if you can. Fact: investors should ...

Debt is often treated as a bad word though taking out loans and swiping credit cards is commonplace and unavoidable for most households across the country. However, not all debt is “bad” debt. At ...

Troy Roth, vice president of revenue-cycle product strategy for MedAssets, discusses how hospitals can calculate how much is owed by patients with high-deductible policies. Troy Roth: More patients ...