Quotes By Suze Orman
Credit card companies are jacking up interest rates, lowering credit limits, and closing accounts - and people who have made timely payments are not exempt. So even if you pay off your balance - and that's tough when interest rates are insanely high - there's a good chance your credit limit will be slashed, and that will hurt your FICO score.
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We never had it as rough as the kids have it today. Look at the price of a gallon of gas or a piece of real estate or a college education.
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We women know how to take care of everybody so well. But the one person we have written out of the equation is us.
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Give to yourself as much as you give of yourself! This means you have to put yourself first.
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The last thing family and friends want is for you to spend money on them that you don't have or that you can't really spare.
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Money is such an amazing teacher: What you choose to do with your money shows whether you are truly powerful or powerless.
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If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance.
Suze Orman
People often panic when the markets go down and sell off their stocks - but then they aren't in the game when the markets are doing well.
Suze Orman
Like your home's closets, your financial clutter needs an overhaul every now and again, and the payoff will go far beyond the psychic satisfaction of neatening up.
Suze Orman
Every time you overhear something hurtful, I want you to do something kind for someone else.
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Opposites may attract, but I wouldn't put my money on a relationship of financial opposites.
Suze Orman
I have never been a fan of bond funds. Unlike a direct investment in an individual bond that you can hold to maturity and be assured you will get your principal back (assuming no default), a fund has no finite maturity date and most funds are actively traded.
Suze Orman
Rather than saying, 'My checking account is a wreck,' change it to 'I will learn how to track my spending and balance my checkbook.'
Suze Orman
Every portfolio benefits from bonds; they provide a cushion when the stock market hits a rough patch. But avoiding stocks completely could mean your investment won't grow any faster than the rate of inflation.
Suze Orman
Those carrying a credit card balance should scale back to making the minimum payment each month so they have more money to put into savings.
Suze Orman
If you're saving for the long run, it's actually a good thing when the market is down because the more shares you have, the more you can potentially make when markets rise. And over time - decades, not months - the markets rise more than they fall.
Suze Orman
A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out.
Suze Orman
I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5,000 credit card balance.
Suze Orman