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Cake day: June 1st, 2023

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  • Mine is 667. I have never used credit cards, and I don’t have any debt. My partner, whose FICO score is 780, currently has about twice their annual salary in debt.

    This makes sense. Your credit utilization has a high impact on your score. What they’re looking for is the ratio of Credit used over credit available. Ideally you want to keep it under 30%. In your case you’re dividing by zero so it’s impossible to have a good ratio.

    If you’re looking to raise your score, just getting a credit card and not even using it will improve your score by increasing your divisor above zero, but some banks may close the account if it goes unused. If you do use it pay it off ASAP. There is a terrible misconception out there that you need to carry a balance on a card and pay interest to raise your score. THAT’S JUST NOT TRUE. Don’t ever carry a balance. It doesn’t ever help your score and can only hurt it if your ratio gets too high.


  • I initially thought I might participate in the IPO. I’m still not over what /u/spez did last year but I justified it the same way I ever bet AGAINST my favorite sports teams. That way if they lose there would is still an upside. I don’t think Reddit will be a great investment. But if they are, hey, at least there’s some money in my pocket.

    This would have been my first IPO. And what made me finally decide against participating was the recognition that buying into an IPO, unlike regular stock trading, is actually putting money directly into the company’s pockets.

    Fuck that; fuck them; and especially fuck /u/spez.