Consolidating Debt

With the bad market now, a lot of people turn to get help to consolidate debt ... or pay off credit card bills. By the way, various programs are available for consolidating debt ... that is applicable to you. Technorati Tags: Debt,Consolidation,Credit Problem [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 19:32:03

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Understanding Financial Aspect and Debt Consolidation

I am back now guys. I just watched some news in a television program while having some chat with my husband ... that you will also pay it later every time you swipe that credit card. Credit here, loans ... if you have problems right now about your finances and those tons of credits you have. How to become debt free [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 22:11:29

UK’s Marks and Spencer to sack 1,000 employees

UK fashion retailer Marks and Spencer will announce the sacking of 1,000 employees tomorrow after experiencing dire Christmas trading ... have had an emergency restructuring team sent in from Deloitte. According to The Times, these stores employ ... its three billion pound debt. Unemployment is now rising at a faster rate than during the 1990s [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 10:33:19

No Ordinary Black Swan Event

by The Mogambo Guru It may be part of the "Season of Giving" for which December is famous, but readers are writing to helpfully suggest things, ... Gross National Debt now being $10.601 trillion, versus last year at this time when it was "only" $9.139 ... us, as a nation, another $1.462 trillion in debt in one year! One year! One! And all of this [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 21:55:59

Fed Slashes U.S. Interest Rate To Basically Zero

Wasn’t the Fed supposed to cut rates in half today, from 1 percent to 0 ... income” no-doc teaser-rate reverse-equity 105% loans that enabled Juan Drywallhanger and his old lady ... $40,000 per year and already buried in credit-card and SUV debt. So, now that grand era can return again [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 20:54:35

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

A Plan to Be Debt Free in 2009

Considering the current state of the economy, it’s likely a smart thing to try and rid yourself of any excess debt right now ... out your latest credit card statements, auto loan statements, student loan statements, etc ...  are a bit lower, and are also tax deductible. debt-payoff-plan Some people decide that it’s easier [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 16:10:27

Truth About Filing Bankruptcy

I've been hearing a lot about houses being left abandoned in the States right now due to recession ... government debt consolidation loans much like the loans we have here in the Philippines from PAGIBIG ... is easily attainable with debt consolidation especially when there are reputable and non-profit credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 13:38:57

The “Helicopter Drop” Has Begun

The Fed cut interest rates to effectively 0% today, but that really isn’t important. The problem is that even though money is now ( ... about all the existing debt starting to go bad, so creating new loans doesn’t make sense. Thus comes the “helicopter ... debt and mortgage-backed securities to provide support to the mortgage and housing markets.” [more...]

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

Letting go of the old and moving on to the new

Welcome to 2009.2008 was quite a year for us. So many exciting things happened, there are things that I haven't even written about yet. Yikes! ... for something NEW!Debt reduction and elimination is our other main focus this year. This is the continuation ... of credit card addiction. It's that other debt we are looking at now: student loans, home equity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:25:00

College Loan Slavery: Student Debt Is Getting Way Out of Hand

I have seen this first hand. No one holds a gun to these people's heads. They don't understand sacraficing now to have more later ... debt. And don't get me started on all the credit card kiosks around campuses. Only fools get those ... into a pit of debt from which many will never recover. Raya Golden thought she was handling college [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 13:25:34

How Should We Help Underwater Home Owers ?

Martin Feldstein has another plan to fix housing. It is a variation of the 30/20/10 plan I proposed earlier in the year, ... , recourse loan: “More than 12 million homeowners now have mortgage debt that exceeds the value ... take other assets or income to make up the difference between the unpaid loan balance and the lower [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 12:40:23

Thriving on Less - A Guide to Getting Out of Debt

“Debt is the worst poverty.” - Thomas Fuller It was only a few years ago when I was overloaded with debt – so much so that I couldn’t make all my payments and I had numerous debts sent to several collection agencies. I had creditors calling ... payment and make rent. It’s hard to imagine those days now – the unbearable burden of that debt – [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:55:47

Get Out of Debt in 2009

The new year is here and many of you have new year’s resolutions on your mind ... dedicated to helping others get ouf of debt. About No Credit Needed NCN is 33 years old ... eliminate debt. He now tracks his progress for saving for retirement and his children’s education [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:55:20

November 2008 Goals Update

Goal Specific-Pay off transferred credit card balance Measurable-approximately $11K Attainable-$800 a month Realistic-That’s about what I pay every month right now for debt servicing. Timely-By January 2010 Grade: Neutral $800+ went to the credit card company, but netted out to ($622.09) because I have a recurring subscription charge [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 19:04:57

44 Essential Personal Development Posts from ‘08

2008 has been by far the best year of my life. I have hundreds of stories to tell, ... to Boost Your Brain Power - Litemind How to Be a Man - Steve Pavlina Success by Elimination: Removing ... to Cut Right Now if You’re in Debt - Consumerist 40 Ways to Make Money on the Internet - Dumb Little [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 12:18:52

Secured Debt Consolidation Loans: Life Is Now Securer And Safer

From now onwards, for the people who have the capacity to keep their assets as collateral, the debt burdens will appear to be nothing troublesome. You will be considered to be eligible for getting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:19:26

IZVESTIA: Russian Expert Says America Will Decline and Break Up

A Russian expert was quoted in the Russian daily, Izvestia, predicting America’s decline and ultimate break-up. I absolutely concur with the man ... rent, one got an expensive car with a big monthly payment, they went halves on a huge plasma TV ... on debt. The bills are now coming due and there is panic in the air. The drunken spending orgy [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 19:29:53

NZ economy faces stagnation

WELLINGTON (New Zealand) - NEW Zealand's battered economy faces a year of stagnation with no recovery in sight until 2010, ... to liberalize the economy, reform regulations and revive confidence in a deeply negative business sector ... the unemployment rate climb to 7.5 per cent from 4.3 per cent now. Government debt was forecast to rise [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:14:00

Seabreeze Church Dances While Bills Pile Up

The New York Times yesterday featured a church called Seabreeze in a story about debt-ridden churches now struggling to pay bills. Seabreeze is a Saddleback church plant that followed Rick Warren’s seeker plan for growth. The problem is, Warren-style circus church is not as lucrative as it once was, and now forclosures loom [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 00:13:26

Benchmarks and Tempations

I am beyond thrilled to say that, after a lot of really hard work, I am now $337.00 away from being debt-free except for my mortgage ... (k), but I have basically been plugging away at the debt very hard the last couple years.  (Having a roommate also ... : to be one of those people with no mortgage in ten years or less by socking all that money at the loa [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:55:55

Bailout Costs Now $74,000 Per U.S. Household, And Keep On Coming

The bailouts are being rolled out at such an incredible pace now, ... debts and credit card borrowings who, it is hoped, will open their lending books again. For those ... it’s difficult to keep track of them all- and America’s debt is growing by the second. Here’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 07:01:29

Payday Loans-Learn How To Avoid Them

People get their good and bad habits at an early age. If you want to become a responsible person, you have to exercise the right things now ... to be caught up in a debt trap that can only worsen your current situation. There are unquestionably ... so that when something comes  out of the blue, you will have money to spend. There are counselling [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 16:27:53

Rebates' Fiscal (Non)Stimulus

While I do not have time at the moment to do a proper summary of this paper by John Taylor at Stanford, it is a good read and not that long ... their means and it needs to remain there. Consumer debt is actually going down right now, minimally at least, and that is a good thing. The problem is not a lack of consumer spending [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:33:31

Deficit projection ’stuns’ Congress

Stunned at the prospect of a $1.2 trillion deficit this fiscal year, ... Hill was how big the recovery package needs to be to reverse the economy’s slide. Now, there’ ... of borrowing and debt that’s too much for future generations to bear? “There’s a consensus among [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:06:36

Stimulus Bill Outlined By House Democrats as Senate Budget Sees a Wall of Debt

This morning, House Democratic leaders released summaries of the $275 b. of tax cuts and $550 b ... to stimulate the economy.  The bulk of it paid down debt or was saved.  Now we're trying again ... mortgage foreclosures and to clean "troubled" assets from bank balance sheets.  Allen Sinai supported [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:04:23

How To Settle Credit Card Debt

Now look at it, inserted harmlessly in the folds of your purse ... , they realize just what’s going on how to settle credit card debt. It’s no coincidence that as per the Federal Reserve’s most recent survey nearly half of American homes are bogged down with credit card debt [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 20:35:42

The Water Bill

Quick one tonight!  I got a water bill today, no surprises there, it happens.  The bill reads: “Final Demand Overdue Amount: £5 ... to a Debt Collection Agency or by court action. … … THIS SITUATION IS SERIOUS - ACT NOW TO AVOID ... notice with a thread of debt collection or legal action.  And this isn’t the first time either [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 01:28:15

Could the credit crunch be good for startups?

This morning Nortel filed Chapter 11 and on first look this might seem like a bad thing ... the ship.  Since 2005 the company has lost almost $3.5 billion and now has $4.5 billion in debt ... without regard to whether or not their solutions are a) profitable, b) sustainable and c) innovative [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:38:34

No need for debt now, says National Grid

National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, the new operator of the country’s power distribution grid, is at the moment not considering tapping the debt market to amortize its $3-billion concession fee balance, company president and chief executive Walter Brown said Thursday. More… [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:02:10

RMC collectwhatever can kiss my butt.

I keep getting these totally ignorant phone calls from some collection agency about my Verizon bill. They claim that I owe Verizon, well them now because they bought the debt, the amount of $781.95 ... , they refuse to send me a paper notice of this debt, refuse to give me any kind of information [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 02:17:23

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

Foreign Central Banks Maintain Steady Agency Debt Selloff Pace

"Our inaction did not hamper credit markets — it helped to destroy them ... of the government guarantee on Agency Debt (now officially "effective"). This week a Bloomberg story 1 gives ... SFAS 140 and the QSPE off-balance-sheet deals they govern are supposed to constitute a risk [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 07:05:02

Who Should Have Been Mormon of the Year, 1970-1989

Permanent Link : Comments (22) Welcome to Guest Blogger Sheldon Gilbert by Marc Bohn We’re due for an infusion of new blood here at T&S, ... competition and lost interest in being a lawyer altogether. After graduating in May 2008, Sheldon took ... from the practice of law. He now intends to accrue even more student debt by pursuing a Ph.D in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:00:53

SP earnings of 42.00 is being generous

regarding earnings, will gain more traction this month…I personally think SP earnings of 42.00 is being generous…AA miss will add fuel to the fire ... . 4. we just doubled our national debt from 9T to just about 18T in 6 months. 5. debt to GDP ratio is now 400… ... sees 920-950 I am going fully short…the COT data, P/C ratio, CNBC, McClellen Summ Index, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 16:10:38

Be Debt Free with Bills IQ

My husband and I just bought a house a few months ago ... our two cars are paid off, we still have credit card debt. I don't like debt and I'd like to be out it if I could help it. With our situation right now, I have considered debt consolidation to help lower [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 18:19:00

eHealth Insurance; Options For Your Health Care

Do you have health insurance? eHealth Insurance is basically an online insurance store, ... and one for $20, and will just continue your account along, without sending it to a collection agency ... , the fastest growing debt load in America right now is the defaulting of paying back medical claims. Even [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 23:37:06

GOP Attacks Labor in Alternative Auto Bailout Plan

Saying the Democrats’ Detroit bailout plan “guarantees failure at taxpayer expense, ... t be trusted to fix a problem they created, the Republicans say. From the statement out of Rep. John ... , when the GOP took control of Congress in 1994, the federal debt was roughly $4.7 trillion. Now it stands [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 19:11:45

The Real Meaning of 'Stimulus'

From Victor Davis Hanson: For just one week we should ban the verb "stimulate" and the noun "stimulus" — and substitute instead the more honest "borrow," or "print," or "debt"; as in "The government plans to borrow another $1 trillion ... met to consider a $1 trillion debt program." But as it is now, the euphemisms only take us ever [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 14:12:36

GOP attacks labor in alternative auto bailout plan

Saying the Democrats’ Detroit bailout plan “guarantees failure at taxpayer expense, ... t be trusted to fix a problem they created, the Republicans say. From the statement out of Rep. John ... , when the GOP took control of Congress in 1994, the federal debt was roughly $4.7 trillion. Now it stands [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 21:36:51

Debt Consolidation In A Nutshell

Drowning in debts as you read this article?  Having a hard time settling your debts which are now payable and insistent?  Giving up necessities just to get by?  Feeling helpless because [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 05:39:03

Wrong thing, wrong time

I distrust a closed-mouthed man. He generally picks the wrong time to talk and says all the wrong things ... of the energy file, Dalton McGuinty’s government seems willing to defy all logic, reason, advice, evidence and now the capital and debt markets in its bid to see wind turbines spinning on every hill [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:02:15

Bartering in Today's Economy

We are working so hard to save money for our farm and dream home. It's difficult considering we have only a minimal amount of income ... money. Trading can involve credit cards, money, etc. And money is defined as a medium of exchange ... . Now we use credit cards, getting into debt for a sandwich or gallon of gas.Bartering is a good way [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:30:00

Hate Myself!

I was totally caught at hello! Because of my busyness and doing a lot of things both online and offline, ... badly! Remember my post yesterday? My goal was to be debt free and now this! After knowing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:04:11

PRINT IS DEAD - EGON

Nothing we are doing here today is meant in any way to suggest that we don’t believe in the future of print publishing in our other newspaper markets" ... and went private. Now it is so saddled with debt and loss of business, it fold entirely [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:19:00

Battling to Rebuild New Orleans by June Cross

Battling to Rebuild New Orleans by June Cross For her Frontline documentary, airing Tuesday evening on PBS stations, ... .  Meanwhile, she studied the shifting rules of the Road Home Small Rental Homeowners’ program ... , and now I’m in so much debt I can’t ever see a way [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:37:53

5 Common budgeting myths

My wife and I have been living on a budget for a little over two years now ... our accounts, we see our debt consistently going down, and our savings going up. The best part ... .  To budget you need to know how to add, subtract and/or use a calculator. The most simple and easiest [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 10:10:18

5 Common budgeting myths

My wife and I have been living on a budget for a little over two years now ... our accounts, we see our debt consistently going down, and our savings going up. The best part ... To budget you need to know how to add, subtract and/or use a calculator. The most simple and easiest [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 10:10:18

Pensioners hit by spiralling credit card debts forced to take out loans as energy prices soar

One in four people is approaching retirement with thousands of pounds worth of debt because they cannot meet the rising cost of living ... for debt charity the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) said the research tallied with its own ... to pay their bills. The average credit card debt for the age group is now just over £8,000, according [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 00:05:36

Individuals With Too Much Debt Can Receive Monetary Assistance From Federal Grants Available Now

Author : Lindsy Emery Owning a home is a great responsibility and equally a huge reward Many people who move from an apartment into their own home cite it as one of the most enjoyable experiences of their lives Home ownership is a very long commitment to a mortgage and that responsibility doesn't go away just because other circumstances may change In a financially challenged economy, many homeowners find themselves facing hardships when it comes to keeping their house payments up to date [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 04:18:13

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