The Word On Wealth

Tip of the Week - November 2, 2020

November 02, 2020 John Dombroski, Jr.
The Word On Wealth
Tip of the Week - November 2, 2020
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This week's tip:
A simple tip to keep credit card spending under control: only use a card for purchases you know you can pay off within one month. 

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Hi, I'm John Dombroski, and this is The Word on Wealth Tip of the Week.

This week's tip is: "A simple tip to keep credit card spending under control: only use the card for purchases you know you can pay off within the month."

Here's an example, Americans began 2020 owing more than one trillion dollars in credit card debt after a 76.7 billion dollar net increase during 2019. Consumers quickly changed course; however, in this case posting the biggest first-quarter credit card debt pay-down ever. That's 60 billion dollars.

So, we're heading in the right direction for 2020. However, as we know, with COVID-19 hitting many people may have to dip into those credit cards in order to keep their sustainable lifestyle. So please be careful of that.

The best way to keep your credit card utilization ratio low and avoid constant costly interest charges is to pay your credit card balance in full each month. An effective spend-control strategy involves not spending more than you can comfortably pay down each month — you'll reduce your likelihood of developing persistent credit card debt; and of course, incurring those incredibly high-interest rates. Unfortunately, all too often, we get caught in this credit trap. Please do your best to try to claw your way out and not let this happen again.

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I'm John Dombroski reminding you, don't run out of money before you run out of time.