Not exact matches
While claiming early can be a smart
financial decision in certain situations — whether you're in
poor health, have underage kids that could boost your payout or
just need the cash — doing so does reduce your monthly benefit.
Paying off a card prior to filing bankruptcy
just to ensure you can get another card later is a
poor financial decision in virtually all cases.
(Although various studies suggest that
poor Americans still make pretty rational
decisions about the shoddy
financial products sold to them — they
just aren't being well - served by traditional banks because they're not profitable enough.)
«Homeownership
just begs for emotional,
poor financial decisions,» Davis said.