Posts Tagged ‘Borrowers’

When Interest Rates Head Up

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It doesn't take any skill at prognostication to make this forecast: Interest rates are heading up. For one thing, they can't go any lower. Whether you think rising interest rates is good or bad mainly depends on whether you're a borrower or a lender. If you run a small business that depends on credit to buy raw materials or inventory, then rising interest rates are bad news. If you're a member of the rentier class and live on interest and dividends, then rising rates will be a boost to your income. Of course, it's an over-simplification to speak of… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - June 21, 2010 at 4:20 am

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Surprise! Peer to Peer Lending is Risky

Earlier this week, Mark Gimein wrote a great article on TheBigMoney.com detailing, statistically, how risky person-to-person lending really is. I’ve always known it to be peer to peer lending or social lending, but the article calls out the riskiness of Prosper.com, the first and one of the largest of the peer lending networks. To look at the results of Prosper’s loan marketplace, though, is to see not a solution to the credit crisis, but a microcosm of it. Loans to unqualified borrowers; reliance on mathematical models that turn out to be a lot less useful… Read the whole article...

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - January 19, 2010 at 10:20 pm

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Lending Club Review – Peer to Peer Lending, a Solid Investment and Borrowing Alternative

10 Comments After the stock market crashed at the end of 2008, many people, including younger generations became very skeptical of the stock market and what it had to offer as a legitimate place to park your money. Peer-to-peer lending is a concept that has been around for a very long time, but the method as to how it was carried out was not always efficient at all. It went a little something like this: Friend #1: Hey best friend,… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - January 15, 2010 at 2:20 pm

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The Pros and Cons of Social Lending

Share This Photo: quaziefoto With faith in banks and credit card companies on the decline, more consumers are turning to social lending as an alternative to existing financial institutions for their borrowing needs. The worst offenders, credit card companies, have been lowering credit limits and increasing penalty fees and interest rates on even their most loyal customers. For this reason, frustrated credit card holders comprise one of the largest sectors looking into lending sites to refinance credit card debt. With interest rates as low as 7.8%… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - January 6, 2010 at 10:20 pm

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Borrow Money With Prosper & Lending Club

Earlier this year, I hosted a guest post by Jonathan sharing his experiences with borrowing money from peer to peer lending network Prosper. Just recently, I received the following email from a reader singing their praises: I’ve borrowed twice now from Prosper and I love it. The first loan was $7000 at 8.65% for three years and the most recent was $8000 at 9.65% for three years. I got the 2nd in response to the credit cards jacking up my interest rate and slashing my credit limit no reason. I was so angry about the… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - December 22, 2009 at 6:20 pm

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Older Americans struggling with debt

Much more senior citizens are taking on extreme credit score score ary debt, leaving them monetarily susceptible. Reduced retirement monetary financial savings due to the stock marketplace, increased well being-linked expenditures, and fixed incomes depart many seniors no option but to rely on credit score score urvive. In actuality, a current >>>>study by Demosquantity of older Americans submitting for bankruptcy has elevated at alarming rates

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - July 31, 2009 at 1:20 am

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