Investing Roundup: Dogs, Aristocrats, and a Distressed Index

I wrote about the Dogs of the Dow this week but did you know about the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats? ... is a red-headed stepchild of a recession.” (in other words, it’s a bad because it’s triggered by credit system woes instead of monetary tightening, yikes) This post is originally from Blueprint [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 13:50:11

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Book Review: Frugal Living for Dummies

Okay another book review and another dummies book. The winner of the Personal Finance for Dummies is Cindy ... about cutting up credit cards and setting a realistic budget.  It also says to track what you spend and really stick to a budget.  My one issue with this chapter is it only looks at credit card debt as bad [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 14:00:02

Personal Loans for Scary Times

The Excorist and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre combined aren't as scary as the current economy ... consolidation, credit card and personal. Better yet, they offer customers quick, no hassle loan ... , there are no application fees, and they offer nationwide services. If you find yourself in a bad credit [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 13:40:25

Allied Irish: Too Good to Be True?

Allied Irish Banks PLC (AIB) is Ireland’s largest bank, and in the last two years the company’s shares have been on a relentless march downwards ... has faltered in the global credit crisis. However, as bad as the stock performance has been, AIB still looks ... on equity ((ROE)) of over 15% year after year, with its most recent reporting being over 20 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 10:06:31

When you should use a credit repair agency.

Credit has become a very important part of peoples live in todays age. If you have bad credit you are familiar with having closed doors to loans, bank cards, credit cards, car financing and... Writers Wanted: Join Our Blogging Community Today! [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 18:57:28

MORTGAGE FOR BAD CREDIT

If you would like to buy a new home or have some improvement plan but you are in the situation of poor credit score and it is hard to gain the trust ... in the country, and you can also use their programs to help you on debt consolidations, mortgage refinance [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 07:17:06

Debt Relief Services

We’ve spent a bit of time here talking about various ways to prepare your finances, in both good times and bad ... , including a great FAQ on credit card debt consolidation and other debt consolidation programs ... and credit card consolidation.  There is enough information to really help you understand the process [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 03:59:06

Why Should You Get Your Credit Repaired?

It’s one phrase you are hearing all over the news, credit repair. It seems to be the topic that everybody is talking about from newscasters to columnists to the TV commercials on freecreditreport.com. Thus you may be thinking, why the big deal. I have bad credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 14:35:10

Thank you Taxpayer. Sincerely, Merrill Shareholders

From the Wall Street Journal In the end, investors and financial institutions could face as much as $2 trillion of losses from bad U.S ... from commercial real estate, credit cards, auto debt and business debt, and Goldman’s loan-loss estimate ... rescued both Merrill and Countrywide without government assistance. Mr. Lewis had also argued [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:02:01

What If You Can’t Pay All Your High Priority Debts

by Ian Pelham Although individual priorities may vary, ... the lines of, “If I can’t pay my car finance, at least I can pay my credit cards.” This is a bad ... be more inclined to foreclose. There are many strategies for dealing with debt problems discussed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 18:58:27

Bankruptcy Bad Credit Mortgage Loan

The word bankruptcy gives rise to an image of utter helplessness ... one gets rid of all the debt problems in a short period of time. There are many debt elimination ... with multiple debt problems juggling with payments often consider bankruptcy. They feel it can offer [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 04:00:19

This Could Be The Day

This could be the day that you… decide to get out of debt start to live on a budget stop arguing with your spouse start talking to you spouse teach your kids about money send five extra dollars to the credit card company get rid of bad spending habits embrace bold, significant change choose to believe that you are worth it choose [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:15:05

40 Key Elements to Getting Started In Social Media

By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com (Twitter/FriendFeed) ... of the credit card you have on file as well. Auto-renewal notices, getting marked as spam, combined with an expired credit card is bad news. This happened to a friend, just a word of advice [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 22:52:52

Monday morning links

#fullpost{display:inline;}TOP STORIESFurther bank aid must include pay limits - ReutersU.S ... to Tolerate More Bad Loans, Relax Credit Rules - BloombergHOUSINGEconomic downturn pounds commercial real ... trading - BBCGM says could seek further U.S. loans - ReutersMARKETS/INVESTINGOil back below $40 - CNN [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:13:00

Options if you can’t afford your lease

Dear Liz: I find myself in a significant quandary. Three years ago I went through a divorce and shortly afterward lost my job ... my credit card debt. Unfortunately, my situation has continued to deteriorate, and I’ ... credit card debts is almost always a bad move. You incurred unnecessary taxes and penalties, plus [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 19:13:45

Secure yourself From Bad Credit

Posted on 11.18.2008 11:18 by Sammys Filed under: Approved payday advance in seconds are absolutely unsecured short-term loans that are granted ... explained to grant the loan and that's it. At the time of your financial emergency it is not a big [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 11:18:00

Don’t Pay Off Bad Credit

Step three in the “Should I Buy a House Now” series is somewhat of a sidetrack ... your bills on time, that you have good credit.  Paying your bills on time only accounts for 30% to 35 ... towards housing payments. Step 3) Start Improving Your Credit Rating This can take a long time [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 17:02:59

UK Advance Bad Cash Credit Loan

by John Lonshot This article looks at the way banks exploit customers with NSF and overdraft fees. It contrasts this with the alternative of using fast online payday loan and proposes ... as certain to incur these fees. The FDIC study reinforces the payday loan industry’s position that short [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:08:03

Obama’s Blunders

Obama is looking pretty weak and without convictions before even being sworn in. The biggest concern I think every one has ( ... projected a lot of hopes and wishes (and fantasies). His handling of the Blagojevich incident was a bad ... the $3,000-per-job credit last week as one of five individual and business tax incentives aimed at winning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:23:57

Hold On, It's Worse Than You Thought

According to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, everything is "faster, heavier and more likely to collide ... the rise in unemployment, but things are still pretty bad, with the rate peaking at something ... credit for what they argue were the stimulative effects of the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:22:55

Update: January 14, 2009 - more evidence the Alliance numbers are bad.  See here ... crisis created a worldwide credit crunch, President Bush, Treasury Secretary Paulson and HUD ... if their Alliance included some counseling agencies, otherwise it would only be industry. Hope Now is an alliance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:26:30

Payday Loans For Georgia Residents

You can also pay all of your bills online. What happens if you really need the money ... payday loan into your account within a period of 14 - 30 days. You just need to fill an online ... residents payday loan. As these loans at marginal rates. Bad credit history does not matter [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:17:38

Going Back to School, Adding More Debt, Hoping I Made the Right Choice

I haven’t brought this up here on the blog yet, but one of my big plans for 2009 is going back to school and getting a Master’s Degree ... new laptop.Monthly Update: Credit Card Debt Payoff ... . The bad: I’ll be adding $25K - $30K of debt. If I don’t get a big salary increase I’ll be paying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:29:26

Credit Default Swaps and Moral Hazard

In the insurance business, "moral hazard" is famously a problem ... when an Insurance Company had imprudently set up shop in the city."Help me out here if I'm wrong, but don't credit ... mortgage business) could be either bad or good for the economy, in that it could send signals [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 02:12:00

Health Insurance Plans qualify Coverage

People always delayed and denied their rights to have health insurance, whereas this is important for our life ... York Auto Insurance Premiums Information (0) January 15, 2009 — Bad Credit Loan Mortgage Foreclosure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:32:16

RELIABLE MORTGAGE SOURCE

Home purchasing and home improvement may be hard for you when you are in a situation of bad credit ... , debt consolidations, mortgage refinance, and many more. This is the opportunity for you to start [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 06:56:02

Best of Finance for the Best of Education

by Mary Bush To forge ahead and have a bright career prospect, it all depends on the level of education ... with a history of bad credit, so that they too can take care of their educational expenses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 08:59:52

How To Find Cash Advance Loans Online

by Trinity Taggart If you have extra expenses this month, it may be difficult ... about one business day. If you have decided that you would like to take out a loan of this type ... online, and about private student loans bad credit. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:46:24

Debt Counselors of America - What I Learned

In 1994 I decided I would start a non-profit charity to help find good solutions for bad debt problems, ... was named something with credit counseling in it. I figured that I did not want to counsel people about credit, but about debt, so Debt Counselors of America seemed like a much more logical name. And that’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 03:48:48

What Kids Wish For

Link Awesome gadgets and technology from creative child's mind "What would you like to get as a present? ... oils that help the participant to meditate on their wish. (image credit: Chrysanne Stathacos ... ) ------------ A gun that kills bad thoughts Artem Bulavin, 9, Yulia Romanova, 6 It would be a laser [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:24:25

Membership Has Fewer Rewards

For credit card-carrying Americans, the latest news from the economic crisis is good, then bad, then good again ... they had to, since credit card companies raised their interest rates even as personal income ... . Credit card and collections companies have started to accept that many Americans are flat broke [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:00:18

If He’s the Whore, Who’s the Pimp?

Copyright RealCentralVA.com, LLC. If you are not reading this at RealCentralVA.com the site you see is likely stealing content ... activity in 2009. But we’ve still got excess inventories, a bad economy and a credit crunch [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:25:33

No, honest, Bill Clinton swears he's really for Obama -- and a female president someday

After weeks of diddling and dawdling doing the statesman-like work expected of ex-presidents combating hunger, disease and other bad things, ... , including rising credit card debt and home foreclosures, the former president said: "Look [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 14:43:57

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

Dispute Experian

Dispute Experian Posted By Matt Douglas on @ 7:19 pm by Justin Hutto To dispute Experian credit bureau a dispute letter must be sent ... , escalated dispute information requests, and debt validation. If you have multiple bad credit items [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 19:19:08

Cell Phones For People With Bad Credit

Most cell phone companies have come out with two different types of billing. The first is prepaid, and the other is continuous billing. With prepaid plans, you buy your minutes beforehand and you can... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:15:25

Nuclear Reaction - A Greenpeace blog about nuclear power: No time for nuclear

As if the threat of the closure of Yucca Mountain wasn’t a big enough blow to the US nuclear industry, yet more bad news is emerging ... have stabilized, but the credit crunch has jacked up the cost of borrowing. It’s a situation ... paper. So, even the most optimistic scenario is a bad one. Decisions need to be made now if the planet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:09:15

You Say You Want a Regulation?

As if the economic news weren't bad enough at the moment, ... . Enter new "credit card regulations" issued by the Federal Reserve, Office of Thrift Supervision ... lenders from raising interest rates on existing balances unless a payment is received late. Credit card [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:00:48

Personal Finance Troubles? Consider Debt Negotiation

by Dillon Azungen Are you drowning in debt and considering debt negotiation? ... negotiate. They would prefer to negotiate rather than turn your account over to a collection agency ... Debt negotiation has a bad connotation but does it affect your credit that badly? There are pros [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 22:06:58

The TOP 150 Adsense High Paying Keywords

There are several list of Adsense High Paying Keywords and use it for your unique needs and learning ... car insurance 10 online insurance quotes 11 criminal defense lawyer 12 debt consolidation 13 refinance home mortgage 14 medical malpractice lawyer Michigan 15 bad credit home loan 16 loan [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 01:43:09

American Idol 8 Premieres On FOX

The stock market is down. Home prices are plummeting. Layoffs are hitting hard ... 5. One thing that won’t be changing is that viewers can expect plenty of both good and bad singers ... out SirLInksALot: American Idol. Photo Credit: FOX ShareThis Related posts:American Idol 7 Premieres [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 15:00:21

Review: Sonic Unleashed (Wii version)

The good Exciting hedgehog stages Tight controls Impressive visuals The bad Too many werehog ... more speed. (Credit: GameSpot) The story begins with Dr Eggman shooting the world with a giant ray gun [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:01:01

How To Deal With Debt Collectors

by John Cooper Phone calls and other communications from debt collectors can be incredibly frustrating ... from another debt collector. Instead I suggest you hire a credit repair firm to dispute and remove the bad ... is multiplied when the debt they are calling you about is not yours or is due to a mistake [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 16:58:13

Afternoon Reading: Rethinking LTCM

Should the New York Fed have called together the big banks to recapitalize LTCM in 1998? ... threaten the global credit system. Bolstered by this sense of security, bad loans mushroomed.” Brad ... with protecting the fund’s creditors, our current problems might not be quite so bad…With the Long [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 11:08:00

Afternoon Reading: Rethinking LTCM

Should the New York Fed have called together the big banks to recapitalize LTCM in 1998? ... threaten the global credit system. Bolstered by this sense of security, bad loans mushroomed.” Brad ... with protecting the fund’s creditors, our current problems might not be quite so bad…With the Long [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 11:08:00

Tactically Speaking

While I like to spend a lot of time reinforcing the importance of strategy, at some point, it gets down to tactics ... significant. But more than 4 out of 10 are also eyeing social media. Not bad for a niche channel ... about them. Photo credit: dbking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:03:38

Photo of Hudson River plane crash takes down TwitPic

The rapid-fire spread of a close-up photo of the US Airways plane that crashed in the Hudson River Thursday resulted in the service that hosted the ... to post pictures to Twitter, saw its servers get overloaded. Click image for larger version.(Credit ... ) not a good feeling because it's bad news," Everett said. He also said that he's got additional [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:39:54

Reality TV Listings: January 13, 2009

American Idol premieres tonight, finally, on FOX.  Homeland Security U.S.A ... is on today or not.  Have fun watching! 6AM - 10AM ET/PT Made - MTV 8AM - 11PM ET/PT Bad Girls ... about your favorite show! Photo Credit: MTV ShareThis Related posts:Reality TV Listings: January [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 13:01:00

5 Fixes for Financial Woes Get Out of Debt Fast

This year we are not in a good shape when we talk about financial status. We expect too much of our farm crop ... and every debt. Include the debtor’s name, the amount of the debt, the interest rate, and the minimum ... . Put “bad” debts, such as unpaid high-interest credit card balances and payday loans – cash loans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 04:04:12

First Look: A&E’s THE BEAST Review

After the success of The Cleaner, A&E will premiere its new original series, THE BEAST, tonight, ... t know about it). It’s the perfect balance between is he good or is he bad, and I think some of the credit is due [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:09:30

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