Why Consumer Debt Is Hazardous to Your Financial Health

You don’t have to look far to find a financial expert who will tell you that consumer debt is bad ... . But has anyone ever really explained what the problem with consumer debt like credit cards and car loans is? On the surface, consumer debt doesn’t seem so awful. After all, using these types of credit lines [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:49:19

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Wall Street bailout plan to include more than bad mortgage debt: Feds to absorb unpaid bar bets, inadvertently laundered postage stamps, unredeemed soda cans and insufficient tooth-fairy disbursements

Totally absurd? Think twice: In the dark of night over the weekend when most people were snoozing, the Treasury dramatically expanded its bailout plan to include buying student loans, car loans, credit card debt and any other “troubled” assets held by banks. The changes, which were included [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 06:05:06

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

Holiday Cheer: Reality is Not All It's Cracked Up to Be

I am currently on blog holiday, and am re-posting some refreshing concoctions from Christmases past.Life. It's deep, right? ... surrounding (i.e. Shaolin), that credit card debt and those student loans aren't mundane, they suddenly ... told, cash ruling everything around me. These geniuses accomplish the impossible: they make Staten [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:00:00

Shopping and Saving Money...

Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money. ~Author Unknown So... ... has a mortgage, we own everything. No loans. No credit card debt. We lived on hand-me-down furniture ... . I thought -- heck, it's NOT the weekend, and it's early in the morning, it shouldn't be too bad. WAS I EVER [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 10:17:42

That First Taste of Financial Success

wendy3 About a month after I hit bottom in terms of my debt, I sent in a large payment on one of my credit cards, ... off the rest of my credit cards, to pay off our car loans, to pay off my remaining student loans ... s been tasty all the way along. A lot of people like to criticize Dave Ramsey and his “Total Money Makeover [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 14:00:52

What are Home Equity Loans Good For?

Homeowners have seemingly limitless choices to tap in to the equity in their homes ... in your property. Even with poor credit, a home equity loan is not difficult to qualify ... of consolidating debt and eliminating high interest credit card loans. The biggest advantage to home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 12:50:29

Record Credit Card Defaults Signals a Weaker Recovery

According to reports from Moody’s ( MCO ) Investors Service, credit card delinquencies surged to record levels in August.  In the first increase of charge-off rates since the rally began in March, credit card issuers wrote off 11.49% of uncollectible consumer debt compared to 10.52% in July.  Also loans more than 30-days past due also rose to 5.8%.  Moody’s report also suggests that charge off rates are not likely to peak until mid-2010, as unemployment continues to strain many consumers budgets. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 14:40:21

Consumer Credit Counseling

Consumer Credit Counseling January 17, 2009 at 5:00 pm · Filed under Credit Counseling Services div style=’float: right; width: 100px; padding: ... on financed loans and credit card debt can become onerous and when you add in penalties and late fees ... impossible for anyone to compete in today’s arena without the aid of a credit card. And that’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:00:36

Interest Only and Credit Card Debt

by Mary Bush Well, here is an example of the system that isn’t functioning as intended: a mortgage loan that encourages paying off one debt, ... as if to say, ‘You mean you can’t pay?’ What do these loan and credit companies think they’re going ... product, let’s give the bad credit crowd a chance to make an even worse decision, and finance a home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 10:19:52

Interest Only and Credit Card Debt

by Mary Bush Well, here is an example of the system that isn’t functioning as intended: a mortgage loan that encourages paying off one debt, ... as if to say, ‘You mean you can’t pay?’ What do these loan and credit companies think they’re going ... product, let’s give the bad credit crowd a chance to make an even worse decision, and finance a home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 08:22:54

Interest Only and Credit Card Debt

by Mary Bush Well, here is an example of the system that isn’t functioning as intended: a mortgage loan that encourages paying off one debt, ... as if to say, ‘You mean you can’t pay?’ What do these loan and credit companies think they’re going ... product, let’s give the bad credit crowd a chance to make an even worse decision, and finance a home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:03:54

Bailout homeowners first: expert

by Frank James The ever compelling Dr. Nouriel Roubini, ... loans, credit cards, auto loans and student loans) while their assets (values of their homes ... themselves of the bad debt they're holding, he also believes what the feds priority should be to put [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 13:38:28

Loan For Bill Consolidation - An Attractive Alternative?

Many people in the US today are deep in debts that they are not in a position to repay ... . Many people to own several credit cards and bad debtors, usually would have bad repayment record with all of them. For such people a bad credit card debt consolidation loan could advisable to club [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:50:56

My Thoughts on Debt

I received a comment the other day about choosing to go into debt again. It was prompted because I discussed the possibility of a car loan ... the credit card companies for our debt…I can’t. They didn’t make me use their cards. I did that. I swiped ... loans than I had to. So I don’t regret all of the student loans I took out. For mortgage debt, given [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 05:44:10

Strangers On A Train

Had to take the train all the way out to the sticks again today so I could pick up my car ... s just not the same. “In business, do you take the person who screwed things up and put them in charge of fixing ... sweetly. “Now the original proposal includes foreign banks, credit card debt and school loans. That wasn’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 18:00:46

The Fannie/Freddy bailout

It’s almost as if the feds are trying to flush the economy down the crapper ... holders of U.S. Treasury bonds. -Higher rates are bad for anyone with a mortgage, credit card debt, a home equity loan, a margin account, etc. -Higher rates also increase the government’s debt burden [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 01:21:54

The Bad Paper Chase

The Bad Paper Chase November 26th, 2008 admin And the handout/buyout craze continues ... such as credit cards, auto loans and student loans. By all means, let’s just keep buying up debts from people ... Loan Banks. It also will purchase another $500 billion in mortgage-backed securities, pools [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 07:37:00

We Are One Disaster Away From Financial Ruin. – Matt

Rollover USA-401K Rollover to IRA is a post from: Rollover USA-401K Rollover to IRA “Hi Steve, My wife and I have approximately $20,000 in credit card debt as well as an additional $20,000 in student loan debt. We’ve also wracked up $6,000 in dental bills recently. We are always on time with our payments but making ends meet has become a major problem and I only see it going totally [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 18:45:23

Veracity US

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Date: 2009-01-06 07:22:22

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