Markets Manias: Thinking About the Year Ahead
The alternative title for this post might have been "Still Inside the Box" since recent market action could be taken, as we are tending to do, ... we're "in the box" because the markets are wrestling with a) the continuing credit crisis ... collapse, the Lehman bankruptcy, we see the sudden grasping of the truth of how bad it is. The mid-Nov [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 14:34:33
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THE TOUGH TIMES COMETH
It's pretty clear that Chatham, like other cities and towns in Massachusetts and across the country, ... and triggered the worldwide credit freeze. As a result, securities markets tanked and hundreds of billions ... to those with questionable credit. Indeed, President-Elect Obama himself had a hand in that: In the early [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 13:51:41
Credit Crisis Watch: Gaining Positive Traction
In order to gauge the progress being made to unclog credit markets and restore confidence in the world’s financial system, ... in this “Credit Crisis Watch” review, one can ascertain to what extent the various central bank liquidity ... of the credit crisis in August 2007. 14-jan-1.jpg Source: StockCharts.com Importantly [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 13:30:49
Alan Schram: The Story of 2008: What Went Wrong?
The past year has been financially chaotic on a level almost no one alive has ever seen ... in loans from their gracious neighborhood banker. This sounds like very high leverage ... more than 1%. However, suddenly home prices decline nationwide, and 20% of the mortgages default [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 05:06:35
Payday Loans Everett Wa
However, for some simple and fast ways to meet your unexpected bill has to be paid to the company and the maximum percentage mentioned, ... , it is the end of all your worries, because the guaranteed bad credit payday loans everett wa ... up since you can always carry high fees and do not require a credit check cash advance loans and stop [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 20:21:12
Sean Garman: In defence of a national loan guarantee scheme
Sean Garman is a banker for a leading city firm and is in charge of policy and research communications for Conservative City Future ... , the key issue in the economy is how to get credit moving again. The credit crunch has lead ... collapse because of bad loans. This is true if a very large number of loans go into default [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 13:30:22
Got TARP? How About Tax Haven Subs?
As we arrive (almost) at the inauguration of the new administration, we are still facing an enormous financial system problem, headed by banks that got too big and gorged on the profits from speculating in risky derivatives at a cost ultimately to be borne by the taxpayers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 20:53:31
getting the best
In making a loan via inline, first thing we do is to read the site and you will find out that if this site can be trusted because money is involve ... recruits and have a large network of the auto lenders from where you will receive an car loan with bad credit. The lenders are also aware that the terms and the rates of auto loans will be receiving an [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 13:26:07
The U.S. as a Banana Republic?
Plane Ditches in New York River, All Aboard are SafeReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A US Airways jet with 155 people on board ditched in the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese on Thursday and officials said everyone was rescued."We've had a miracle on the Hudson," New York Gov [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:10:00
B of A reports loss, gets more cash
by Rolfe Winkler, CFA The TARP was phase 1 of the bank bailout: give the banks cash to rebuild their capital ... 1: the government is absorbing losses on bad assets themselves. See Citi’s bailout in late November ... for credit-losses nearly tripled, while the company showed why it needed further help from the government [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:09:12
Really bad credit loans- Easy resolution of monetary crisis of bad creditors
Even if you are having bad credit problems, you can derive the required amount of external funds with loans for people with really bad credit without any hesitations of having bad records. You can make use of the loans to meet household expenses, starting a new business, purchasing a car or motorbike and even debt consolidation. These loans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 14:52:19
Making Sense of Mortgages
Making Sense of Mortgages Posted by Dark Spider at January 17, 2009 Understanding mortgages is no easy task ... ?s market there is a loan for every type of situation. Short term, long term, good credit, bad credit, no matter. Just about anyone can find financing for their mortgage needs today. Keep in mind [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 12:08:38
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/5/2009
Read through the official European reactions to Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza: Zapatero, the Vatican, ... Gaza, the Vatican Raises the White FlagItaly Urges Gaza TruceItaly: Verona to Target Home Sex ... in DemonstrationsGush Katif Expulsion Victim Returns ‘Home’ as SoldierHave Israelis Finally Learned the Strategic Value [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 04:54:00
Bad bank Big risk
Constructing a Bad Bank to solve the Credit Crunch problem is too difficult in the current volatile situation ... all round the world. Some people think it is a relatively simple matter. They argue that too many bad loans are holding back the banks from lending more money. So why not, they argue, shunt all the bad loans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 09:50:50
New Congress Looks To Add Mortgage Debt To Bankruptcies - BIG MISTAKE
Congress So we have finally flushed most of the bad debt out of our system in 2008. The bad lenders are disappearing and lenders are feeling good about making new loans. The only ... out of it. The legislation would change allow bankruptcy judges to modify home loans in the same way that they currently may [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 14:51:56
Penny Stock Nightmares Are They Part Of Your Life?
What do you think of when you hear the term “investing”, do you dream of profits in the stock market? ... who needed money the most, of course that happens in any business, stocks, credit cards, mortgage ... I realize penny stocks often have a bad rep, you need to be open to the possibilities. If you have solid [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 15:29:54
Is there a credit crisis in CEE?
We launched a new FSClub for Central & Eastern Europe on Wednesday. The first meeting was a discussion based around the theme: "Is there are crisis in CEE?" with four esteemed panellists, namely: Dr.Friedhelm Boshcert, CEO, Volksbank International (furthest left) Josip Protega, President of the Management Board, Hrvatska postbanska banka ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 09:18:15
£50 Payday Loan
It would probably make you feel better about a financial facilities that you are in the next 24 hours or by the next business day ... institutions providing £50 payday loan faxless payday cash advance, typically you have to make a typical ... having a 6 month-old bank account even with out any credit check, the loan is at your discretionThe [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 20:21:09
What The Rise And Fall In Housing Has Done
The Ventura County Star reports from California. “Thousands of Ventura County residents were pushed out of their homes last year, ... a year ago because they see the price slide continuing and ‘want to get out before it’s really bad,’ ... with programs from some of the major lenders and loan [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 18:16:59
Citi on Its Way to Breakup?
The Wall Street Journal tonight says, "Citigroup Takes First Step Toward Breakup." But what does that mean, exactly? ... banks. TPG's $7 billion stake in WaMu turned to dust in record time. The credit, Treasury and trading ... to help them make assessments and fix bust banks. But that discussion assumes that Citi [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 05:11:48
6 Money Management Software For Personal Finance (Freelancer’s Special)
Being a freelancer is not easy and more so in these troubled times of worldwide recession ... and softwares to manage money. Some people like me just hate to manage their personal finance and thus get themselves under debt by making certain bad decisions or investments. Lets take a look [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 14:41:12
Tim Wise on Obama’s “victory over white supremacy,” part II: Or, Why Obama won’t do shit for black people (and why there’s shit to be done)
In the previous post, I contested Tim Wise’s argument (or rather his declaration, as he doesn’t really “argue” for the claim) that Obama’s win is a “victory over white supremacy.” I maintained, however, it still holds a “significance” for that struggle. It represents progress and should be applauded as such [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 19:07:09
Conoco Phillips’ $34 billion writedown makes me bullish
I read about ConocoPhillips taking a massive $34 billion writedown and my first reaction was glee. Why? Not because I hate big oil. Rather, this type of draconian response demonstrates that the glut of oil we now see will soon be a deficit. I see a buying opportunity [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 02:57:17
BofA bailout puts Merrill defections in context
Bank of America Corp ... the fray and mostly unscathed by the mortgage meltdown and subsequent credit crisis, having not traded too heavily in toxic mortgage debt and leverage loans. However, by taking on Merrill, which [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 19:07:07
Deflation, Deleveraging, and the Stimulus Effect
Forecast 2009: Deflation and Recession January 10, 2009 By John Mauldin Where are we headed in 2009? We will explore that in detail over the next few issues of Thoughts from the Frontline, but today we will start with some of the larger forces which will have a major impact on the economies of the world, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 12:32:28
Latest News In StockMarketInvestment Research - Jan 16, 2009
Airlines employed 6.5% fewer workers in November 16 Jan 2009 at 10:41am NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The number of people working for the nation’s passenger airlines fell 6.5% in November from a year ago to 392,185 full-time employees, according to a Friday report from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 18:03:59
Free Time Proven Hints - Business Loans
Try to remember: depending on your past track record getting an online small business loan can be next to impossible ... with just one Bad Credit Secured Loan. If you are suffering of a bad credit history bad credit secured loan is a smart solution for you. With a bad credit history you tend to become quite a prey [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 07:40:36
Highlights and Lowlights of Citigroup’s Earnings Call
Citigroup announced a radical change in its business model, hiving off around $850 billion of troubled assets into a “bad bank” called Citi Holdings that also ... . What does this Citi Holdings do? Citi Holdings would include consumer mortgages, private-label, credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 17:20:39
Nothing Down, Nothing Forever
The Missoulian reports from Montana. “Craig Siphers had a notion that the run on real estate in the Bitterroot Valley might be slowing during the summer of 2006. But the longtime real estate agent with Hamilton’s Exit Realty couldn’t have predicted then just how far it would fall [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 19:20:23
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (January 12 – 18, 2009)
Investor sentiment around the globe was negatively impacted during 2009’s second full week of trading as a barrage of bleak economic and corporate ... to multi-year lows amid growing concerns that they will battle to cope with increasing credit losses [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 08:31:29
President-elect Obama’s Economic Speech
President-elect Obama’s Economic Speech Here’s highlights from the speech (full video here) ... that mark a clean break from a troubled past, and set a new course for our nation ... of what the future will hold. I don't believe it's too late to change course [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:14:29
Constitution Party: ‘The mortgage thieves return’
Reposted at http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php? ... spectacle of bad actors descending on a government program fat with new money and starved ... to extend an additional $300 billion in loan guarantees, so reports BusinessWeek. The plunderers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 18:25:37
Monetary conditions might exacerbate the Chinese adjustment
I think if I were an economic policymaker in China I would be spending most of my time thinking about the money supply and how it works. There is a small but growing possibility that Chinese monetary conditions are going to go wrong at exactly the wrong time, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 15:32:25
Guaranteed Payday Loans - The Facts
by Trinity Thomas Guaranteed payday loans are temporary loans that are designed to get you to your next pay check ... loans and other types of loans for people with bad ... a few payday loan stores around. If it’s not, you probably haven’t. Finance charges on loans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 18:57:23
Is Bank of America the Next “Citi”?
Is Bank of America the Next “Citi”? This morning Bank of America hit a new 52 week low, and traded at its lowest level since 1991 ... enterprises (GSEs), the peak in the housing market, the likelihood of contagion in credit markets, and the weaknesses in the credit rating agencies’ collateralized debt obligation (CDO) assumptions [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:42:49
Finding The Right Secured Personal Loans
by Trinity Davidson Secured Personal Loans can help you reach your financial needs ... to back up the loan and lessen the risk to the lender. Some banks will allow you to offer a mobile ... . You will most likely need to provide a copy of your drivers license and social security card [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 13:42:09
Using Online Paid Surveys To Counteract Unsecured Debt Consolidation Loans & Bad Credit Personal Loans
No matter which way we look at it we are living in a bad credit personal loans as we see that there is an increased focus on unsecured debt consolidation loans and debt consolidation bad credit as people all over are trying make ends meet ... consolidation bad credit as we look to make our lives into the kind of lives that we desire [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 07:40:06
Treasury and Bank of America reach bailout deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bank of America reached an agreement early Friday for an additional $20 billion in support from the government’s emergency ... to help it absorb losses at Merill Lynch. The loan guarantees will cover about $118 billion [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 07:59:21
Banks’ Loan Losses Could Reach $2 Trillion
It is little wonder financial markets are taking a beating ... that investors and financial institutions are potentially sitting on from bad loans. Estimating loan ... look at losses on U.S. loans, not the bad mortgages and debt sitting in places like Europe [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 18:04:50
Banks? Loan Losses Could Reach $2 Trillion
It is little wonder financial markets are taking a beating ... that investors and financial institutions are potentially sitting on from bad loans. Estimating loan ... look at losses on U.S. loans, not the bad mortgages and debt sitting in places like Europe [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 17:06:33
More Retail Bankruptcies Likely
So just how bad are things? U.S. retail (and food services) sales in December were down by nearly 10% from the previous year. ( ... spending, pressure from suppliers who are tightening credit terms, and loan terms that are proving [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 10:53:00
January Effect for Credit But Not Equities
Good Evening: 2009 has put seven trading days into the books, and it already bears a passing resemblance to the opening days of 2008 ... is not a truth most business models prosper under, so the extension of Friday’s decline in equities [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 03:49:07
Financial Forecast for 2009, Considering Resource Limitations
In this post, I consider some major issues contributing to our current financial problems, before making a financial forecast for 2009. These are 1 ... from the bottom: Layer 1. Household Debt (Mortgages, auto loans, credit card debt, student loans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 15:10:32
Bank of Clark County seized, given to FDIC
Lots of government people in suits showed up after the Bank of Clark County closed for business this evening. It’s not good ... that the Bank of Clark County had lost money on construction and development loans, but not how bad [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 06:13:55
"An MSM Confession"
From the Sacramento Bee:Sacramento-area real estate market befuddled the expertsHome Front spent time in the electronic library this week, looking at how experts misjudged the extent of this decline as the housing market began to wobble and shift in 2005 and 2006, even 2007 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 06:37:00
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Dems showcase stimulus package. House Democrats unveiled an unprecedented 5B stimulus plan yesterday, ... ; first-time home buyers between Jan. 1 and June 30 would get a ,500 tax credit; local school districts [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 16:07:28
Wall Street, Circa 2010: Disaggregation and Specialization
The Wall Street of today is almost unrecognizable from that at which I worked for almost two decades ... its demise. The concept of internally diversifying cash flows by seeking to operate a pile of loosely [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 16:07:45
Top 10 Trends In Managing Small Business Finances in 2009
There’s not much good news to report on the financial front as we move into 2009 ... . When someone applies for a loan, the lending network typically secures the loan and then sells promissory [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 08:12:29
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Dems showcase stimulus package. House Democrats unveiled an unprecedented $825B stimulus plan yesterday, ... ; first-time home buyers between Jan. 1 and June 30 would get a $7,500 tax credit; local school [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 12:15:12
Collection 101: Collecting for Your Start-Up
By Larry Chiang Congrats on getting to $900k in revenue, getting an angel round done and avoiding the 9 VCs you don’t wanna meet ... into a repo man and get 40 cents/dollar at the drop of a hat. A repo man repossess cars for a living [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 17:53:48
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