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New acronym on the block... The government unveiled its newest initiative, called TALF, or Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility. The $200B facility will support consumer finance, including student, auto and credit card loans ... Mac (FRE) and the Federal Home Loan Banks. According to the statement released by the Fed [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 12:14:47

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Ctrl BG: A Shortcut to Financial News 11/29

Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving weekend and got some great bargains yesterday! ... facility to support consumer finance, including student, auto, and credit card loans and loans backed ... consumers get home, car and credit card loans easier. I haven't figured out all the implications [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 14:40:00

5 Ways to Save Money on Your Next Vehicle Loan

by Ada Denis Don’t get stuck with a bad car deal. Here are five ways to walk away from an auto dealership and save money on the vehicle loan. 1 ... an application with your personal bank, credit union, finance company, or online auto loan broker [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 09:27:49

Mandelson studies auto finance plan - News UK

Mandelson studies auto finance plan - News UK Posted by:peter 16 minutes ago • Discuss He was responding to a report in The Times saying more car loans could be encouraged by extending the Bank of England's special liquidity scheme to motor-based [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:35:26

Consolidating Your Debt May Help You In A Tough Economy

by John Brennan The present difficult economy affects each of us differently ... . If you simultaneously have an auto loan, credit card loan, home mortgage and other lines of credit at retail ... of credit have been extended, debt consolidation can help the individual get their life and finances back [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:15:18

Beneficial Finance - Mortgage Review

Beneficial Finance, does personal, auto, and mortgage lending as a retail subsidiary of mega-bank parent HSBC Group (NYSE: HBC) ... of Beneficial Finance should be avoided. They are big pushers of credit cards, home equity loans, and debt consolidation mortgages. You can’t expect much better being a subsidiary of HSBC Mortgage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:05:31

Acronyms to watch for: Roubini supports Hillary's HOLC, not RTC/RFC solutions to financial crisis

Here’s a litmus test for whatever Congress comes up with as they huddle with the finance boiz over the weekend: HOLC good, RTC/RFC bad ... , credit cards, auto loans and student loans) while their assets (values of their homes and stocks [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 19:22:53

GMAC Deal Boosts Auto Stocks

The government’s decision to provide $6 billion in financing to steady the lending arm of auto giant General Motors has jolted futures on ... , shares of GM were up by nearly 8% and rival Ford Motor Co. gained 5.9%, while stock futures rose ... credit rating needed for funding new loans to 621, down from the 700 limit established by GMAC two [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 14:03:40

GMAC Deal Boosts Auto Stocks

The government’s decision to provide $6 billion in financing to steady the lending arm of auto giant General Motors has jolted futures on ... , shares of GM were up by nearly 8% and rival Ford Motor Co. gained 5.9%, while stock futures rose ... credit rating needed for funding new loans to 621, down from the 700 limit established by GMAC two [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 17:03:00

Finance Guide

Finance Guide Search: Home Featured Articles Archives Contact Us Subscribe Credit Cards Report Debt Consolidation Insurance Auto House Investing Stocks Loans PayDay Real Estate Buying Selling Credit Online accounts [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 19:12:55

Back to the Future

My understanding is that auto loans were once a major product for credit unions, until the automakers muscled them out with their own financing arms. NEW YORK (AP) -- Automakers General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, along with a group of credit unions, said Wednesday that they are expanding to all 50 states programs that offer low-cost loans [more...]

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

Handling Your Debt - What Tax Implications Are There?

by William Blake Sometimes when considering different ways to handle debt some fail to consider how some options may have a better tax benefit than ... to finance just about anything - an auto purchase, repayment of credit card debt… you name it. Even if your home equity loan has the same interest rate as your credit card it is still the better [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 18:16:28

Cash for clunkers worked like this — (Sticker MSRP + markup + options + fees + taxes - $4,500 = Price you paid).

Financing 100% of the price of a car at anything other than 0% means you are under water after the first year. Most people put nothing down when buying a car — just ’sign and drive’ for whatever you can qualify for and believe the dealer has your interest at heart like with real estate agents. The average new car depreciates 10%- 20% in first year. A 60 month car loan won’t exactly ‘build equity’. Being in the Auto Industry, I can tell you we are having the worst September in our history. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 15:46:41

WalletPop - Personal Money Management from AOL

AOL’s latest project is WalletPop, a personal finance counterpart to their popular site money.aol.com ... a comprehensive list of various calculators - credit & debt, mortgage, auto loan [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 09:03:39

Auto & Car Loan Calculators

Lease a Car vs Buy a Car Calculator Should you lease your next automobile or finance it? Find ou... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 19:44:00

TARP “Reform” Only Makes Things Worse

Dear fellow patriot, Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has introduced H.R ... of consumer loans, such as student and auto loans. More government bureaucracies to supervise other ... out auto manufactures and make loans to their financing arms. Congress opposed the use of the funds [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:41:17

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