Pocket the Best Credit Card

This tutorial will show you how to get the best credit card for your style and find alternatives to credit.

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Every day your mailbox is stuffed with credit card offers, and the huge limits and low introductory rates can be appealing. But jumping at the wrong card could turn into a nightmare of nuisance fees and inflating interest rates.

There are different kinds of credit, different sources of credit and different prices for credit. It pays you, literally, to know the difference.

Here we explain the basics of credit cards, from the types of cards to finding the best deals to protecting your rights.

Adapted from Kiplinger's Practical Guide to Your Money, by the Editors of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine (Kaplan Publishing. Copyright 2005 The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.) Available wherever books are sold or direct at kiplinger.com/store/books.


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