Financial Articles
Stocks Rise for Fourth Day, Euro Climbs as Greek Concerns Ease
Stocks Rise for Fourth Day, Euro Climbs as Greek Concerns Ease Stocks rose for a fourth day, the euro strengthened to a three-week high against the dollar and commodities rallied after Greece’s government took the first step in adopting an austerity plan aimed at averting a default. Read more on BusinessWeek
I want my car repossessed. Why won’t they?
I want my car repossessed. Why won’t they? Why The Lender Won’t Repossess A Vehicle After Bankruptcy Quite often when a person files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and lists a vehicle to be surrendered to the lender it is not claimed. Many people are surrendering their vehicles, which lowers the resale value. When the value [...]
Financial literacy program helps keep tabs on spending
Financial literacy program helps keep tabs on spending Money Matters Course Having Large Impact on Adult Learners Students at a recent Money Matters course, held by the Literacy Group of Waterloo Region, are very excited about what they are learning. During the course, the students, many of which are recent immigrants to the region, learned [...]
Bill Gross: Bond Vigilante, Minsky Convert
Bill Gross: Bond Vigilante, Minsky Convert Cross-posted from Credit Writedowns In the end, I hearken back to revered economist Hyman Minsky – a modern-day economic godfather who predicted the subprime crisis. “Big Government,” he wrote, should become the “employer of last resort” in a crisis, offering a job to anyone who wants one – for [...]
Five Tips for Finding Lost Loot
Five Tips for Finding Lost Loot Unclaimed money, from bank accounts to utility deposits, tax refunds, unredeemed savings bonds and pensions are but a few types of unclaimed property available to the rightful owner or heir. The first stop in locating unclaimed property should be at the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators’ website, which [...]
Eurozone boosts current bailout fund
Eurozone boosts current bailout fund LUXEMBOURG – European finance ministers have raised their guarantees for the current rescue fund to allow it… Read more on Boston Herald
Capital One to buy ING’s U.S. online bank
Capital One to buy ING’s U.S. online bank Capital One Financial Corp plans to buy ING Groep NV’s U.S. online bank for $9 billion in cash and stock, leapfrogging up the ranks of the largest U.S. banks, the companies said on Thursday afternoon. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News
Papandreou reshuffles Greek government
Papandreou reshuffles Greek government Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou announced Wednesday that a government reshuffle will take place Thursday, after which he will seek a vote of confidence in parliament. Read more on CNN
Sapient Global Markets and Standard and Poor’s Form Alliance to Offer Valuation and Risk Management for Large …
Sapient Global Markets and Standard and Poor’s Form Alliance to Offer Valuation and Risk Management for Large … Sapient Global Markets and Standard and Poor’s Valuation and Risk Strategies have today announced a formal alliance to provide clients with in-depth valuation and analysis of structured finance securities including asset- and mortgage-backed securities , and covered [...]
Slow Recovering Economy Forces More College Graduates to Move Back in With Parents, Consolidated Credit Offers Insight …
Slow Recovering Economy Forces More College Graduates to Move Back in With Parents, Consolidated Credit Offers Insight … A great number of college graduates find themselves facing the harsh reality of turning to their parents for help after graduation due to low employment opportunities according to financial counselors at Consolidated Credit Counseling Services. Consolidated Credit [...]