Personal Finance
Should you be borrowing money to pay for debts?
By Wilfred Ling, The IFA on Duty  •  August 22, 2009
[caption id="attachment_1863" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Photo by RogueSun Media"]Photo by RogueSun Media[/caption] Although not many people like to be in debt, most of us borrow money anyway. One reason is because it is the fastest way to buy the things you want or need. If you do not belong to the wealthy, accumulating cash to pay for that home or car would take years. Unfortunately, it is often the case which we would not just borrow for necessities. Credit cards permits us to borrow smaller amount of money and this temptation could be more than we can deal with. We could keep charging the credit card finding ourselves with more and more debt. If you look at how we borrow from credit card, we may regret borrowing so much. However, the best we can do is to pay it off and learn lessons from it. Sadly, paying off that credit card debt isn’t as simple as incurring it. Read more...
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By Wilfred Ling, The IFA on Duty
Wilfred Ling is a Chartered Financial Consultant with Promiseland Independent Pte Ltd. He is a fee-based financial planner by profession.
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