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calculator will show you how much interest you will end up paying
if you make only the minimum required payment on your credit card
bill--that is, assuming you stop charging any more to it. After
seeing the shocking figures this calculator will generate, I doubt
you'll want to continue allowing the credit card companies to
build your swimming pool in their backyards. And
remember, it's not just the interest you're losing, you're also
losing the interest you could be earning on that interest if you
were investing it rather than paying it to the credit card companies!
This
calculator will also tell you how many minimum payments you
will make before your balance is paid off (up to a maximum of
600 payments).
Note:
Somewhere in your credit card disclosure
statement the card company will tell you something like "your
minimum payment will be 2% of the balance or $10, whichever
is higher. These are the figures you will enter in Row #3 and
Row #4 respectively. Use
only numbers and decimal points
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