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Knowing where you stand is easy, harmless, and usually free Andrew Martins is an award-winning journalist who has performed thousands of hours of research on small business products and services and ...

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Need a loan to buy a house? Applying for a new rewards credit card? Acing the lender’s credit check will get you the best deal. Keeping score is a big part of life. In sports, it determines who wins ...

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April is National Financial Literacy Month. To mark the occasion, MarketWatch will publish a series of “Financial Fitness” articles to help readers improve their fiscal health, and offer advice on how ...

Most people treat their credit score like a report card they check only when something goes wrong. But once your score ...

Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before moving to ...

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Lisa Maloney is a credit cards specialist, award-winning writer and former stringer for The Wall Street Journal. She has extensive experience as a consumer reporter, leveraging careful research and ...