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When it comes to saving money and striving towards financial independence, impulse spending habits are some of the biggest obstacles preventing you from achieving your goals. Impulse shopping problems typically start out small: $5 purchases here and there. But then they progress into more frequent and costly purchases, as we grow increasingly desensitized to those small expenses until we’re spending hundreds of dollars per month (or week) on things we don’t really need. The problem is, human beings aren’t too great at differentiating between wants and needs. We’re psychologically driven to keep up with the Joneses by comparing ourselves to other people and buying more things, paying for more experiences to make up for any gaps between our happiness and … Read more

Even if you’re single, your personal credit score matters to other people beyond just your landlord and lenders. In fact, a new survey from Discover Financial Services and Match Media Group (parent company of the Tinder dating app) found that 69% of the 2,000 people surveyed agreed that financial responsibility is an extremely important quality to them when it comes to finding a romantic partner. Surprisingly, financial responsibility ranked higher than a sense of humor (67%), attractiveness (51%), and ambition (50%). What does this mean for your dating life? If you have a good credit score, then perhaps that is one detail worth mentioning at some point in the dating phase. But, on the first date, it might be a bit … Read more

One of the most sought-after American Express cards is undoubtedly the American Express Platinum Card, which offers a tremendous variety of benefits to its cardholders and a sweet introductory spending bonus as well (40-60,000 Membership Rewards® points or even 100,000 MR points if this is your first American Express Platinum Card and are able to find this elusive offer). Of course, these benefits come with a hefty annual fee – which is not waived during the first year the way many other cards do for new cardholders – yet the benefits could be worth the expense if you travel frequently by air and stay in hotels. Apply for an American Express Card. You can earn 60,000 Membership Rewards® points after you … Read more

The following is a guest post by Tiffany Wagner about poor financial habits. If you’d like to contribute a guest post to Money Q&A, be sure to check out our guest posting guidelines. Your credit score sets the boundary between getting approved or declined for a loan or credit card. It determines your creditworthiness and interest rates. Lenders use your credit score as one of the critical deciding factors to let you borrow money to purchase a house or car, rent an apartment, or take out a school loan. The scores set by most lending platforms like Credit Ninja may range from 850 (perfect), 760 (excellent), down to 300 (disaster). As such, it’s important to keep your credit score healthy … Read more