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Arnold, Curtis E. How you can profit from credit cards : using credit to improve your financiallife and bottom line / Curtis E Arnold. p. cm. ISBN 0-13-235377-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Credit cards. 2. Consumer credit.3. Finance, Personal. I. Title. HG3755.7.A76 2008 332.7'65--dc222008011159
To my wonderful wife, Nancy.
To my wonderful wife, Nancy. Thank you for being my best friend and for the countless times you embraced me after a long day at the office. Together, we’re teaching the next generation about credit and money issues—including our own kids, Dallas, Erin, Hunter, Avery, and Claire—which gives me hope that today’s young people will be much savvier about credit and money issues than any previous generation.