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

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A Good Debt Management Program Can Be a Life Saver

by William Blake Do you feel like you are over you head in debts? Many see themselves buried in debt due to car loans, medical bills, student loans, credit card debt, etc. All of these debts can spell financial disaster as the majority of them are unsecured loans [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 19:13:30

Fed Announces $800 Billion in Homeowner, Consumer and Small Business Aid

The U.S. Federal Reserve and Treasury Department announced yesterday (Tuesday) ... often taken for students, car owners, credit card ... in direct debt issued by those firms. Beginning next week, the Fed’s primary lenders will auction [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 15:26:47

Holiday Cheer: Reality is Not All It's Cracked Up to Be

I am currently on blog holiday, and am re-posting some refreshing concoctions from Christmases past.Life. It's deep, right? ... surrounding (i.e. Shaolin), that credit card debt and those student loans aren't mundane, they suddenly [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:00:00

What Is Debt Consolidation And Can It Help You

by William Blake Most people have heard of debt consolidation through junk mail, on television, or other forms of media ... cases, debt consolidation involves several unsecured debts into one secured loan. This secured loan ... , but typically the steps are different for student loans than for unsecured debt from credit cards [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 14:01:07

Fewer Homes, Smaller Homes

Every municipality in Virginia bases its land use planning on the anticipated demand for new housing ... or the economic realities of student loans and credit card debt, I don't know. But it's happening [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 10:52:00

And now for something completely different: The Poverty Party

So Bossy…do you all know Bossy?  She’s over there on my sidebar, Bossy is ... was his student loans.  $15,000 was credit cards and other bad, bad debt including an old car loan for a car ... married, I had approximately $18,000 in student loan debt to my name.  Not great, I think we’d agree [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 15:14:56

Tell All Tuesday: The Budget Crunch Edition

Even though our situation has changed greatly since June of 2007 when I started this blog, ... that extra $200 that was going to the credit card each month to my spouse’s student loan ... directly to our snowflake fund to pay off my spouse’s student loan. We do all this because [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 18:53:36

Passing the Rescue Package Isn’t Enough

Center for American Progress ... avoids cutbacks in individual credit such as auto loans, student loans, and credit cards [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 23:21:21

Op-Ed Friday: Pretty Gross

Still, while such a transformation is, to put it mildly, undesirable, the policies are necessary. As outlined in these pages, the U.S ... securities such as credit card, student loan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:02:55

Leaky SIV

There is a $2billion bid list circulating through the market for the liquidation of a SIV. It is mostly credit card paper and student loans ...       78442GLA2      110mm   3.7yr student loan SLMA 2004-3 A4      78442GLG9      125mm   2.6yr student loan [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 15:27:01

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Consumers to get new loan program. The Treasury and Federal Reserve are working on a new facility to boost consumer financing, ... loans, student loans and credit cards, but could eventually be expanded to include mortgages [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 12:15:23

Money Match #7: Rob: Chicago Male Seeking Male

Here's another Money Match personal ad from a longtime reader. He sounds like a nice catch so step right up, Chicago-area gay guys! ... % of net income, car 10% of net, pretty conservative on other expenses. No credit card debt, student [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 13:02:00

Ten Big Tips for Recent College Graduates

Graduating from college is a big adjustment for most students as s/he has to trade-in an insulated, academic, ... all, you don't want to be worrying about credit card debt by the time you're 25, right?): 1. Begin ... your credit card.  It's ok to have one and use [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 18:40:41

Pretty big steps. Does the real Minsky Moment lie ahead?

"We are looking at some pretty big steps which we would not take in ordinary times but we are ready to take them.. ... US student debt and credit card debt (judging by my stay in Ann Arbor, home to UMich, the two [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 12:00:48

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

Leaving The Paycheck to Paycheck Mentality

For all of my adult life, I’ve looked at my money on a monthly basis, and assigned bills to each paycheck ... the car loan, his student loan, and the credit card, our recurring monthly bills are almost exactly [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 16:09:28

MortgageNewsClips: On Risk Models, Dow Chart, Credit Cards and Colleges, OC Prices Off, Russian Socialism, David Merkel, Cram Downs, Buying Bonds, Bank Spreadsheet, Fannie and Indy, Mark Perry, Protect Me, 4 more, Ira 3-Fer

       Risk Modeling Section - models don’t always work! - 2 important articles: 1 ... Trap Unspoken Link Between Credit Cards and Colleges - JONATHAN D. GLATER - … Hundreds of colleges ... consumer debt —  the arrangements have sounded alarm bells, and some student groups are starting to push [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:15:07

American Red Cross Web-based Classes in Santa Rosa

RED CROSS OFFERS A NEW WEB-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN SONOMA & MENDOCINO COUNTIES (JANUARY) ... (have credit card ready) • fax registration information to (707)543-8523 (include date and time of class desired, VISA/Mastercard information, phone and all contact information) • mail check or credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:20:52

Wigan vs Tottenham Highlights Video

.fullpost{display:inline;}Wigan vs TottenhamAfter an absorbing contest in the FA Cup, Wigan and Tottenham cross swords once again on Sunday, ... ,Student Loans,Debt Consolidation,Credit Cards. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 05:19:00

Bailout homeowners first: expert

by Frank James The ever compelling Dr. Nouriel Roubini, ... loans, credit cards, auto loans and student loans) while their assets (values of their homes [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 13:38:28

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

When Your Financial State Improves, Do Your Frugal Standards Change?

... replaced. We have very few debts now - just one student loan and a mortgage, no credit cards [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 20:00:34

Student Loans By the Numbers

I can’t believe summer is actually over. Where did the time go? As summer comes to a close, it is nice to welcome the start of football season. Let’s just hope my fantasy football team can actually win a game. I’m not excited about the prospects of becoming the Detroit Lions of my fantasy league. First off, I wanted to share this awesome graphic from College Scholarships.org . I’m so glad they shared this with me and I could then share it with my readers: Ask Mr. Credit Cards Spe [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 22:45:22

House shines light on student bankruptcy

“Earlier this week the House held a hearing on private student loans and bankruptcy, shedding light for the first time on a rather unknown yet devastating aspect of student debt. Did you know that because of legislation dating back to 1976 under the Higher Education Act private student loans are unable to be discharged through bankruptcy? In other words, feel free to run up the credit card and splurge, but take out loans to pay for education? That’s just reckless. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 02:57:21

Achieving the Goal of Financial Freedom

Every year on my birthday, I set goals for myself for the coming year ... of my outstanding student loans, three weeks ahead of my self-imposed deadline. I carry zero credit card debt, so we can check that off of my list. But I still have my loan from SCI to pay off. However [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 15:25:39

$75 user participation survey for those in debt

As I think I have mentioned before, I am working with a company called DebtGoal in development of their product ... in credit card debt At least 2 other types of debt (mortgage, auto, student loan, home equity loan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 15:48:20

Derby County vs Man Utd Highlights Video

.fullpost{display:inline;}Derby County 1 - 0 Man Utd30' Kris CommonsOnce again, ... Advance,Auto Loans,Student Loans,Debt Consolidation,Credit Cards. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 11:18:00

Understanding Credit Information And How It Governs Our Everyday Life

When you ask for a student loan, try to get financing for a car or apply for a mortgage, the lender will look at your credit information ... slip into collection or made a settlement offer on a past credit card. By assessing this financial [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 09:07:06

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

Top 1000 most expensive keywords updated 725-825

Updated the next 100 from 725-825 wow did you know that enterprise web hosting costs you $32 , ... rate $32.89 mesothelioma attorneys $32.88 student debt consolidation $32.88 irs ... countydui attorneys $32.76 platinum visa credit card $32.75 term insurance quotes online [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 21:46:00

Prepping Kids (Part 3)

Essential Money Skill #4: How to manage bills and other paperwork ... a payment on a credit card, being late with a bill payment, or not keeping track of her paperwork ... with him. Create a Student Loan File which includes all student loan information, a projection of how much [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 11:48:49

What’s Your Story?

When it comes to getting people’s attention, more and more I read that the story matters. And it’s true ... you that Skype helped my German exchange student friends keep in touch with their friends and family ... after using personal finance blogs to feed her love of reading and keep her credit card debt down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:26:54

Should Christians Use Credit Cards?

This post was written by Linda Bustos is an editor for Creditor Web, where you can learn about debt forum. The Bible gives wise advice that we should not go into debt. There aremany reasons for this – ... there can be understandablereasons to go into debt – a mortgage, a student loan, a car loan – thedebt in itself [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 12:07:00

Reviews On Nikon - Coolpix 10.1-Megapixel Digital Camera

With a thesis on money laundering, a certain law student frequently used Google to find her online references ... to repair problem with the internet or the search engine were dashed as the glitch refused ... activity, spyware is frequently used for purposes such as gathering credit card information [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:06:56

Southampton vs Man Utd Highlights Video

.fullpost{display:inline;}Southampton 0 - 3 Manchester United20' 0 - 1 Goal Danny Welbeck37' Matthew Paterson Red Card 48' ... , but Bobby Stokes' goal gave the south coast side a 1-0 victory and their only major trophy.Personal Loans,Cash Advance,Auto Loans,Student Loans,Debt Consolidation,Credit Cards.Danny Welbeck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 12:53:00

Stocks dive as US Treasury plans to prop consumer lending

Stocks dive as US Treasury plans to prop consumer lending Submitted by Sahil Nagpal on Wed, 11/12/2008 - 23:06 ... rescue fund to credit card and loan companies reflected growing concern over drops in consumer spending, auto buying and student borrowing. "This market, which is vital for lending and growth [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 23:06:43

YouTube & Leadpile Lead Exchange

... Business cash advance Credit card processing Equipment leasing Internet marketing services Web design ... repair Debt consolidation Debt settlement Tax debt relief Bankruptcy Student loan consolidation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 14:49:18

Reforms Make It Harder To Give Credit Cards To College Students

Due to the latest credit card alterations that are starting up next year, card issuers will have a strenuous time getting teenagers on college campuses to apply for credit cards without their parents’ knowledge. As students arrive on campus, card issuers will be there to meet them at many schools. “Issuers will try to continue to market to college students between now and the time the legislation takes effect,” said Bill Hardekopf, chief executive of LowCards.com, a site that tracks cards. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-13 15:21:17

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

Bank of America Refuses a Hardship Application

I was recently contacted by a full time college student with five credit card accounts ... his credit as much as possible. All of the credit card companies, with the exception of Bank of America ... , I have scoured the net for info regarding my debt, and yours is definitely one of (if not the most [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 01:28:29

Best Student Credit Cards

Best Student Credit Cards by jim on December 27, 2008 With the new FICO score rules removing the impact of piggybacking, ... cards are that the limits are low but you can still fall very deep into debt. Only spend that which [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 17:09:34

Welcome to the Bad Credit Hotel: Check in for Free!

Mirrors on the ceiling…. pink champagne on ice. We are all just prisoners here, of our own device… ... marketing on college campuses and how student credit card debt has become a serious problem. Recent ... students — and adults as well — to learn to get a grip on excessive credit card spending [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 14:22:16

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