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The Psychology Of Gambling

Check out my Big RSS Subscriber Contest after reading this article. This might seem like an odd post for this blog, but stick with me for a bit. Over the last couple of days, I’ve read some stories about people in positions of some type of authority that have been caught stealing money from their organizations and using that money to support [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:44:58

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Bernanke Hints Banks, Economy In Much Worse Shape Than Previously Admitted

At the Stamp Lecture, London School of Economics, London, England, Bernanke Urges ‘Strong Measures’ to Stabilize BanksFederal Reserve Chairman Ben S ... and that the government may need to buy or guarantee banks’ tainted assets to revive growth.“Fiscal actions ... and the normalization of credit markets.”My Translation: "Banks are in much worse shape than [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 20:09:00


FHA chatter; News from MERS, Wells, Flagstar; Home price index not as bad as feared

  As my grandfather used to say, “If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.”* Apparently the folks at Sunwest Bank , out of Tustin, CA, felt the same way. Clients received a letter saying, “I regret to inform you that as of October 2, 2009, Sunwest Bank will be suspending its mortgage banking operations. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 19:04:07


Bail Me, Stimulate Me

In a week that signaled much worse is coming, perhaps the more dismal indication on the financial front was that Democrats finally had a chance to ... the kind of behavior that got us here: more bad loans to the wrong people won't en our crisis; they make ... . If that sounds bad, it shouldn't; this week's debate on TARP had essentially the same contours [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:24:10


A consumer complaint about Consumer Reports

This story just drips with irony! 2 ... be trusted. No fault of theirs, my credit card number got out to some bad guys in Malta or Africa, and the credit card company detected it, contacted me as I was checking into a hotel in NY (by declining [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:57:29


100 Ways To Develop Your Mind

This weeks Sunday Siesta has been postponed as I have been working all weekend on this article.  It’s my longest article ever at over 4500 words but I think it was worth the time and the effort. I have been resisting doing this post for a while now. However, it kept niggling away at the back of my mind and I kept getting more and more ideas to add to it so here it is. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 18:36:02


Things You Need to Know Before Raising a Private Loan

Things You Need to Know Before Raising a Private Loan by Martin ElmerA personal loan (consumer loan, private loan) could be an option, if you are short on money. But before you are raising a loan, you better learn about concepts like security, fees and interest rates.A personal loan is defined as a loan rose by an individual. Normally it is raised to buy something (like a vacation or a television). But it can also be used to pay of other dept. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 11:41:02


Painful eyes

A lot of emails come my way every 24 hours. Some stand out. Like this one. Not just that she’s a realtor who likes me ( ... to holding mortgage and credit card debt to the tune of 75 Billion, they say well that’s normal that’ ... citizens have become. Not just because she now laments the influence of cheap credit and easy money [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:17:13


No Taxation Without Inflation

While reading a short essay by Donald H. Grove, I was pleasantly surprised to learn of Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) who “is a member of the House Financial Services Committee helping to hold the line against Chairman Barney Frank”, which automatically makes her one of my favorite people, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:40:26


Roman Polanski is Not a Victim

Enough already. The Global Committee to Defend Roman Polanski is shocked and appalled by the arrest of their talented friend in Switzerland over the weekend. This quote from our colleague Bruce Crumley's report from France provides a flavor of the outrage: "To see him thrown to the lions and put in prison because of ancient history [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 21:33:59


Friday Stories: Hero Pilot, Bad Birds & Sea Kittens

Stories I’m watching this Friday: Everyone lives, the pilot averted disaster by ditching in the river, and ordinary humans acted like heros ... American help in the oil business Peru must not have a great credit score MarketWatch: 6 brutal facts you need to realize about your retirement Good for you, bad for phone companies: possible cell phone [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:49:36


Republican Study Committee Proposes Ineffective Tax Cuts, Destructive Spending Reduction For Stimulus

yesterday, which Matthew Yglesias noted is a “barrel full” of permanent tax cuts. Today, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) ... to do with the taxes they may pay in the future and everything to do with a fear of losing money because there is no demand in the economy, asset prices are highly volatile, and credit is hard to come [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:20:45


Falling house prices

Seattle area house prices continued to fall: House prices in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties dropped 1.4 percent from September and 10 ... uncertainty means more bumpy sledding lies ahead. It may be a “great time to buy a house,” as industry ... Tuesday. The region’s price decline was not as bad as many other parts of the U.S. with urban areas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 17:48:03


Markets won't Bottom until Banks Stabilize

It should be obvious to most investors that until the financial sector stabilizes and starts to post a meaningful rally, ... in other segments of credit, including revolving credit card and auto loans and now deteriorating ... . As I stated a few days ago, the market will probably not bottom until we see a combination of bad assets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:12:44


Things You Tend Not To Spend Much Time Thinking Seriously About When Making A Decision To Relocate

I have had this item on my blogging to-do list for probably 18 months now, without attempting to address it ... s start with credit history, something discussed in this blog a long time ago. Or, rather, your lack of such overseas, which will hamper your efforts to obtain auto financing or even apply for local credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:29:06


On ABC, Dem Barney Frank Rages at 'Distortions' of Chris Cuomo

"Good Morning America" news anchor Chris Cuomo on Tuesday actually challenged liberal House member Barney Frank over how Congress has spent the ... to the working men and women? Why didn't you do that first?" However, Cuomo should be given credit ... attacked, "Mr. Chairman, your title is Chairman of the House Financial Committee. I mean, certainly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 22:46:46


Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/8/2009

The latest word is that an agreement with Russia has been reached, and the flow through the gas pipeline will resume.Also, look for the storming of the Israeli consulate in Montreal, as well as other Gaza-inspired violence around the world.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, Insubria, JD, Tuan Jim, Vlad Tepes, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 04:49:00


No Taxation Without Inflation

by The Mogambo Guru While reading a short essay by Donald H. Grove, I was pleasantly surprised to learn of Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) who "is a member of the House Financial Services Committee helping to hold the line against Chairman Barney Frank", which automatically makes her one of my favorite people, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:19:52


JP Morgan’s Last Hurrah?

                When JP Morgan led the cabal that created the creature from Jekyll Island, ... , he would call this crisis nirvana. In 1907, Morgan and his banker pals squeezed the credit markets ... then, but Morgan still profited enormously by lending credit at interest. The crook put confidence back [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:47:30


Why Are My Credit Cards Being Canceled?

In today’s economy, credit card companies are changing interest rates at whim (at least until the new credit card laws go into effect…in July 2010 ... . And this could ding your credit score a little bit, which is not something you really want to happen ... by following this simple tip - it helps your credit score and it lets you keep all your available cr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:59:00


Refinancing When You Owe More Than The Home Is Worth

I've been looking around for an answer to this but my searches haven't returned anything useful ... ? Was all the refinance hype only because the markets kept going up? Is this the reason why people who got an bad loan ... to the utter limit for 100% financing could refinance into more favorable loans as their equity picture [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 09:54:12


Stimulus Package 2009: Lightning Round Reactions

The Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced legislation this week containing $825 billion in new tax credits and government spending, ... cuts for clean, renewable energy including a new enhanced tax credit for research and development ... extension of the production tax credit for wind, hydro, geothermal, and bioenergy.  Ditto.  Go to hell [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:30:30


Where were you when the world ended?

Being a spoiler-filled (except for the final issue) narrative of your Winter Men reading experience, in nine (somewhat lengthy) parts. Part the First. Sometime around 10 August 2005. Your trip to the local comics-purveying establishment rewards you with a new comic written by a Mr. Brett Lewis and drawn by a Mr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:25:10


ROUNDUP: Can’t stop talking about the crisis

Sometimes, I wonder when the global financial crunch will no longer be in the headlines…or when a day will pass when we won’t talk about it…or when ... , whether a medical insurance or health card from an HMO. While you keep pouring your juice ... , UITFs and mutual funds, check out this article. Yes, there’s good debt and bad debt and it’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:29:37


Deals of the Day: Citi’s Split Personality

Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... of America’s credit-loss provisions surged, while a preliminary loss of $15.31 billion at Merrill Lynch ... to Citigroup on business cards, brochures and marketing materials, Bloomberg reports. Bloomberg Today [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:02:58


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


Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/6/2009

Tuan Jim sends an string of important news articles about the gas pipeline crisis caused by the deadlock between Russia and Ukraine. He notes that the affected countries are dusting off alternative sources of energy — fuel oil and nuclear reactors — for electricity generation.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, C [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:50:00


Robert Redford: Film Legend. Racist?

Hey, he's being called "an enemy of the poor".  He's got a lot of money, and he's an ardent environmeddlist ... a 20,000 square-foot house that uses enough energy to power your entire neighborhood.  And you don't buy ... bad (except their own, of course). Redford, AlGore, and other prophets are very clear [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:06:39


Buying a House - Can Anybody Do It?

Anybody can buy a house. There are several ways: you may need to fix your credit to get financing, or find a real estate investor to buy a house ... that there is no way you can afford it. It could be crushing blow. This could lead to bad feelings ... and bills. You need to know the amount of money you have to make payments on a home. Remember [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 10:30:29


Doom - Part Deux

It's here. Finally. Doom. Doom Part Deux, actually, as the fine folks over there at The Wall Street Journal Online have informed us that the " ... . They don't really know exactly where all the money went and who did what with it. Bad answer ... Rican rum producers$128 million to auto racing tracks$33 million for corporations that operate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:34:00


Skip the Get Rich Quick Schemes

Skip the Get Rich Quick Schemes Every day, I see a poster or an ad for some great opportunity: “Make $1000s in your spare time! ... on the quick: home prices had an upward trend and many home buyers figured that they could buy a house, live ... m not suggesting that a house is a bad investment. However, I am suggesting that treating the purchase [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:46:22


The Farce that Launched the Great Depression II

The idiocy never ends. Putting on her best Howdy Doody face, Sheila C. Bair now suggests that a national bank be created to BUY all the bad bank debt! So, our new national bank is to be a repository for all the bad debt. That's not my idea ... 5% credit cards; have no stake holders but we citizens. It would renegotiate or issue mortgages [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:45:37


It's a bad time to buy a home

Analyst warns against buying homes now:Fox-Pitt Kelton home-builder analyst Robert Stevenson said Wednesday he thinks this year will turn out to be "a bad time to buy a home" as the U.S. economy loses more jobs, especially if buyers don't plan ... weren't bad enough for housing — given the mounting foreclosures, falling home prices [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:47:00


Mortgage Loans - The Basics

by Trinity Collie Buying a home is a big decision. It is actually a really big responsibility to buy a home because it is such an expensive purchase. In order to get into a home, you will most likely have to borrow money from a bank to cover the cost of the home. This type of loan is known as a mortgage. The ease of getting a mortgage [more...]

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


Kevin Nealon Records Humorous Radio Ads For Charity Giveaway

Former SNL star Kevin Nealon has recorded a series of funny radio ads as part of a fundraiser for the Boys & ... of nonexistent credit, there are plenty of ways to get into a home, including that trusty oversized key ... — and spending $150 to win a $650,000 home isn’t a bad deal! Especially with the odds being [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:27:54


HPI Interview: U.S. Rep. Mike Pence

By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS - HPI ran into U.S. Rep. Mike Pence - now the third ranking Republican in the House - at the Statehouse inaugural on Monday, which set in motion this interview mid-Tuesday afternoon as Pence prepares to become one of the key Capital Hill loyal opposition voices to incoming President Barack Obama [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:00:23


The 60 Most Anticipated Films Of 2009

2009 is obviously underway, and it could be a really great year. In no particular order, we've written about (or mentioned in brief) 60-plus films that we're looking forward to in 2009 (we actually name roughly 78 films in total, give or take). Sure, some of them we have reservations about, and some could be totally godawful, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 22:24:00


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


Why Your Credit Score Is So Important To Your Ability To Borrow

Your credit information may be of no use to you. If you’re not planning on buying a house or renting an apartment, buying a car, taking out a loan, paying for college or getting a new credit card, then you won’t need to worry about getting ... you are and where you need to be financially. Bad Credit To improve your credit information, you’ll need [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:04:13


DrumBeat: January 13, 2009

Analysis: Global power demand to languish in 2009 The outlook for energy commodities this year remains grim, says a new report from Merril Lynch. Neither cold winter temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere nor a steep fall in the price of energy have provided much support to the demand for oil, natural gas or coal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:34


GBTV #484 | GeekBrief.TV

Shownotes: After we quit our day job at Extra Space to do Geek Brief full time, we moved to the familiarity of our home town ... you!) On the flight back home, we decided to go forward with our dream to buy a bus and travel to all 50 ... disasters. We got great advice from them about buses and got serious about buying one. At the time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 02:51:59


How the Credit Crunch is Crunching Out First Time Buyers

by Troy Cruz William Engle Dawn Khoury James Nissen Robert Hill Chris Laning Janet Taylor Jack Enders Bruce Gross Rick Bean Keith Wood Ray Johnson ... who have established credit. So, how are first time buyers affected by the down turn in the economy? It isn’ ... when there wasn’t a credit crunch. Before, first time buyers got a break on the interest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:06:22


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


It’s the Stupid Economy, Stupid.

I was twitchy like goldfish to make up some stuff about the farewell address by President Bush ... of the economy.It’s bad, Jim.What began as a poker game between the CEOs of Bear-Stearns and AIG has turned ... of the world’s money down the crapper. Credit is scarcer than people willing to see Nicole Kidman [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:10:06


Posts about Tri-State Real Estate (FL, GA and AL) as of January 16, 2009

Foreclosures And The Mortgage Meltdown Continues to Plague America - usreoproperties ... either being foreclosed upon or delinquent. The nation … package aiming to thaw the frozen credit ... 01/16/2009 Toyota is developing a miniature, environmentally friendly car that is powered entirely [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:21:19


REGENCY MASQUERADE

“Bath!” shrieked the Misses de Clercy in unison, much the same way they did everything else. Or so it sometimes seemed to their cousin, Isabella as she gazed down at her fancy work and sternly reminded herself not to look across the room. There the two Misses, Clara and Emily, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:23:49


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


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


Lost In A Sea Of Stark, Empty Houses And Vacant Lots

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Record numbers of Sonoma County homeowners are seeing property taxes fall, ... have been a little hard to swallow.’” “Bob DeKeulenaere says junk cars in his neighbor’s yard prevented [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:57:28


We Let Them In

The past few months, I’ve noticed a sharp increase in sales calls. People (actually they’re just recordings) call to talk us into getting warranties for our cars…they obviously don’t know how old our cars are. Or they call to talk us into getting credit cards…they clearly don’t know where we stand [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:53:30



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