UPDATED: Senate buys into the Wall Street buy out… Obama: John Q Public too stupid to know what’s good for country… George Soros says buy out won’t fix credit problem
Putting increasing pressure on the House “no” voters to fall in line, the Senate voted (74-25) overwhelmingly in favor of a $700 bil government purchase of bad debt from Wall Street … with lots ... (increasing FDIC insurance limits). The basics remain the same. The government will buy bad assets [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 02:59:48
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5 Fixes for Financial Woes Get Out of Debt Fast
This year we are not in a good shape when we talk about financial status. We expect too much of our farm crop ... . Put “bad” debts, such as unpaid high-interest credit card balances and payday loans – cash loans ... . 3. Lose the Flab ***Consider how much you spend on mortgage, rent, car payment, insurance, groceries [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 04:04:12
in Corporate Management | Credit | Derivatives | Real Estate An amusing Bloomberg article details the difficulties that former Citigroup Inc ... U.S. real estate markets." It is sad and almost -- but not quite -- amusing. Don't feel to bad ... . Source: Chuck Prince Finds Selling Home No Easier Than Fixing Subprime Sharon L. Lynch Bloomberg, June [more...]
Date: 2008-06-18 11:07:38
Give Me a Real Fix
Well it was another down day on Wall Street. All of the news seems pretty gloomy, from Sands corp ... is to restore confidence and force banks to loan and get people purchasing again on credit ... was they were really advertising that the food was bad and the service mediocre, not something you want [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 08:12:08
Bad News: Unemployment Troubles Looming
Is trouble around the bend for the unemployed in Kentucky? ... a line of credit to the Commonwealth as a temporary fix. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:54:33
What do you think about deflation?
The economy just might be on the way to “fixing” itself, if it doesn’t destroy itself first ... more businesses could go under. Bad. Of course, in the long term, lower profit points could mean ... their credit, etc. That would be good. The New York Times reports that construction on new houses [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 15:22:55
DEADLY RESCUE
My cover-story for the new issue of National Review:The road to hell is paved with bad interventions ... , and the SEC have backfired. They were intended to ameliorate a credit crisis and to keep it from spreading ... had powerful unintended consequences, with the government fixing one trouble spot only to create another [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 20:14:30
One Story to Embody 2008, Two Ratios Show Room to Fall for Stocks, Death of the Euro, and More!
by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias A fitting end to 2008… an easy money crisis “fixed” with more easy money Equity bottom still out of reach… ... , maybe credit shouldn’t be so easy!” Today, they’re back. Never mind that GMAC is borrowing money ... t have to worry about making bad loans until they’re at least 30 days past due. If there’s any [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 20:05:01
Toyota: Credit Not Responsible For Current Sales Slump, But Please Hurry Up And Fix! [Toyota Sales]
Jim Lentz, Toyota's US sales chief, told the Detroit News yesterday that consumer financing isn't their challenge right now; rather, ... are postponing car purchases. Dealers across the country are singing a similar tune, saying that well-qualified buyers can still get financing, but continuing bad economic news is keeping buyers [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 14:00:00
BREAKING! **DOUBLE-UPDATED** This "Fix" Needs a-Fixin'
... . All credit to Bigus Dickus, whose beloved Canaries could end up looking pretty bad if this all bears ... , goalkeeper Roy Carroll. FA Chief Lord Triesman has, per the BBC, said that match-fixing suspicions [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 22:40:04
Fixing the USA... or tilting at windmills?
Okay, I'm officially fed up, so this may be my first blog rant ... $700 Billion for the financial sector. Maybe it will be to buy bad loans, maybe not. We'll see ... tanks, mostly because there's no credit to buy cars since the financial sector closed up. So let's [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 13:36:53
Fixing a Global Confidence Crisis
It's been called a crisis of confidence. It started with bad real estate loans and highly leveraged bets on those loans. Now it has frozen credit markets. Banks aren't lending to each other. Businesses can't ... credit, the financial crisis threatens to become a real economic one. And it's global. Welcome [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 23:12:39
Bailout BS: Fixing the US auto sector in 3 easy steps
[ Three easy steps to fix the US auto industry: Bailout automakers to survive another 3 years, unlimited tax credits for hybrid cars,EVs, etc, ... and create a gas tax. Tough love for Big 3 includes giving the Prius some credit I've had enough ... , automakers have made many important changes, but a few years doesn't rectify decades of bad [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 20:28:57
No end in sight
I feel bad for the next President with respect to our current economic prospective ... that it would “fix our economic woes” - a bailout that gave these financial institutions approximately 50% of the United States GDP, without any strings attached or requirements supposedly to “free up credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 22:31:00
Dave Ramsey, Common Sense Fix Rather Than Congressional Rescue
Financial counsellor and syndicated talk show host Dave Ramsey---where credit card debt goes to die---presents an alternative to the $700 billion ... all prepayment penalties to encourage refinancing or the sale of the property to pay off the bad loan ... Ramsey's plan: "Years of bad decisions and stupid mistakes have created an economic nightmare [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 13:11:41
Buy a New Car or Fix the One I’ve Got?
I knew it. I just knew my car was in bad shape. I’ve talked about it before, and I knew it was going to happen ... looking at about €4,000.” We don’t have €4,000. Not only that, but we won’t get approved for a loan ... of money, it’s going to have to be through tapping the open line of credit at a gazillion percent [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 10:00:17
Friday's comment from the papers in...
Daily_fix_top_20 Today in Times Comment Gerard Baker: Only Americans could produce a result like this Michelle Obama: ... in a strange land (Florida) Ross Clark: The interest rate cut is bad economics and bad politics Joan ... the countryside Leading Article: (The Independent) - This rate cut is not just about credit [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 08:01:03
Fixing the Unemployment Outlook
by The Mogambo Guru Mish Shedlock at globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com has looked at the latest Z1 Flow of Funds report, and found that "$7 ... of 2008, is also as bad as it looks, then "roughly $10 Trillion in household wealth ... !), PLUS give me a tax credit (which is cash in my pocket!) for, oh, say, 10% of what I spent, as a sort [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 20:04:08
Up Again Fixing the Servers, Hating Life, Contemplating Colorado
Up Again Fixing the Servers, Hating Life, Contemplating Colorado 6 Days Ago | Posted to: ... ? What dream? I haven't made a penny in five years. The credit card companies call incessantly. I owe ... misery. And it keeps getting worse. Has been for years. My fault, bad decisions. One after another [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 07:08:26
Was the Bailout Too Costly?
Was the Bailout Too Costly? Written by Credit Karma October 13th, 2008 at 10:25 PM CDT No comments According to numerous sources at this point, ... of the issue, which is fixing the housing crisis and creating jobs.” She was quotes as saying in a recent ... as $700 billion dollars to buy off bad mortgage security as well as other devalued assets that [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 04:26:06
Department Of Really Bad Ideas
While I've been more than a little skeptical about Treasury and Fed shotgunning trillions to their rich friends, ... up its sales pitch for a $250 billion stimulus package called "Fix Housing First," arguing that financial markets won't recover until home prices stop falling. They are calling for a generous tax credit [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 01:55:00
Fixing Housing & Finance: 30/20/10 Proposal
A Modest Proposal: The housing crisis worsened over the summer of 2008, prompting Congress to debate various bailout proposals ... to the credit crisis. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the nationalization of AIG were the results ... or administrative or budgetary review. It is fraught with moral hazard, rewarding bad judgment [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 11:30:25
Best Credit Repair - Outdated Credit Fixing Techniques
Having bad credit report affects you in all financial aspects of your life, there is strongest reasons then, justifying a credit fixing as soon as you can, you will get the benefits of lower interest rates on all kind of loans you apply for. However, there some important points to take in consideration when you ... [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 19:00:59
Economic Crisis – Credit Crisis
I was shocked when I heard the news about the another 84,868 homes lost because of foreclosures just in October last month ... . More and more people are also suffering from bad credit reports. Imagine if you don’t have knowledge in fixing bad credit. Luckily there is a company like RMCN credit services that will help [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 00:15:44
Best Credit Repair - Outdated Credit Fixing Techniques
Having bad credit report affects you in all financial aspects of your life, there is strongest reasons then, ... for resolving your presentation. Secondly, take in consideration that several credit repair ... , and they are not accurate enough for considering as trusted sources of credit repair techniques [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 19:00:59
What You Can Do About Fixing Bad Credit and Bad Credit Home Loan
About bad praise home finance, entirely painless, at Bad Credit Services, I wrote everything as unfussy as probable. I found this one on yesterday, extremely interesting: Thinking about purchasing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 00:48:00
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