Credit Crisis Sequel, Global Bank Bailout, Emerging Markets Still a Buy?, Gas Wars and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Ghosts of the fourth quarter haunt global financials… so begins the second act of the credit saga Even the IMF needs a loan… $150 billion to back up struggling emerging markets Not so fast, says Mayer… emerging markets will remain drivers of global growth Jim Nelson with an industry likely to boom [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:36:46

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Seven Huge Financial Mistakes I Made During My College Career

Over the last few weeks, I have been reflecting on how many members of my rather close extended family are either near high school graduation or are in college right now. They have so many great opportunities ahead of them in the next few years - and so many chances to botch things, too [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 14:00:00

Easy Debt Advice for Proper Debt Management

This Article is all about finance which gives detail information how to utilize the finance in your daily or monthly basis ... and live a happier life! Read on below for great debt advice to help free you from those ever ... out your quarries. Once you’ve found yourself buried in debt, it can be hard to manage debt properly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:02:09

A call for “action” again

Recession places pressure on those trying to helpIt is only a year since I revealed the dire financial circumstances that were being faced by the ... hard pressed in South Shields needing help and assistance with various benefit claims and debt advice ... will be lost, more families will sink into the despairs of debt, and the demands for help will [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:02:11

Free lunch? - What does UK government funding mean to startups?

This is a guest post by Nick Halstead, CEO and founder of fav.or.it As I am in the midst of raising another round of funding for fav.or ... your Intellectual Property. The problem though is that since the beginning of the credit crunch the Banks ... up to £1.3bn of new lending by banks.’ However, there is one BIG problem, the banks still do not want [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:25:59

Making Preparations and Taking Action in Today’s Deflationary Environment

Editor’s Note: The following article is adapted from Robert Prechter’s 2002 best-selling book, ... to this article, visit Elliott Wave International to download the free 15-page report about how to protect ... The ultimate effect of deflation is to reduce the supply of money and credit. Your goal is to make sure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:23:47

Arrange Your Own Debt Consolidation and Save Money

Amazon.de Widgets Debt consolidation companies can and have provided excellent services to thousands who have had severe credit card debt and who were suffering financial problems as a result. However, these services are not free and also many people don’t like the idea of handing over their personal information to these companies. The solution: DIY debt consolidation. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 15:43:00

Mortgage and Credit Card Companies Under the Spotlight on Consumer Charging

For the first time since May 1996 reports have indicated that wage increases have risen faster than house price inflation ... that consumers are struggling with debt. Ed Stansfield of Capital Economics, said, “Today’s figures show that for a small but growing minority of borrowers levels of debt have become a problem, despite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:35:31

Transcript: DICK Cheney on Fox News Sunday | The Exit Interview | December 21, 2008

(Source: CQ Transcriptswire) Editor’s Note: This portion of the show transcript contains only the Cheney interview. Mr. Chris WALLACE: Mr ... s package basically extends a line of credit to the companies for a specified period of time and also ... that’s a target. That’s not a restriction. The bond holders taking equity instead of debt — that’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 20:13:21

Peter Schiff Warns Of Coming Dollar Collapse

Last week, Russia Today’s Marina Portnaya spoke to Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital and author of Crash Proof: ... now, all the economic stimuli, all the bailouts, they’re all designed to perpetuate the problem, to get us deeper into debt, and all they’re doing is throwing gasoline on a fire… I think we’re on the verge of another [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 05:59:00

Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of September 24, 2009

Wednesday: Democrats Push Obamacare Through Senate as GOP Protests Threats to Medicare - brownpelicanla.com 09/24/2009 Newsmax.com, September 23, 2009 WASHINGTON – Sweeping health care legislation cleared its first hurdles in the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday as Democrats turned back a series of proposed changes by Republicans who attacked it as a threat to Medicare. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 12:57:31

Ask the M-Network: What to do if you’re deep in debt

Last week the M-Network rolled out a new feature:  Ask the M-Network.  This week, we’re going to answer a question about debt from one of my readers ... to know if this is credit card debt or some other debt - there is a big difference. If credit card debt, then you might want to think about going to a consolidation company who can work on your behalf [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:00:07

Dilemmas of investing from MyIRIS

When a layman decides to chalk out his investments what crops up first are queries and confusion ... considered.. Seeking the most suited reply for the question the investor usually lands up taking advice ... . The plethora of options proves to be of little help in guiding the person out of the problem, moreover [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:10:20

WHY WALL STREET ALWAYS BLOWS IT (and where the money went)

Atlantic Article Submitted by multiple readers, I read this as soon as my issue was delivered. It’s true ... all of us are to blame.by Henry Blodget WHY WALL STREET ALWAYS BLOWS ITImage credit: John RitterWell, we did ... hangover of an even bigger one—a global housing and debt bubble whose bursting has wiped out tens [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:31:41

Baby on the way? Get tips on shaping up your finances before the new arrival…

It is often said that if parents worked out how expensive having a child would be, ... in your own right or as a couple – it will inevitably make things worse. The relationship advice service ... a relationship problem. happy family Other problems can develop around work. The new mum may want [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:21:19

In Defense of Economics

Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism has an interesting essay on her site Why So Little Self-recrimination Among Economists? which we would urge you to read if you are interested at all in this topic, as it is sincerely well thought and written, for which we her readers are always grateful [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:29:00

Pet News - Pet Advice - Pet Photos

Advice for Pet Ownersby Arden Moore - Washington PostInexpensive Pet CareWhen money is less available, humans aren't the only species that suffer. Financial setbacks often effect the companions we love most -- pets. But animal expert Arden Moore can give advice on how to provide your pet with sufficient care without going into debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 17:45:00

"Is The Deficit A Threat To A Future Recovery?"

Jamie Galbraith responds to the question posed by the National Journal, "Is the deficit a threat to future recovery?" James K ... problem is not that it is too big, but that it is too small. Far too small. In principle ... device to promote expansion, since tax savings will be used first to try to pay down debt... A major [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 20:24:00

China: The Power Behind the $700 Billion Bailout

As Congress prepares to gift $15 billion to the three U.S. auto makers, there remains the mystery behind this year’s $8 ... . Yes, taxes will pay part of the bill. But the rest will be piled onto the national debt, which ... That Lend You Money,” which is Mr. Gao’s primary advice. One of Mr. Gao’s thoughts illuminates his take [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:48:41

China: The Power Behind the $700 Billion Bailout

As Congress prepares to gift $15 billion to the three U.S. auto makers, there remains the mystery behind this year’s $8 ... . Yes, taxes will pay part of the bill. But the rest will be piled onto the national debt, which ... That Lend You Money,” which is Mr. Gao’s primary advice. One of Mr. Gao’s thoughts illuminates his take [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 19:31:00

Transcript: President George W. Bush at American Enterprise Institute, Includes Q&A | December 18, 2008

(Source: White House Press Office) 10:44 A.M. EST MR. DeMUTH: Mr. President, what’s on your mind this morning? THE PRESIDENT: First, thanking you for being the leader that you’ve been, and thanking AEI for generating good thought. People in the public arena need to have support for philosophy — and that’s what you provide, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 20:43:07

Economics is not a morality tale

Western civilization can be seen as the liberation of technical theory (science, in the broadest sense) from moral values.  This battle continues to this day.  It is so much easier and enjoyable to be a witch-doctor than a scientist  (again, in the broad sense as devoted to rational thought) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 00:01:43

Hoarders and Destroyers

Just when you thought it was all baked into the cake...whammo! Another pie to the face. Get ready for more pies. In fact, you could take your pick of pies this morning. The most painful pie was yesterday's 4.3% decline on the All Ords. It was the worst day of the year for Australian stocks. Unemployment called in at 4 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:04:54

Focus on reader comments #4

You all know a lot more than I do, and it’s often shown in the quality of your comments. So from time-to-time I like to feature a few of your thoughts, both for the benefit of those who don’t follow the discussions, and as a small thank you. Here’s the fourth in my ‘focus on reader comments’ series. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 10:10:44

How to Motivate Yourself to Pay Debts

Start the year right with a clean slate which is why I paid all of my credit card dues just last December ... debts to pay off. If you’re in credit card hell. Pay off the ones with smaller debts then get rid ... advice from people who have experienced paying off debts successfully. You can ask your parents, other [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:45:24

Oprah’s Best Life Financial Webinar w/ Suze Orman

Oprah’s Best Life webinar featuring personal finance guru Suze Orman will be taking questions from viewers about money matters, ... to make debt reduction a top priority. Your indebtedness is the second most important factor for FICO ... your score to decrease, so be cautious about taking on new debt. This includes thinking twice [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:38:01

Debt Consolidator

There are many ways on how we can get through emergency expenses and financial needs. Some resort to applying for payday loan online which I think is a little bit risky because ... be thinking of one loan payment only instead of multiple payments. In few months time you’ll be debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 13:26:00

About as funny as anything gets these days.

About as funny as anything gets these days. You can’t have your money back, but you can have the crap we bought with it: ... in complex debt ins-truments, had about $10bn (€7.6bn) under management last year. But losses ... This could be a problem for endowments that have little or no capability to hedge, trade or sell [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:47:26

Credit Card Debt Reduction - What You Must Know

by Ferdinand Mekinsy Reduce credit card debt and eliminate it before it assumes a horrifying shape ” This is truly the crux of the story ... . As we just said, there is a lot of advice available on how to reduce credit card debt and the only thing you need to do is put that advice, on how to reduce credit card debt, to practice in real life. Well [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:51:14

Carnival of Personal Finance

Welcome to the Carnival of Personal Finance, where we gather the best articles and posts of all things personal finance related ... s interesting to consider if/when the government would ever consider some of these moves. Debt Destroy Debt from Destroy Debt presents When it’s Time to Wave the White Flag and File Bankruptcy. Sometimes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:15:48

The Green shoots Baroness is a disaster for what she does more than for what she says

The Opposition will continue to remind people of the insensitive remarks of Baroness Vadera, ... , private equity injections, demergers and other methods of challenging and changing management ... into base metal. Why on earth didn’t she suggest short term Bank of England loans against security [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 10:36:43

Finding the value in fixing technical debt

Technical debt is a term coined by Martin Fowler which we tend to use on our projects to describe a number of different situations on projects as ... , but to summarise my understanding of what technical debt actually is: Technical debt is where ... of what 'affect us' means. Phantom Debt The most interesting area of this is around the area [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 04:04:57

Foundations of Crisis

This week I have a special Outside the Box for you. My long-time friend Doug Casey wrote a very prescient piece back in 1997. He has updated it somewhat for today’s times. The critical part is a summary of the work of Richard Strauss and (friend) John Howe and their book The Fourth Turning, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 11:15:02

When Should I Start to Debt Consolidation Firms for Help?

When Should I Start to Debt Consolidation Firms for Help? Financial problems aren’t always the result of poor money management ... the rates of interest on your loans, or credit cards. Some people believe that non-profit debt ... about debt consolidation. Regardless of which firm you seek to obtain credit repair or debt relief [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:31:22

The End of the Financial World as We Know It

This is the best article I have seen on describing not the financial crisis, which is a sympton, but the demise of our nation’s value system and lack of leadership. I am in search constantly of “the why” behind this crisis, why people have gotten so greedy at the expense of others, why enough is never enough [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:09:15

New Year's Day Economic Potpourri

Heading into the new year, the news is finally slowing down. Here are a few headline news reports of interest from the past couple days.Massive Layoffs Coming For MicrosoftMicrosoft getting ready to lay off 17% of staffThe rumor that Microsoft was set to lay off people on January 15th, 2009 is no longer a rumor but a fact [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 00:46:00

News and Commentary

Children Heavily Represented Among 917 Dead, Say Officialsby Michael Jansen - Irish Times / Common DreamsHealth officials in Gaza said yesterday that the Palestinian death toll since Israel began its offensive against the Strip on December 27th had reached 917 and the number of wounded 4,100 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:42:00

Suze Orman's Financial Advice For Wise Bread Readers

By Will Chen Suze Orman is one of my favorite personal finance advisors. No one can kick my butt into gear like Suze. That's why I was thrilled when Suze invited Wise Bread to participate in a bloggers-only interview event, where she answered questions about how to survive in this tough economy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 22:32:13

Sunday Morning Comin’ Down

Shovel-Ready EditionOn “PreFox/Local Fox” Congressman Danny “Luke, I am…your Congressman!” Davis rolls by to talk a little politics and burnish his “I’m the guy who turned that crazy summbitch down” reputation.(No, so far as anyone knows, Danny Davis not an evil Sith Lord: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:14:00

Constitution and Libertarian Parties of Ohio among those working to defeat a bill calling for US Constitutional Convention

Found at PeaceChicken.com: Good news: we were all able to testify against the bill today, and we gave them a response they weren’t expecting ... that something must be done to limit federal spending and reverse our growing $10 trillion dollar debt currently [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 04:23:33

Estate Planning Update

My parents and sister and I had another session with a lawyer to try to figure out how my parents should best prepare themselves for the future ... . Because of my mother's debt troubles in the last few years, my father did not want her to be able [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 14:30:00

A Guide to Repairing Your Credit Score

by Mary Bush In the United States, as well as many other countries, ... for skipping a payment, it may come back to haunt you later. Keep your credit card payments at a level ... . Debt consolidation may be a good idea. If you are paying on many debts, the varying interest rates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 08:35:57

What You Must Know About Reducing Your Credit Card Debt

by Ferdinand Mekinsy Reduce credit card debt and eliminate it before it assumes a horrifying shape ” This is truly the crux of the story ... of advice on how to reduce credit card debt, are available, however nothing much seems to change ... debt. As aforementioned,lots of advice are available on how to minimize credit card debt, and the only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:51:26

Risk Tolerance, Mutual Fund Expense Ratios & Our Money Blogger House Guest

I mentioned the other day that we were having a visitor over for a few days. Well, he came and just went. Cap from Stop Buying Crap (yep, another personal finance blogger!) stayed over at our place while he was here in Silicon Valley on business [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 01:35:31

Jan 14 2009

Not being a stellar day, it nonetheless was much better. A few tight stops, and three sizeable wins, two on RIMM and one on ACOR. Still a lot of fear in the market though, so our commitment stays fleeting. Session Time: Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 2009 {nemo} Hah! woke up at 3:30 this morning. {Threei}  Good morning {magoo} morning[ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:11:07

Fazzari on Keynesian Economics

Steve Fazzari, of Washington University in St. Louis, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Keynesian economics ... About this week's guest: Steve Fazzari's Home page "Household Debt in the Consumer Age: Source of Growth ... of Economics. Government Debt and Deficits, by John Seater. Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. John [more...]

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

David Cameron calls for "a more ethical capitalism"

Alas I did not hear Jeremy Vine's show on Radio 2 today, ... by his commitment to support marriage: "We need to do more to help families and support marriage ... . If we don't help couples stay together, if we don't build strong families, then what we get is family [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:08:35

The CFR….Expecting An Obama Regime To CHANGE - Only what the CFR Allow…..Joe Biden and Co Are CFR Guys!!

The Council On Foreign Relations (CFR) And The New World Order- By William Blase For those who may be confused by the controversies surrounding the “New World Order”, a One-World-Government, and American concern over giving the UN more power; those unaware of the issues involved; and those wishing more background, I offer the following [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:04:02

My New Credit Card: Not for Credit

Every Tuesday, Smithee presents an article about his own experiences with credit cards and observations about the credit card industry ... not pay well. Overwhelming credit card debt kind of snowballed from there. That was 11 years ago ... credit card debt (roughly $6,400 right now) at a rate of $1,000 / month. It’s on a 0% card. I never [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 13:04:04

Fiscal Insanity Virus Strikes Canada, Sweden, Italy, IMF

The world health organization has confirmed new cases of the extremely contagious Fiscal Insanity Virus (FIV) that is rapidly spreading the globe. Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is one of the latest victims as evidenced by the headline Flaherty gives banks deadline to lend more [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 22:38:00

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