What is going on right now with regard to the Federal government and the credit industry represents possibly the single greatest realignment of the role of government in...

The most precariously financed newspaper deals apparently are starting to hit the wall, wiping out equity investors and causing at least some lenders to try to sell their...

Okay, so I view my last post on 401k loans as a failure. I tried to use as little math as possible in explaining why 401k loans are not a bad idea due to the incorrect...

I'm a very weak person in the respect that I use the internet to spoil any kind of wonder I may have about something. For instance, I knew the whole plot and happening...

President Bush reversed his stance on a congressional plan to help Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac weather the mortgage crisis and to provide struggling homeowners with more...

I have noticed an increasing amount of discussion regarding 401(k) loans. While almost all sources denounce this as a bad idea, I take issue with one of the supposed...

More than half the 120,563 mortgage professionals registered in Florida entered the industry this decade without being licensed by the state, The Miami Herald found. More...

WHO: Alejandro Miyar and Senior Communications Adviser Fred Balsera WHAT: Campaign press conference call to introduce new Spanish-language radio ad. WHEN: Wednesday,...

A buddy from Detroit says that the car sector is through. We can't disagree with him. Who has less of a clue, the mortgage sector who handed out NINJA loans (No Income,...

Back in 1989, when I spent four months scouring the road-laced reaches of the western Amazon researching my first book, The Burning Season, I learned a lot about the...

The party is over. If you want a mortgage you're going to have to be able to afford it. Oh no! Now what are you going to do? Kiplinger's has an article that explains how...

James Grant: For every dollar of equity capital, a well-financed regional bank holds perhaps $10 in loans or securities. Wall Street's biggest broker-dealers could hardly...

So I’ve decided to take a stab at real estate investing. I found a duplex for sale in Los Angeles. The property is a short sale. The owner bought it in November...

Bloomberg writes that SMS-loans account for 20 percent of problem debts in Finland. Accoridng to the Finnish statistics bureau, Finns have taken about 270,000 SMS loans...

In 2008, the summer solstice will occur at 23:59 UT on Friday, June 20. It is the first time since 1975 that it hasn’t occurred on June 21. To celebrate, b5media is...

The big increase in consumer debt is driven by a major shift in the way lenders approach their business. Being repaid by borrowers was once crucial to lenders, but now...

The headlines in the papers make it seems as if the sky is falling. It isn't. The sky fell from ~2000-2008 when homeprices shot up 300% in the US, making them...

Call it the Indymac massacre. It’s the second largest bank failure in US history. Many of the unfortunate souls who put their hard-earned dough in Indymac’s...

The donations to CustomizeGoogle has become loans to several businesses in the developing world using a website called Kiva.org.You can go to Kiva's website and lend to...

In light of the cautionary statement issued by Judge Brian Galgut, the Ombudsman for Long-term Insurance, about the dangers of borrowing against a life assurance...