Julia Glum A perfect credit score might sound like the ultimate financial goal. But a very small percentage of Americans act ...

What does it take to get the perfect 850 FICO score? We looked at one credit report to see components make up that number on ...

For a few precious weeks last year, I had perfect credit. Sometime over the summer, I clicked on one of those credit update links, signed in and beheld the magical digits: 850. I had never had perfect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Perfect credit, or even really good credit, opens doors for American consumers. Better interest rates on loans. Better odds of ...

Image source: Getty Images A perfect 850 credit score is achievable, but pretty rare. According to Motley Fool Money research and Experian data, around 1.76% of Americans have managed to hit that ...

A perfect 850 credit score is achievable, but it's still pretty rare. According to Motley Fool Money research and Experian data, only about 1.76% of Americans have managed to hit that "perfect" number ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. INDU BACHKHETI / Getty Images I'm not a perfectionist, so achieving an 850 credit score was never a goal of mine. However, as a ...

Under the widely used FICO® Score system, the highest credit score you can earn is an 850. According to Motley Fool Money research and Experian data, just 1.76% of Americans have managed to hit that ...

I wasn't chasing the elusive 850 credit score, but this one easy change got me there anyway. Here's what I did. Tiffany Wendeln Connors was a senior editor for CNET Money with a focus on credit cards.