Five Steps to Secure Your Financial Future

Strategies for Tough Times: Five Steps to Secure Your Financial Future

Step 5: Work on Your Credit Score

By Jean Chatzky with reporting from Arielle Gowen

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What constitutes a good score has actually gone up, so you have to work a little harder to stay at the top of the class. Things like shopping for credit and high levels of debt all work against you, so keep them to a minimum.

Also, a good score means easy access to cash if you need it, and in these times, everyone should have a home equity line of credit in their back pocket in case of an emergency.

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Published on June 03, 2008

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