20 Metro Areas With the Worst Credit Card Debt Problems

Equifax has ranked the U.S. metropolitan areas that are still suffering the most from high credit card debt, and found the majority of the areas with the highest debt-to-income ratios are located in six states. But the six migh…

Moody’s, S&P May Downgrade U.S. Debt Rating

Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s are both considering downgrading their ratings on U.S. debt because of rising interest-to-revenue ratios, the nation’s jobless recovery, and rising Social Security and health care…

10 Key Steps to Digging Yourself Out of Debt

Debt can destroy lives, families, marriages, relationships, business — even countries. So this year my mission is to help one million people pay down a billion dollars in debt and start a new, debt-free life. Care to join me on this journey?Continue r…

The Debt-Ceiling War: Wall Street Could Be a Casualty

Debt and government spending are firmly at the top of the new Congress’s agenda. And just the threat that the U.S. wouldn’t pay its bills has traders worried and wondering if the U.S. could end up on the same chaotic economic p…