“Who cares about your credit record? Even if you don’t give a hoot, your mortgage broker, insurer, employer, and even your future bride just might. Take 60 seconds to familiarize yourself with this important measure of your fiscal health.
0:58: Don’t panic.
While people talk of your credit report — and your credit score — as the end-all-be-all gauge of your money acumen, in reality it is just one measure of your overall financial health. It does not take into account how much you have saved for your retirement or how generous you are to the Salvation Army bell ringer during the holidays. It is simply a snapshot of your borrowing habits used by the lending industry as a quick, objective assessment of consumer risk (or ‘credit trustworthiness’).
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