Financial Realities

1. Which budget killer can pose the greatest threat to your wallet?
2. If, on your 20th birthday, you begin putting $200 a month in an investment account earning 8% annually, how much will you have by the time you turn 50?
3. If you apply for a store credit card, how can they approve you—or turn you down—on the spot?
4. What's the average fee you have to pay to put a hold on a scholarship offer?
5. If one of your roommates drops out and leaves an apartment you've leased together, who is legally responsible for that roommate's share of the rent?
6. What's a phisher fishing for?
7. If someone steals your credit card and uses it, how much could you end up owing?
8. Can you get financial aid for studying abroad?
9. Where can you find the best cheap eats?
10. When do you have to start repaying your student loans?