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Posts Tagged ‘debt’
Who are these DIY bank execs?
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 by Nick Kaye
saw a headline today:
“Bank of America May Need $34 Billion in New Capital”
WAIT, isn’t that just another way of saying:
“Bank of America Fails To The Tune of At Least $34 Billion Dollars”
And in a parallel dimension the same “story” might headline thus:
“All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Cached; Please Restock”
Who are these DIY bank execs? [...]
Read the fine print on that loan!
Monday, May 4th, 2009 by Attn:Money
“Students’ First Lesson: Beware Loans’ Fine Print” headlines this NY Times article: “Private student loans have become more attractive in this economy, but financial disclosures in the market are uneven.”
Addressing “education loans”
Sunday, April 5th, 2009 by edsax
Are you addressing the “education loans” in the book? I find it predatory that these lenders offer what they call college loans at the rates and terms offered up.
Parental Bailouts
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 by Ken Kaye
Different kinds and degrees of debt demand different kinds of intervention. But let’s begin with the general question: Is it wise to bail our adult children out of trouble they got themselves into? Or should one let them bear the consequences, so they learn?
Unless this is a long-term chronic problem, grab your bailing bucket. Absolutely. The lessons taught by overwhelming debt aren’t taught any better by letting a bad crisis become hopeless. Debt isn’t like water standing three feet deep in a basement, which has ruined the books and games stored there but will eventually flow away again and leave the owner with some cleaning up to do. It’s a rising flood, threatening to carry off the whole house—literally. Left alone, it doesn’t go away, it just gets deeper.