Wall Street Bonuses: Are Junk Bonds Illegal?

Credit Suisse yesterday announced a bonus plan for 2008 that, depending on whom you ask, is either brilliant, or heartless, or heartlessly brilliant ... loan blows up. Devalued debt is actually an investment opportunity right now–private-equity firms, including that of Nelson Peltz, are investing in distressed debt. Credit Suisse has marked the debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 13:35:00

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A short note on a payroll tax "holiday"

By TigerHawk at 1/13/2009 09:13:00 AM Should we immediately pump money into the economy via a payroll tax holiday? ... will save most of the money or use it to pay down debt, rather than spend it or invest it an actual project ... debt. Why will it help (more than a little) to move yet more liabilities on to the federal [more...]

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

Why overhead ratios are meaningless for Kiva and Acumen Fund

Editor’s note: This post first appeared on Sasha’s personal blog ... , where I work - we raise philanthropic donations and then make debt and equity investments ... invested capital (loans and equity), unlike grants, don’t factor into ratio of “overhead costs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:00:59

Dollar to fall under scrutiny at G20 summit

Apparently the French Press is the only major media outlet that wants to address this issue. Under the pretext of correcting trade imbalances and aiding developing nations, The UNCTAD and Chinese proposals, below, would have the effect of getting SDR bonds into circulation by monetizing international debts, purchasing investments in local currencies, and so creating an international currency based on a floating basket of investments. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 21:18:13

Fears have been raised over the future of Aston Martin

Aston Martin’s future is blurry after it had been reported that Kuwait’s Investment Dar, which owns half the company, confirmed that it had problems refinancing its debt. Affected by the economic downturn, Investment Dar said that it has signed an agreement with investors and creditors to freeze claims, allowing it to have more time for restructuring.In 2007, a consortium led by Dave Richards bought Aston Martin from Ford for £480 million to get the majority stake. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 16:39:02

Capitalism without morality is a terrible sight to behold.

Prudently responsible market capitalism is superior to communism because it preserves the sowing and reaping equation without governmental force ... market system produces excess debt, investment scandals, mistrust, and a credit crisis ... it with instructions that in the final analysis (when key phrases are decoded) amount to a debt-based growth mandate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 23:20:47

Corporate Greed: Opposition to Employee Free Choice Act

Pundits, journalists and even economists have strained to find the reasons for our nation’s economic meltdown, ... on their homes or piling up credit card debt for non-essentials, millions of Americans had no choice ... stumbling over tortured concepts like “structured investment vehicles” and “collateralized debt.” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 19:29:58

Borrowing To Invest Vs. Saving To Invest

This is a follow up to my post about bums not being richer than you ... into investments so he will have a nice nest egg when he retires. He likes to avoid debt at all cost because ... to invest everything right now. Every month, our investor needs to make a payment to the line of credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 00:22:31

Additional Thoughts on the Bailout By Paul Craig Roberts

Dandelion Salad By Paul Craig RobertsOctober 16, 2008 “Information Clearinghouse“ “We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public ... , necessitating the purchase of yet more troubled instruments. If credit card debt has also been securitized and sold as investments, as the economy worsens defaults on credit card debt [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 22:15:23

Who Gets Stuck With The Dead Cow?

Falling home prices haven’t just put a strain on budgets, they’ve put a strain on marriages- and divorces ... there are no assets left to help them start over. In a normal economy, couples typically build equity ... debt. Now that investments and stock values have crashed, a divorce leaves both parties with less money [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:19:17

How to keep on financing wind farms when banks have no money left.

My earlier wind diaries can all be found here: Wind power series Banks are engaged in a massive deleveraging exercise right now. One part of that has been much described and commented upon: the elimination of bad assets ... user of debt finance to get investments done. This means that it is an industry particularly [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 17:13:33

Investment Dar’s financial concerns create fear over Aston Martin’s future

Kuwaiti Investment Dar has admitted to problems with refinancing its debt, creating fears about Aston Martin’s future. According to AutoCar , Investment Dar has been hit hard by the global economic downturn and says that it has signed an agreement with investors and creditors to freeze claims, allowing it more time to restructure. Investment Dar purchased a 51 percent stake in 2007 in a consortium led by Dave Richards. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 23:55:17

Giving Back Over the Holidays

Personal finance writer Karen Blumenthal writes: ... . While we write a lot in personal finance stories about managing spending, debt, and investments ... , when many people are hurting, the opportunities are plentiful. The payoff is pretty good, too. “We think [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 16:00:00

My Net Worth Is Down Only 10% Since Its August 2008 Peak

So, how did I manage this remarkable accomplishment?  Let me tell you…. I have been tracking my family’s net worth for about eight months now ... to erase the debt. Investing In Education.  My net worth would have actually been the same over ... value, your net worth will increase by the amount of debt you pay off.  Finance is dictated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:13:54

Debt Relief Tips

by Eric Jilson Debt is often one of the largest expenses people may have. Paying off a debt should always be of a higher priority than savings and investments. It makes perfect sense that reducing debt quickly will result in a better return to consumers than putting [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 22:20:05

Will Huntington Bancshares Raise Cash? (HBAN, HBANP)

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ: HBAN) ... the repayment of debt, stock buybacks, Investing in subsidiaries, and for acquisitions. Jon C. Ogg January ... , Depositary Shares, Debt Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, Warrants, Guarantees [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 20:22:18

Theological Science* Reveals Theological Inconsistences in Our Thoughts About Monotheism, VIIIg (Economics)

In my last blog, I showed that the U.S. economy has been become a permanent ‘stabilized economy’ after the assassination of Abe Lincoln ... sources.If these government investments continue, the government debt should eventually become zeroed-out. At this zeroed-out time, annual government investments will be returned annually through the tax [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 17:38:00

Getting Out of Debt Now and Improve Your Credit Rating

by Eric Jilson Debt is often one of the largest expenses people may have. Paying off a debt should always be of a higher priority than savings and investments. It makes perfect sense that reducing debt quickly will result in a better return to consumers than putting [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 22:25:53

Advantages & Disadvantages of Demat -

Demat accounts are very popular in India. Demat account is the short form of Dematerialised Account ... /consolidation/merger etc. - Holding investments in equity and debt instruments in a single ... on transfer of securities; - Elimination of risks associated with physical certificates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:43:00

Debt Settlement, Bankruptcy and Credit Ratings

by Eric Jilson Debt is often one of the largest expenses people may have. Paying off a debt should always be of a higher priority than savings and investments. It makes perfect sense that reducing debt quickly will result in a better return to consumers than putting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:53:06

How I Paid Off $35,000 in Debt, and How You Can Too

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from J.D. Roth, who writes about saving and investing at Get Rich Slowly ... me), debt elimination involves three main steps: Stop acquiring new debt. Establish an emergency fund ... . Last December, after twenty years of owing money, I finally paid off all of my debt (except [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 23:39:40

SoCap 2008: Securitizing Philanthropy

There is an irony in the fact that so much of the conversation at the SoCap conference is about moving philanthropy towards a financial markets ... head of the Harvard endowment and current co-CEO of PIMCO, one of the largest investment managment ... capital into a nonprofit debt financing deal to make it more attractive to for-profit lenders. The idea [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 15:42:43

A Real Economic Stimulus

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) of the Republican Study Committee, is proposing an alternative to the Obama New New Deal Economic Stimulus ... % so they are better seated to invest and create jobs. We want to alleviate debt for future generations ... Now that’s a stimulus plan that will encourage investment, encourage consumer spending, and help keep [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:26:18

European Governments Attempt Rescue Of Fortis, Hypo Real Estate and B

Our politicians have made this economic crisis seem like a national problem, ... markets tried to create a new tool to manage investments in debt that was bad. And that tool ... in consultation with the Belgian government. “The actions taken by the Belgian, Luxembourg [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 14:08:15

Reader Mailbag #30

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 ... if it would be a smarter idea to take the money I would be investing to continue paying off my debt over the next 6 months, after which I will have eliminated my credit card debt and half of my [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 14:00:56

From Cubicle Nerd to Cucumber Vendor: Learning Small Scale Farming in Mid-life

This is a guest post from Jim Dunlap (Wyoming) about his experience as a new farmer in Virginia and is part of our Wed pm/Sat pm TOD: ... engineer with a pension, some investments, no debt and a spouse with a full time career. I think working [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 16:42:38

6 Money Management Software For Personal Finance (Freelancer’s Special)

Being a freelancer is not easy and more so in these troubled times of worldwide recession ... get themselves under debt by making certain bad decisions or investments. Lets take a look ... which was first introduced back in 1991. It can be used to keep record of loans, mortgages [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:41:12

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

Investing Now vs. Removing Debt

Recently, I got a visit from a friend and he revealed his current financial status to me ... the safer road – debt removal. The reasons being: The ability to clear debt is 100% certain. In our current economic state, the stock market doesn’t guarantee a positive return. Removal of debt relieves [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 22:38:45

Distressed Debt Specialists See “Bonanza Year” in 2009

John Paulson, who runs the $36 billion hedge fund firm Paulson & Co., is looking to buy distressed mortgages and distressed debt, despite being bearish on the overall ... in a 2009 outlook to investors that he is interested in investing in debt restructurings, bankruptcies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:00:11

Chaos good for Ladera Ranch company, Insider Q&A told

Michael Schwartz is CEO of Strategic Storage Trust from Ladera Ranch that just launched a new investment fund targeting self-storage units ... has had a significant impact on the self storage industry. With debt markets in turmoil, most buyers of investment property simply cannot find financing. Period. For firms who can afford to purchase [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 01:08:57

On the Cusp?

We are the cusp of something very important. The media is starting to write more positive economic stories and less doom and gloom ... " "Credit Card Companies are willing to work with those in debt" and "Investment Opportunities are Many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 21:22:11

Credit Crunching: A Chart of the Debt Markets Since Bear Stearns Fell

The credit crunch may be over temporarily, but it is certainly not forgotten ... , the only ones with access to the markets were investment-grade companies and agency debt ... . At Deal Journal’s request, Thomson Reuters provided a colorful chart tracking what the debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:44:00

The Night that the Lights Went out in Moscow

The Moscow Times reports: A senior government official angrily called up Dominique Fache, the Russia manager for Italian utility giant Enel, ... industry is mired in debt linked to unpaid consumer bills and the multibillion-dollar investment ... ($1.1 billion) in the fourth quarter to refinance debt, Mikhail Slobodin, the president [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 03:19:44

"Capitalist Fools"

What caused the crisis? Joe Stiglitz says it was “system failure” based upon a single, incorrect belief: Capitalist Fools, by Joseph E ... . One was ... to allow big investment banks to increase their debt-to-capital ratio (from 12:1 to 30 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 20:51:00

The New Reader’s Guide to Get Rich Slowly

The New Reader’s Guide to Get Rich Slowly Wednesday, 11th June 2008 (by J.D.) ... topics. I share stories about debt elimination, saving money, and practical investing. I also post ... of daily readers. By following my own advice, I’ve managed to ditch my debt and actually begin saving [more...]

Date: 2008-06-17 01:01:04

Downturn Will Hit Half of Buyouts, Bankers Say

Jennifer Bollen, of Financial News, files this dispatch from the private-equity world ... , investment director at Nomura Mezzanine, a Japanese debt provider. “One of the problems is everyone ... he would not be surprised if half the buyouts completed in the past three years encountered problems [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 14:55:31

MICROCAPITAL STORY: Global Partnerships Launches its Third Fund, the $20m Microfinance Fund 2008 (MFF 2008)

Global Partnerships (GP), a Seattle-based non-profit organization that funds microfinance institutions (MFIs) ... Family Foundation, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, and Adrian Dominican Sisters. MFF 2008 ... million in debt capital.  It is invested in 14 partners in six countries. Click here to read [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 05:08:50

OMB Nominee Orszag Vows to Tackle Budget Sustainability

Warning that the incoming administration is inheriting a “daunting fiscal position, ... maneuvering room to respond to crises because its government debt is viewed as a safe investment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 19:29:00

“The U.S. Just Isn't Going Anywhere Good”

With all the death and destruction in Palestine, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the North American economy is going down the toilet ... , if you invest in $300 billion worth of toxic debt, that’s the United States government’s problem.And [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:38:00

Your Future without Debt!

There is a lack of financial and investment education in our schools, among the many things not taught ... of changing to a rewards card like a rewards credit card. Once this debt is eliminated, take the money ... payoff money, cannot change until you pay off all of your debt for this method to work best.If [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 05:42:00

Tell All Tuesday - When Do I Worry Edition

I will be the first to admit that I don’t know a lot about investing ... anything new to debt this week, because I paid the two student loans last week, and will be dropping off [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 19:03:00

Making ENDS Meet

The new year is starting slowly for me. Maybe because I am still adjusting (again) to the fact the husband is away from home (again) ... abroad end up with no investment and are being haunted down by Debt Collection agent. That won't [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:01:26

Your Future without Debt!

There is a lack of financial and investment education in our schools, among the many things not taught ... payoff money, cannot change until you pay off all of your debt for this method to work best ... of changing to a rewards card like the chase flexible rewards card. Once this debt is eliminated [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 04:46:37

Daily Dose: 12/29/08

» AsianWeek Market Report » Manju Ganeriwala Named Virginia State Treasurer » New York Governor’s Budget Proposal Will Hurt APA Children and ... billion of investments and all debt management of the Commonwe [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 20:54:06

Five Things That a Generation X Financial Planner Did, That You Can Too

This is a guest post from Jeff Rose, an Illinois Certified Financial Planner(TM) and co-founder of Alliance Investment Planning Group ... student loan and credit card debt at ease.  Luckily, I stumbled into a career as a financial ... students graduate with a combination of student loan and credit card debt. Most of us are just kind [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:45:19

Other Side of Darkness

Click charts to ENLARGE. Steven Covey writes about the importance about being able to see the argument from the other guy's perspective ... where. But for the present, debt destruction produces historic economic weakness, coupled ... as investment advice. [more...]

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

Bono’s gambling instincts bag him £56.4 million bounty

Bono has reportedly earned himself 56.4 million pounds after taking a gamble by investing in a debt-riddled firm ... s California-based private-equity business reportedly reaped millions after Palm’s new touch-sensitive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 10:51:25

After-Hours Movers 9/29: HOKU, JBL, ZZ, NKE Higher; CLP, DRI, SS...

Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOKU) 41% HIGHER; today announced the signing of a definitive agreement providing for a majority investment in Hoku by Tianwei and debt financing by Tianwei and China Construction Bank for the construction and development of Hoku's polysilicon production facility in Pocatello, Idaho. read more [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 22:24:40

2009 Freedom from Tax Year--A bold solution for the U.S. economy.

This is big, bold, and out of the box thinking. There is something in it for everyone to love and to hate ... their mortgage, reduce their consumer debt, eat out at a restaurant, travel, invest in their business, buy stocks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:05:27

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