$75 Billion Needlessly Lost in Hasty Lehman Bankruptcy Filing?

There is a piece I regard as truly odd in the Wall Street Journal tonight. Either much of what I have read about investment bank bankruptcies is wrong, or something peculiar is at what used to be the house of Lehman. A Wall Street Journal article, "Lehman's Chaotic Bankruptcy Filing Destroyed Billions in Value," [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 06:11:28

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Asia Economic Crisis: Spotlight on Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam

Decoupling, an idea that never made any sense, is talking another beating. Bad news is coming from multiple places in Asia, with Japan and China leading the way. Let's take a look starting with Japan’s Recession Deepens as Factory Output Plummets.Japan’s recession [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 08:10:00

Bad Credit Repair Tips & Advice

When it comes to trying to get a new car or a new house, there is nothing worse than having bad credit ... , there is such a thing as Bad Credit Repair. Starting Off Smart Of course, the best thing to do is to avoid getting ... is now to repair your credit profile so that when you need the help of a loan or credit card [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:22:09

Satan Has A 350 Credit Score

By John Rasor indulgence, greed and envy can take over and send your credit in a downward spiral. The lowest credit score you can have is a 350 ... , gluttony and being a debtor with outright disrespect to the creditor can earn you a bad credit rating. I have personally never seen a 350 credit score but supposedly they do exist. If you have bad cred [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:01:48

50 Ways to Budget Travel and Save Money on Vacations

Wouldn’t you want to travel more often without breaking the bank? What if I told you that instead of planning one family trip a year, you can go twice with the same budget? If you are at all interested, read on to find out how you can do simple things to save money next time you go on vacation! Airfares [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:00:17

Get Professional Advice - First Time Car Loaner

If the financial implications worry you and you dream of owning a car, then you still have many options left ... of loan. And even if you have a bad credit, you can still get a loan from a specialist provider ... ways; - find the right auto financing alternatives for you. - determine a car loans total costs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:50:00

Procrastination Makes for Easy Frugality

calendar We’re used to thinking of procrastination as a bad thing ... . But when it comes to our personal finances, procrastination isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Sure ... a purchase on credit, paying more than sticker price when all is said and done. With a little [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 13:30:00

Using Good Debt to Pay for a House, Car, or Education

Hello again! Cate here, talking, as usual, about debt. The point of my series here at Queercents is to talk about the dangers of getting into debt ... that will produce concrete benefits to your life. The bad kind of credit card debt that I’ve talked about often ... benefit. I’ve had both kinds: Bad Debt: $5,000 credit card debt from living beyond my [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:45:14

Qualifying For a Used Car Loan

A used car loan is given to those who wish to purchase a car that has had a previous owner. The car may be purchased from the owner or used car lot ... will be lower. This can help a person keep their car. For those with bad credit, a used car loan ... credit report, although there are lenders who are willing to grant loans to those who have filed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:34:44

A review of 2008 predictions

#fullpost{display:inline;}Well, unfortunately, it's that time of the year again - time to look back at the first of the year to see how yours truly did with his Predictions for 2008 and be humbled as never before.During the two prior years, things had gone largely as expected:A review of 2006 predictionsA review of 2007 predictionsIn fact, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 17:16:00

Black Professionals Aren’t Recession Proof

by Malcolm G. Turner Despite being more educated than our peers, well-spoken, non-threatening, generally good Negroes, ... with this you ask? West End Creative Commons License credit: Dan Thompson Will your Economic Shop [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:56:14

A gentle introduction to Unqualified Reservations (part 2)

We have swallowed the red pill, which now makes its way to the stomach. The coating dissolves. The rotor spins up and the device begins to operate. Inside, the sodium-metal core remains intact.And we begin the treatment. Again, our goal is to detach you - by "you," of course, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:44:00

Stealing from You A Specialty

I admit that I can still be astonished. When I watched ‘60 Minutes’ last night I saw a big surprise report that I was right all along about oil ... on what was destroying family finances, credit and prices of absolutely everything [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 19:40:36

Do Over

Okay, so. Usually I have pretty pictures here for y’all.  I have some today, too, but they’re on my phone, and apparently, when it’s going to be a Very Bad Day, one of the things I do is forget my phone charger in Iowa when i’m a bazillion states away [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:24:59

Nice Rims

Liz Pullam Weston writes an article about 5 Things you should never rent and 5 you should: Rims ... and bad credit. For example: At Rent A Wheel in Van Nuys, Calif., you can pay the cash price of $1,612 ... twice ($62 times 52 weeks is $3,224). But hey, there’s no credit check involved — or common sense [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 10:47:03

Best Auto Loan - Tips for Avoiding an Upside Down Loan

If you are new to the car buying process, the likelihood of acquiring a bad auto loan is high. For this matter, car buyers must familiarize themselves with how the financing process works ... than it’s worth. If possible, limit loan terms to 60 months or less. For a list of reputable auto [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:47:20

With 2008, Let’s Say Good-bye to Mediocrity

As 2008 takes its final breaths, I am sitting in my apartment, ... to respond (at our own peril) to the credit crunch and the financial tsunami that it unleashed. After ... who couldn’t make good cars and chipmakers who have seemingly no business acumen, we stood on the top [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 01:00:02

Fazzari on Keynesian Economics

Steve Fazzari, of Washington University in St. Louis, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Keynesian economics. Fazzari talks about the paradox of thrift, makes the case for a government stimulus plan, and weighs the empirical evidence for a Keynesian worldview. Play Time: 1:05:53 How do I listen to a podcast? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 11:29:25

GMAC's Bad Medicine: Rates Were Never the Problem

More good news for GMAC (GKM). Now that GMAC is more like a bank, the Treasury gave them $6 billion dollars in TARP money ... for cars, credit cards, homes, or business loans) were never really the problem. When rates were ... . GMAC said that it would use these monies immediately to introduce 0% loans, and loosen lending [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:52:18

Bob Casey Is Either a Liar or a Thickwit.

Tony Auth PA Senator Bob Casey’s response: Ooops, Lenny Small did it again… Well, it turned out that the original $350 billion in bailout funds weren’t used for loans and extending credit… earlier this month, shortly after the bailout was enacted, The Times’s Mark Landler [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:07:00

Media & Politics

Media & Politics 16-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Outgoing CIA director defends detainee interrogation program (McClatchy) LANGLEY, Va. — Outgoing CIA Director Michael Hayden vigorously defended on Thursday the agency’s use of secret prisons and coercive interrogation methods on suspected al Qaida terrorists, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:21:21

DrumBeat: January 14, 2009

Obama energy goal hard to meet: Bodman WASHINGTON (Reuters) ... prices, but this would not affect its $2.3 billion credit facility, the independent oil and gas ... (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell after a U.S. government report showed that stockpiles climbed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:55:13

STICK TO YOUR GUNS, PEOPLE!

From the front page in today’s Wall Street Journal comes, Big Slide in 401(k)s Spurs Calls for Change. Here’s a quotes ( ... from the federal government, and would offer a guaranteed, but relatively low, rate of return. Another proposed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:10:19

Catch Up For Cheap Auto Insurance

Monday, January 12, 2009 Wondering, when do I have my own car ? After so long I used to catch public transportation, now I'm want for my own vehicle ... No matter how bad is my credit score or excellent credit, theautofinder.com could guide me into find [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 05:51:00

Circuit City to close 567 remaining US stores

Circuit City became the largest retailer to fall victim to the expanding financial crisis Friday, announcing it will shut down its remaining 567 U.S ... had been seeking a buyer or a deal to refinance its debt, but the hobbled credit market and consumer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:12:54

Car Loan w/ Bad Credit!

Life is so difficult without vehicles, it can be considered as a primary use of transportation ... don’t worry about car loan with bad credit. Okay?Then if you register, you will not be given ... . I think it would be best to buy a brand new car with the help of the best car loan site [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:43:00

Hyundai Will Take Back Your Car For Free If You Lose Your Job.

Yep, no kidding…if you buy a Hyundai and lose your job within the first year of owning it, they will take the car back off your hands: ... and a bad thing - bad because if you lose your job, won’t you still need a car to get around? But it’s also good because if you cannot afford the car anymore, at least you won’t go into more debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:50:33

DeLorean that is exotic and mysterious. What is not exotic or mysterious is the method of its conception. Whilst changing a light bulb in the bathroom, Dr. Emmett Brown fell and struck his head upon the toilet. And then he saw it. The Flux Capacitor. Time travel [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:58:50

Bad Financial Advice: Why Paying Cash Isn't The Deal You Think It Is

There is no bromide more popular in personal finance than "just pay cash" ... to your credit union, your $10,000 would have continued to grow at interest, and you would have had a car ... is dumb". But is it true? Let's take the example of paying cash for a $10,000 car (because the other [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:44:57

Money Hacks Carnival - New Year’s Eve Edition

Welcome to the New Year’s Eve Edition of Money Hacks Carnival ... and interest rates after the offer expires.” Silicon Valley Blogger presents How To Get Free Credit ... and high unemployment, a major international stock market crash, he housing and credit bubbles [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:03:10

Decide On Sound Audio Book Downloads

To download audio books offers many benefits to book lovers, not the least of which is that it is extremely simple ... can be listening to them in just a few short minutes, a great trick for long car rides or for busy parents. Cost [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:22:11

How Much Is Your Credit Score Costing You?

I hate to say it, but just change your time is no longer sufficient ... that you are a trustworthy person? Your credit card results, of course! The spot-checks, credit cards ... . There was a time when everything you do, good credit to have ensured that all your bills [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:31:20

Words from the (investment) wise 12.28.08

Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008 ... s exuberance), but also still be battling with the implications of the credit crisis for the global economy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 12:31:33

My Stock Market and Real Estate Predictions For Year 2009

Goodbye 2008 and Good Riddance - Hello Year 2009! Happy New Year everyone! ... way out by blaming the credit crisis and current economic woes on the Bush administration ... on the wrong culprits. The primary blame should be placed on ourselves - the credit and home hungry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 03:50:28

Dubai, Redux

It seems my post about Dubai struck a chord. I wrote that at my lowest — when I was particularly down and angry, for a couple of things ( ... of realism from the city. You’d try to apply for credit cards, and find that nobody at the banks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:03:43

This Week in DVD: Pineapple Express, Righteous Kill, Battlestar Galactica, and More

This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:00:48

DrumBeat: January 6, 2009

The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand OTTAWA — A major source of oil for the United States must now confront another problem: its carbon footprint. Canada, in large part because of the production capacity of its oil sands, is now the largest oil supplier to the United States [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:47:30

Media Digest 1/16/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, Bank of America will get a huge financial aid package from the government ... the auto industry, airlines, and Amtrak. The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft (MSFT) may ... CDOs. The Wall Street Journal reports that credit losses are testing bank reserves. The Wall [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:21:17

Where To Find The Best Rates For Home And Auto Insurance?

As part of a new feature called Ask the M-Network, a reader submitted a question asking about where to find the best rates for home and auto insurance.  The question was from Steve, and he wrote: I’ll be the first to ask a question. Can you recommend a good site on the internet to have my current insurance: home and auto evaluated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:02:08

The "one big lump" theory of your money

By Philip Brewer Don't get confused by the way your money's divided up. It might be split up into IRAs, 401(k)s, 403(b) ... by goal--emergency fund, retirement savings, car down payment, and sending the kids to college. Despite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 16:47:55

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

Reader Mailbag #43

Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance topics and many other things. Got a question? Ask it in the comments. You might also enjoy the archive of earlier reader mailbags [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:00:34

Economic Potpourri December 27, 2008

The barrage of noteworthy economic news continues through the holiday season ... - and credit-constrained than ever before. After a 25-year spending tsunami, they’ve shifted from spending ... from the holiday sales season is that 2008 is almost over. The bad news: The fallout in 2009 could [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 22:24:00

As The Politicians Battle It Out Ukraine’s Economy Tunnels South In Search Of Australia

“In Ukraine, the evidence is still that policymakers do not quite understand the seriousness of the challenges they face,” ... serious. The IMF have recently agreed a support loan to the country, but the politicians themselves [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 16:06:18

Financial Advice And Free Book Offer From Zen Master Leo Babauta

By Will Chen Leo Babauta is the author of of the highly popular Zen Habits blog and the new book The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential. The book was just released yesterday and it is already the bestseller in Amazon's Motivational Books category [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 13:26:17

DrumBeat: January 7, 2009

Shell seeks Colo. water for oil shale production Shell Oil has filed for the first major water right on the Yampa River in northwest Colorado for ... more than $4 a barrel Wednesday after a government report showed much larger than expected increases [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:57:26

Spanish Coastal Property - ‘The Russians are Not Coming. The Russians are Not Coming!’

If you’ve made your way over to Europe in the last few years, you may recall being inundated with flyers, ... , and in 2007 turned negative; in fact, the market has since gone “no bid” in many places. This is bad news [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 12:54:27

Stop the War!!!

If every one of you read back all my previous posts especially about my part-time job, ... and kind of having few bad dreams since the day I was disturbed by a stupid person… and this caused [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 11:24:03

The "bad bank" makes its appearance

Now that Bank of America has joined Citi as a hat size, ... -estate investments that sparked the crisis, but also with the car loans, credit-card debt and other ... a plan that would create a government bank that would buy up the bad investments and loans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:43:00

Bad Credit Financing For You

Are you trying to determine what bad credit finance options that are available to you? You need a new automobile, but you are unsure of who will finance it due to your bad credit? There is no need to be too concerned about financing if you have bad credit. There are several [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:30:30

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