INTEREST-FREE LOAN AT YOUR FINGER TIPS
June 12, 2008 by ren
Filed under Corporate Finance
Your credit card is a source of interest-free loan. But, this will work, if and only if you think of your credit card as a tool for personal cash flow management –rather than additional cash in your wallet.
It often happens that a purchase has to be made before your expected cash has become available. If you know that your cash will come in before the bill from the credit card falls due, make the purchase with your credit card –but pay off the whole purchase when your cash comes in and save yourself the interest cost. …read more
THE BEST USE OF CREDIT CARDS: Cash Flow Management
June 11, 2008 by ren
Filed under Corporate Finance
Credit Cards, so that they do not become a heavy burden (you can end up paying as much as 30% on interest & penalties), have to be managed just like any regular bank loan.
It is important to keep a proper mindset. Do not think of your credit cards as additional cash in your wallet. Thinking of your credit cards as available cash, you tend to purchase items that you want –rather than those which you really need. Or, if the purchases were for items you really needed, if you didn’t have the available cash in your …read more





