Bill Gross Investing in Long-Dated Treasuries

Bloomberg reports that PIMCO’s Bill Gross is exchanging his corporate bonds for longer-dated government securities out of concern for deflation. This is a theme that we have written extensively about during the course of the year. Bill Gross , who runs the world’s biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co. , said he’s been buying longer maturity Treasuries in recent weeks amid a re-emergence of deflation concern. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 14:31:19

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Bond Recovery in Bankruptcies Likely to Be Far Lower Than in Past Downturns

Junk bond yields were recently as high as 20% (they've improved a bit recently). Some commentators considered the record spreads to be overdone ... , but I have commented from time to time that there was good reason for distressed debt to be a lot ... on company operations and force a debt restructuring/renegotiation when serious trouble first develops [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 03:11:00

Advice to Pres. Obama #1: An Actuary's Impractical Perspective

The suggestion was made to Oil Drum staff that some of us might want to write recommendations relating to President Obama's energy policy ... our financial problems behind us. This is a tough one. There is vastly more debt in the world than can ever ... . A fractional reserve banking system requires continued growth, in order to pay back all of the debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:42:43

War Made Easy_Brainwashing…Why a Global Economic Deluge Looms June 2006!!

  War Made Easy… http://www.warmadeeasythemovie.org/ War Made Easy  Reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 14:26:05

Student Loan Consolidation

by Layla Vanderbilt If you are struggling to pay off your student loans, or to balance the payment of multiple student loans, you may want to consider student loan consolidation. This approach is particularly helpful for borrowers facing forbearance or deferment, or if your level of debt is effecting your credit score. You can often decrease your level of debt, interest rates and number of loans in one step through loan consolidation. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 14:56:40

Benefits Of Student Loan Consolidation

by Layla Vanderbilt If you are struggling to pay off your student loans, or to balance the payment of multiple student loans, you may want to consider student loan consolidation. This approach is particularly helpful for borrowers facing forbearance or deferment, or if your level of debt is effecting your credit score. You can often decrease your level of debt, interest rates and number of loans in one step through loan consolidation. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 14:34:45

Benefits Of Student Loan Consolidation

September 29, 2009 | By Layla Vanderbilt In Finance | by Layla VanderbiltAre you having difficulties making your monthly payments for the student loans that you have availed of? If you are facing some financial problem due to which you are unable to service your loan, you should go for student loan consolidation. Whether your financial miseries are due to poor credit score, possibility of forbearance or deferment, loan consolidation is a way out of your financial mess. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 14:35:03

President Bush farewell speech (text)

Fellow citizens: For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your President. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence – a time set apart. Tonight, with a thankful heart, I have asked for a final opportunity to share some thoughts on the journey we have traveled together and the future of our Nation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:14:37

Student Loan Consolidation

Student Loan Consolidation by Layla VanderbiltStudent loan consolidation can be considered as a sensible option to take if you are facing a financial turbulence or for any circumstance unable to meet high monthly payment of your student loan. A typical consolidation consist of a small amount of loan you can take which could be used towards paying future student loan instalments and avoiding further deferments. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 14:46:22

Mortgage Refinance – Tips and Ideas to Help You Apply For Mortgage

Mortgage refinance is one of the best ways to save money and increase savings. Doing your homework in terms of research will definitely help you to avoid the hidden cost and other expenditures. It not only lowers the monthly payment as the interest rate drops but also shortens the tenure of the loan period which is anytime beneficial to clear the debt as soon as possible. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:16:17

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Global markets drop, again. Korea's central bank lowered its key interest rate by an unprecedented 0 ... of forming a new company that could include a third automaker. While daunting in its complexity ... excluding debt, a 36% premium to Embarq's Friday close. The deal marks a significant step toward the much [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 11:19:59

Credit Card Balance SmackDown - Higher Fees + Lower Limits

Happy Holidays. Just when we enter the spending season, families are likely to see their budgets strained by another complication ... running up a lot of debt if you can. After the holdays, use our online debt payoff calculator to help ... consumers! Many major credit card companies will pass on costs by: Raising Credit Card Fees [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 16:38:29

The Valuation Blues (aka How FAS157 Is Tortuous)

I'm all for transparency and mark to market. As Roger Ehrenberg has blogged about consistenly, investors need to know what the underlying securities are worth inside banks, brokerage firms, insurance companies, hedge funds, private equity funds, and yes venture capital funds. The FASB (which governs accounting standards in this country) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:03:55

Credit Card Balance Transfer: How To Use Them Effectively

Under certain circumstances, a credit card balance transfer is an attractive option. Deals are available that offer low introductory rates over varying lengths of time. Usually, the lower the rate, the shorter the period. If you are looking at a 0% p.a. balance transfer rate, you may, for example, be able to find one for a period of six months. Or you may be able to find a credit card balance transfer rate of 2% for a whole year. Some cards offer a lower rate for the entire life of the debt. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 13:48:10

Good Games Means No Money

Time for another one of my opinionated rant articles. This time it is about money…and games obviously ... . My PS3 collection is probably lower than others but impressive none-the-less. At last count I owned ... of money to spend on a virtual world. I will have a debt collector knocking on my door at this rate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:46:59

20 Questions for the Secretary-Designate

In preparation for Secretary of Education-Designate Arne Duncan's confirmation hearing in the Senate tomorrow, ... to improve student achievement and narrow achievement gaps? How should the federal government be involved ... use of static test scores or do you favor a model that compares individual student growth from year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:37:34

Weighted Average Cost of Capital Doesn't Include Everything

Or: Figures don't lie, but Liars Sure do Figure! We've got a lot of people with loans in the low fives, interest rate wise, ... : $350,000 first at 5.25% $100,000 second at 8.5% $50,000 consumer debt at 12% This person then used ... that there's enough equity in the property to absorb the full amount of excess debt without PMI. Robert [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 17:50:23

Personal Finance Tips

by Jim Parker Do you know the best way to financial freedom and wealth? You might be surprised at the simple things you can do to be just like them ... finance. Personal finance includes topics like budgeting, retirement, savings and debt management ... you end up with debt. To gain balance in your personal finances you need to be debt free. This comes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:01:49

Ferrellgas Income Shoots Up – Analyst Blog

Ferrellgas Partners ( FGP ) posted improved results for the fourth quarter and the full fiscal year 2009, primarily driven by higher propane sales and lower costs. The partnership recorded a net loss of 51 cents per unit for the quarter, which was in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate and better than 61 cents posted during the year-ago quarter. Fiscal net income was 79 cents per unit, slightly below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 83 cents, but far better than 39 cents reported a year ago. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 17:43:45

Is There a Future for the Bank?

In the good old days of plain vanilla finance, intermediaries were distinguished, and clearly distinguishable , between bank and non-bank intermediaries. The former, it was explained, were "special" in that they collected funds (mostly) in the form of short-term, sight money deposits, and lent them out (mostly) in the form of long-term, personal, non-marketable loans. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:53:18

Is There a Future for the Bank?

In the good old days of plain vanilla finance, intermediaries were distinguished, and clearly distinguishable , between bank and non-bank intermediaries. The former, it was explained, were "special" in that they collected funds (mostly) in the form of short-term, sight money deposits, and lent them out (mostly) in the form of long-term, personal, non-marketable loans. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:53:18

FHA Mortgage Insurance Fund Down 40%

Mortgage Law Central reports today on FHA’s Oversight Capability.  The House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing to look into the recent Business Week story alleging that predatory lenders are alive and well originating FHA loans. The committee listened to testimony from HUD on the approval process for FHA lenders, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:30:06

Hanging In There Ain’t Much Comfort When You’re Near the Top of The Range

Published this intro to the RevolutioNewsletter for subscribers on Monday…you can sign up to get these newsletter intro’s which I sometimes publish ... stocks, the best secular growers, the companies with no debt and tons of cash when (if) the market gets ... from the government paying off all the worthless contracts the company stupidly bought from AIG [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:20:19

Ainda o “downgrade” da S&P (3)

Bloomberg The risk of losses on European government bonds is mounting as the economic slowdown threatens credit ratings in Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Greece. Credit-default swaps tied to the debt of Ireland rose more than seven-fold ... to be threatened with a debt downgrade when Standard & Poor’s said the country’s long-term rating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:03:02

No Drilling In ANWR Ever?

Congress wants to put the arctic region of Alaska off limits to oil production permanently. The Udall-Eisenhower Artic Wilderness Act was reintroduced in the House on January 6th. It provides for placing the "Arctic coastal plain" under the aegis of the National Wilderness Preservation System so as to prevent any drilling activities in the are [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:26:58

LMT Focused on Shareholder Value – Analyst Blog

Lockheed Martin Corporation ( LMT ) is prudent in returning a substantial portion of its free cash flow to shareholders through share repurchases and incremental dividends. The company recently boosted its quarterly dividend by 10.5%, or 6 cents per-share. This took the quarterly dividend to 63 cents per share from the pre-existing dividend of 57 cents. The dividend is payable on Dec. 31, 2009 to shareholders of record as of Dec. 1, 2009. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 19:27:25

Exelon Lowballs Warren Buffett in NRG Bid

Warren Buffett didn’t get where he is by buying low and selling lower. But that is what Exelon is asking the billionaire investor to do ... for NRG in a short-lived hostile attempt in May 2006. Consolidation in the sector is much expected. UBS ... as the strongest among its rivals for its beefy cash position–the company can cover its current debt and [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 15:21:56

Will All Be Well, And End Well, In Estonia?

Well, there doesn’t seem to much room for doubt at this point does there, the Baltic Economies are in the van of the European economic slowdown for 2009, just as they were leading the charge up in 2007, and all that debate about whether we were going to get a hard landing or a soft one seems now so out of date and and old hat as we watch how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 15:59:56

Junk Into Gold: How Cablevision, MetroPCS, Fresenius Raised $2.1 Billion

Fund managers can’t sit on their cash forever. That is one guiding principle that helped a group of banks, led by J.P ... , MetroPCS and Fresenius SE. They combined timing, aggressively discounted pricing and old-fashioned ... to $750 million. MetroPCS drew $3.5 billion in demand for this week’s offering of $300 million of debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:13:00

Guest Post: Time to Recapitalize Banks Fully

As debate continues over the release of the second half of the Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program, Peter Boone and Simon Johnson argue that it’s time to stop taking half steps and make sweeping moves to fight bank insolvency. Boone is chairman of Effective Intervention, a U.K [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:47:00

Stanley Johnson: Credit Bubble Mascot

Every market bubble deserves its own mascot. The symbol of all that was wrong with that era ... or refinance your mortgage to lower your monthly payments. In the same way that the pets.com puppet ... in the eye and gleefully says "How do I do it? I'm in debt up to my eyeballs. I can barely pay [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 15:15:54

Portugal Sustains

“Art has a function of teaching about the human condition. We live in hope, hope is fundamental” - Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira (photo and quote above) is a living example for the Potuguese people of how to force their way out of the low growth/low per capita income trap into which they have steadily stuck their neck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:37:23

tips to get out of it

There are many reasons for people to face court actions, one of the many are financial cases, being submitted to court are because of bad credit ... consolidation with connection to other debt and financial managing companies. ... rebuild their credit card! by providing Debt Counseling and debt referral by Suze Orman Tips [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:06:08

The Farewell Address of the President of the United States

Here we go with, what was supposed to be the top story of tonight. But wasn’t. (Thank God for Canadian Geese! ) The Video: (via MSNBC) .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none ! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:57:33

Fama's Fallacy, Take I: Eugene Fama Rederives the "Treasury View"

A Guestpost from Montagu Norman, former Governor of the Bank of England: Back in the 1920s and 1930s--in the days that overly-clever bisexual academic dilettante John Maynard Keynes was trying to persuade us that if only we got the government to spend more money the unemployment rate might go down--by far the silliest argument against his [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:29:37

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

Get the Advantages of the Debt Consolidation

The world economy is now in crisis. As a result of this global economic crisis are that many companies and factories in the bankruptcy ... . In 3debtconsolidation.com site you will get enlightenment about you debt problem. And with their support ... s circumstances. The common worker and laborer in the world will be or is under debt already because [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:41:45

Debt management firms set for regulation?

The government is launching a consultation into debt management companies which could see the sector become regulated. Debt management firms typically offer to condense your payments to an affordable monthly amount and will negotiate with your creditors to get them to agree to lower your payments. read more [more...]

Date: 2009-09-18 11:54:54

get lucky

one of the greatest thing a very in debt person could have is have his or her debts be studied and analyze of a debt consolidation ... can get help by them providing lectures and giving ways on how to bounce back from credit and debt ... plastic cards on every shopping purchases in the malls and every shops that accepts credit cards [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:57:12

"Dynamic Scoring"

I was thinking about thinking about this: Dynamic Scoring, by Andy Harless: Suppose that, at the beginning of the fiscal year, Congress appropriates $100 billion extra for infrastructure projects. At the end of the fiscal year, how much higher will the deficit turn out to be, compared to what it otherwise would have been? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:33:00

Bad Credit Unsecured Personal Loans – Credit Score Repair Helps

Bad credit unsecured personal loans can greatly assist you in making ends meet financially.  The one thing that most borrowers worry about when it comes to personal loans is the interest rate.  To lower your interest rate credit score repair greatly helps.  It is very surprising how many borrowers attempt to get a personal loan without even knowing their credit score. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 22:33:44

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, and many more were left hanging on by a thread — a situation exacerbated by mounting job losses. In Ventura County, December foreclosure filings surged 37 percent from November and 97 percent from a year ago, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:16:59

No Credit Mortgage – Bad Credit Mortgage Rates Drop?

Bad credit mortgages are becoming more and more common in the United States as mortgage rates drop.  As the unemployment rate rises many bad credit and no credit borrowers want to get a low mortgage rate.  Unfortunately mortgage lenders are much more strict with their lending practices since the credit crisis began.  Many mortgage lenders have seen their competitors close their doors because of bad lending practices. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 20:53:09

MortgageNewsClips: Is The Fed Done?, Awesome Map, AARP 625k HECM, Banks Hoarding?, Muni Market, Bernanke, Warming Up, Fed High Wire, PMI Report, Ira Has 3

VIDEO: Monetary Policy with Zero Interest Rates: Is the Fed Done? ... that banks are hoarding capital. There’s just one problem: they’re not. Gary Townsend explains ... paper - Data provider Dealogic says global sales of corporate debt surged to $82 billion last week [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:21:57

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

Fed Watch: Short Takes for January 11, 2009

Tim Duy: Short Takes for January 11, 2009, by Tim Duy: I am running low on time these first few weeks of the term. Bits and pieces of things I am worried about: On the employment situation report: Mark catalogued links to a host of insightful commentary that pours over the details of this decidedly negative report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:15:24

Intermarket Relationships: Thinking In Themes

Consider how the markets traded today: * Treasury prices were up; ... * Commodity prices fell; most notably oil * Consumer discretionary shares underperformed consumer staples ... can trade in risk-seeking or risk-shunning ways. How traders treat Treasury debt relative to equities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 23:43:44

Fed's Latest Rescue Package Throws Lifeline to Home Buyers

According to this Reuters article, the Fed announced a new rescue package of $800 billion USD to lower the cost of home purchases, credit card and student loans. Under the new mortgage program, the Fed will buy up to $100 billion of debt issued by government-sponsored mortgage enterprises Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 09:12:56

Bad Credit Repair Tips & Advice

When it comes to trying to get a new car or a new house, there is nothing worse than having bad credit ... , there is such a thing as Bad Credit Repair. Starting Off Smart Of course, the best thing to do is to avoid getting ... is now to repair your credit profile so that when you need the help of a loan or credit card [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:22:09

Learn How to Manage Your Money

by Jim Parker Have you ever wondered why some people seem so financially sound? ... , savings and debt management. Personal finance covers everything involving your money, from knowing ... finance. It is common for people fail to budget and therefore they end up in debt and in financial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:59:28

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