Some Very Healthy Resource Stocks Are ‘Shockingly’ Cheap

It remains to be seen whether fear takes control of the markets again today. So far, global equities have seen a reprieve from the brutal pounding they suffered last week. The crash in stock prices has most investors spooked. But it's worth keeping you head while others lose theirs, says Strategic Investment editor Dan Amoss [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 14:20:28

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Invest As Much As You Can Now, So You Will Have Options Later

Over the last few weeks the worldwide markets experienced a major correction. Trillions of dollars of wealth was erased from ledgers ... because their retirement accounts lost too much value. Many people simply cannot afford to retire right ... can be affected by a bad bear market and the owner may have to delay retirement. But the more you have stashed [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 12:57:11

And On to the Auto Industry

It turns out the investment banks were just the first companies to feel the brunt of the massive economic dislocation that all started from the credit crisis now some 18 months ago. Bear Stearns' sudden collapse last spring turned ... these companies over until the economy recovers enough to repair their ailing businesses.As bailouts have become [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 13:32:00

Holiday Windfalls: 7 Tips on Using Them

The holidays often come with a windfall or two: a monetary gift from a relative or a bonus from an employer ... an important bill. If so, that kind of practical application may make your decision for you. If you don’ ... cringe right now, but that doesn’t actually mean that investment is a bad choice. There are still [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 13:30:00

In mortgage modifications, property rights of investors must be respected

Today, in addition to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s expected announcement of a major mortgage modification plan through the $700 billion TARP, ... in foreclosures” through the Federal Housing Administration refinancing plan mortgage bailout passed ... Abrogating Peter’s Contract to Pay Paul,” I noted that according to investment bank Credit Suisse [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 15:47:59

Analyst Box Score: AIG

Former Dow component American International Group Inc. has lost its last supporter ... to unexpected difficulty the company is having in selling some assets and ongoing turmoil in credit markets ... in its ultimate economic loss exposure in its credit default swap business and insurance investment [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 15:38:39

“A frightening deterioration in the UK economy”

The British Chambers of Commerce report today that orders, investment and demand for labour all fell heavily in the last quarter of 2008 ... you are not encouraging an old firing at the same time. If you are offering a guarantee to banks for offering credit ... of Commons supplied computer needed repair or replacement. The House authorities IT [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:48:33

I Want My Bailout Too and Here's Why

With all the bailouts and emergency assistance many of America's corporations are getting from the US government, ... for companies that were badly run or could not have anticipated such bad economic conditions. You can't blame me either for bad investment choices, because who knew stock markets and house prices could [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 18:57:00

It Isn't Over Until the Fat Lady Sings

Big caveat: even though we have very strong opinions, we do not give investment advice. What we provide (aside from commentary) ... . ``The patient that got drunk on credit growth needs to go into rehabilitation. To give him more alcohol ... or not the market signal is correct, we don't see the credit/economic [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 07:42:03

How's everyone enjoying National Homeownership Month?

My long-time friend and colleague Petulant posted earlier about home foreclosures setting a record for the first quarter of 2008 ... in 2007. The report by the Mortgage Bankers Association also found that more homeowners slipped behind ... multibillion losses when their investments in mortgage-backed securities soured. A credit crisis [more...]

Date: 2008-06-06 06:39:31

Private Moneylenders The Real Estate Investors Secret Weapon

Real estate investments are very lucrative and offer a variety of other benefits such as tax deductibles and asset appreciation ... to poor credit score. Another advantage of obtaining loans from private moneylenders ... , they are willing to overlook their credit records. This form of financing can prove to be extremely [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 23:30:35

Book Review: Investing in an Uncertain Economy for Dummies

The winner of the book Killing Sacred Cows is Jane’s Friend. Please contact me at livingalmost at gmail dot com! I hope to hear back from you ... , improving your credit score, setting financial goals, and not letting yourself sabotage your plans because ... it’s a bad idea for 99% of people. The fees are OUTRAGEOUS and not worth it. Sure it sounds [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 14:00:11

16 months?

Jim Welsh of Welsh Money Management has been publishing his monthly investment letter, “The Financial Commentator”, since 1985 ... of 2007, and more credit losses for banks. In October, he noted that technical weakness in the U.S stock ... Most investors really don’t understand the credit creation process, and as a result, don’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 20:05:11

Vacation, Investing, Debt and Some Tips for Life

We’re in vacation mode… busy packing and ready to hit the road bright and early. Usually we fly, but this time we’re driving… we’ll see how 8 hours in the car goes with a 9 month old and 2 year old. Wish us luck - we might need it! Once we get to our destination we’ll be on a houseboat… hopefully without access to the Internet! [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 14:06:19

Claim Your Tax Credit — Even With Bad Credit!

The Obama administrations economic stimulus package provided for many things including a tax credit for homebuyers who qualify as first-time buyers. This tax credit would equal either 10% of the homes value or $8000, depending on which amount is less. This portion of the stimulus package was included in an effort to energize the real estate businesses by giving homebuyers a good reason to invest in new homes before December 1, 2009. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-20 10:22:37

Words from the Wise

Weekly review of everything financial – courtesy of Prieur du Plessis, writing at his international investment blog, ... that the bad news had already been priced in. However, US Treasury Note yields were less sanguine ... . With credit markets still not thawing after the introduction of various central bank liquidity facilities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 06:14:28

Got a tip for a post?: Email us | Anonymous form Get PEEK in your mailbox! Fixing the Financial Mess Would Be Easier if We Weren't Dealing with the World's ... -- which is heavily invested in the huge, shadowy and wholly unregulated market for "credit default [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 22:00:05

Handling the Economic Crisis

I started to write this as a comment on Mike Gerson’s response to this Transterrestrial Musings post on the stock market’s continued slide ... paper and overnight bank loans, and would let the companies with bad investments fail. Let me expand on that. All of these problems arise out of two fundamental issues. First, very, very bad loans [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 03:38:25

A Bailout We Don’t Need

By James K. Galbraith The Washington Post Thursday, September 25, 2008; Now that all five big investment banks — Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, ... called “loans.” With banks, runs occur only when depositors panic, because they fear the loan book is bad. Deposit insurance takes care of that. So why not eliminate the pointless $100,000 cap [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 21:38:44

CD Ladder Explained

The recent stock market decline probably makes more than a few people realize that it’s wise to have a balance of growth and income investments as ... to your typical savings accounts. You can purchase CDs at the same bank you have your savings account ... . This is why CDs usually pay higher yields than savings accounts and money market funds. What Is [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 02:31:41

More A.I.G.

More A.I.G. The most interesting part of the American International Group bailout today is the securities lending part, which I will get to later. It is happening because A.I.G. gambled with collateral that it was expected to put in safe investments. Having lost the gamble, it turns to Uncle Sam [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 22:16:41

Who’s To Blame for Tech’s Woes? You and Me

The last time technology investments took a hit, it was easy to look around at the scattered sock puppets and dark fiber, ... t their wholehearted embrace of the web — it’s consumers’ wholehearted embrace of credit. That’s right, this tech ... debt, in the form of home equity loans and credit financing, which they’ve used to buy fancier cars [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 04:01:17

Can’t make your car payments? Buy a Hyundai

Tightwad_tod_marks_consumer_reports It’s bad enough if you lose your job in this miserable economy. It’s even worse if you’re out of work and you’ve just invested in a new car. With more than 10 ... , the plan is a calculated gamble on the automaker’s part to bring potential buyers with responsible credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 01:10:49

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:51:48

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:51:48

GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT KEEP US OFF OUR BACKS

suddenlysenior.com Saul Friedman Gray Matters October 4, 2008 Social Security had its 73rd birthday in August, ... on loans and investments gone bad. So far, there have been 14 bank failures. The FDIC, Bair said ... Administration (FHA) was founded in 1934 to revive the almost dead housing market by insuring [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 21:57:16

Viking Global. Global macro funds seek to find investments in whatever market they can gain an edge, whether it be equities, bonds, currencies, debt, commodities, and more. So, keep in mind that these equity positions only represent a portion of the fund's overall holdings [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 14:01:00

Real Estate during a poor market

by Doc Schmyz OK a few ground rules for this article first. 1) Bad markets have happen before…and people still made money. 2) ... have gotten countless tips from other investors on investments and financing issues. Do not over look ... as finding the funding and the marketing/exit strategy as well. Finding financing Everyday [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 20:33:15

investments that provide greater returns than what the money cost them to obtain ... . As credit card and loan balances are at all-time highs, it has become harder for people to save ... more challenging in today's spend-happy and credit reliant consumer world. It is hard to justify saving money [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 11:06:33

Kenya Airways 2009 AGM

Kenya Airways (KQ) is the cradle of blogging for me – one of their annual general meeting's (AGM) is the place it all started, the place where the inspiration for blogging, since then it’s been a ritual to attend because I like planes and investments similarly. This year’s AGM, held on September 25, was the first I’ve attended at Kasarani sports gymnasium; previous ones were at their Embakasi HQ, Carnivore and Bomas grounds. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 09:46:00

Private Investing in Real Estate Trust Deeds, in Simple English.

Well, that question is what I have spent the last week and half - UNLEARNING.  You see, I am a real estate investor and I, like many other investors, am always working on raising private money to use to close my deals fast (or, in this hellacious market - to close them at all!)  That is the Buzz word - or rather Buzz Phrase these days… [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 21:51:43

Ken Lewis and the ‘Damned Disaster’

The broken windows theory: shattered glass at Bank of America’s tower in 2007. (Reuters) ... has agreed to buy a major investment-banking powerhouse beset by bad bets on debt securities (Merrill ... . With the credit markets still seized up and the government throwing money from helicopters [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 17:29:08

* What if corporations have been converting assets into investment portfolios? Then they are now in the business of managing those portfolios rather than in the running of the business they are in.* Statistics are a strange animal. Unlike foxbusiness reported a couple months ago, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 19:49:44

Helping to Explain the Bailout Issue

   Helping to Explain the Bailout Issue to Jittery Clients/Consumers Most of the consumers you talk with will not have a good handle - I am not sure anyone does yet - of the nature of the credit problem. In this short article, I hope to give ... /Freddie issued and now holds in their portfolio is reported as a bad investment because the value [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 13:49:54

A Not-So Modest Proposal

Paul Brodsky & Lee Quaintance run QB Partners, a private macro-oriented investment fund based in New York.” > In our sparsely populated office – a beacon of both waste and hope – hangs a framed poster of Albert Einstein and his quote: “imagination is more important than knowledge [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 12:00:28

House Votes against Bailout Package

The House voted against the bailout package. Brad DeLong says: Bring Congress Back into Session After the Election...: .. ... , though they don't know it yet. If the problems aren't addressed, it is likely to constrain credit ... . And it's not just investment, people who sell cars, refrigerators, tractors, TVs, stereos, and so on, rely upon [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 19:06:00

No More Investment Banks

Turn Them Into Public Utilities… money “If you made it past the credit crisis, you are not making it past the economic carnage.” Meredith A. Whitney, market analyst at Oppenheimer & Company It worked. So far. The credit markets ... will dry up. That’s all part of the hard landing ahead. But at the end of the day, some part of the credit [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 13:45:39

Alternative Solutions Diverge From Administration’s Approach

By Anthony Faiola and David Cho Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, September 24, 2008; Page A01 To hear Henry M. Paulson Jr. and Ben S ... up a profit-driven investment fund with the aim of infusing the financial system with cash without taking on bad debt. Still others suggest radically different tactics of directly helping homeowners [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 14:09:01

The Shadow Gold Price

“The Shadow Gold Price” Paul Brodsky & Lee Quaintance run QB Partners, a private macro-oriented investment fund based in New York.” ~~~~ Conclusions: Spot Gold is fundamentally cheap versus its intrinsic monetary value by a factor greater than 10 Stocks are empirically very cheap versus the current quantity of paper money bank reserves [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 13:00:25

Senate Passes Renewable Energy Bill: House to Come

The senate has just passed what could end up being some of the most important legislation to the future of our country of the decade. No, I'm not talking about buying up $700 B of questionable mortgage assets...I'm talking ... years will stimulate growth in a number of clean tech sectors. The solar investment tax credit [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 06:14:21

It's The Economy

by Steve Soto Both presidential campaigns are focusing this week on the economy ... hands. He is even running commercials taking credit for leading the GOP to confront climate change ... health care, fixing roads and bridges, and investing in new alternative energy that can free [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 17:20:37

Get Your Tax and Financial Questions Answered for Free

We’re back! Our imaginary vacation was great. It was fun to take some time off from writing and enjoy the holidays ... Savings Accounts. Stock Market Graphs My favorite article this week is Why Your 4th Quarter 2008 Investment Statements Look So Bad - Blame the First 8 Days in October. I great series of graphs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:57:55

Ugly Americans Cause World Financial Crisis - Especially George Bush

The French government is investing $14 billion into its six biggest banks ... ? Or was it Joe the Plumber buying a McMansion with a sub prime loan instead of being content with a trailer ... with the reality of bad debts. Sorry, but it's just too easy to blame your favorite disputant (or decider [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 20:12:44

Welcome to the Financial Whirlpool

"It is not just a few investment decisions that are being corrected, it's the delusions of an entire generation." says Bill Bonner in The Daily Reckoning. What's happening is "a huge anti-bubble is forming ... a financial whirlpool marked by exaggerated thrift, debt destruction and sweaty-palmed investors [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 15:22:11

Reverse Mortgages and Retirement Planning

Shelby Smith asked: There is currently a lot of talk in the press about how reverse mortgages can be used to supplement your retirement income. Some sources advocate the use of reverse mortgages while others preach against them. First of all, reverse mortgages, like virtually every investment or financial decision, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 08:06:11

Florida State Investment Pool: no confidence ... by gimleteye

.fullpost{display:inline;}In 2003 Enron collapsed after investors lost confidence through gathering disclosures of off-book accounting transactions-- ... " that are worthless, or virtually worthless, in "bad banks"; allowing their books to reflect only "good assets ... detail--anywhere in the mainstream press): the bank takes its mortgage backed securities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 13:52:00

Treasury Opens Vault; Gangs of Robbers Rush In

As the fierce lobbying and politicking proceed on the government’s proposed bailout of banks and other lenders holding iffy paper ( ... and investment banks, ostensibly to relieve the so-called credit crunch. Other plutocrats resented ... to buy up bad assets of financial institutions.” So, the Times reports, the Financial Services [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 19:49:44

Why This Is A Great Time To Be A Real Estate Investor!

Take a look at some industry blogs and you would think that when the bubble burst it spelled doom and gloom for everyone. Not true at all. Not by a long shot. There are a bunch of people making an absolute killing in the biz. While some agents may be making money, the majority are not. Why? Does it really matter? [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 17:24:50

A tough road ahead

Over the fold is my piece from today’s Australian Financial Review on the task facing Obama ... to emerge, and here the news is almost uniformly bad. Car sales have crashed, business investment ... into extending at least some credit to each other, and to the finance markets on which the ordinary [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 20:42:00

Why No One Escaped This ‘Credit Crisis’

The past few weeks have rattled financial markets around the globe and shaken investors deeply ... to investing in securities tied to auto loans. In essence, the credit markets act as a vital ... are already noticeable. Auto financing is less available, one reason car sales have dropped sharply [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 18:51:08

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