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Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

You don’t need to be reckless with money to end up buried in debt. All it takes is one catastrophic event, sudden loss of a job, or a few months of “just getting by” – and suddenly, the interest ...

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