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- Wayne Porter - Micro Financing Entrepreneurs
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- Jason Yip - Lending to change lives
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July 2009 June 2009
- 30: China Manufacturing Expands for the Fourth Straight Month
- 28: Increasing USA Saving Rate is a Good Sign
- 22: Canada’s Sound Regulation Resulted in a Sound Banking System Even During the Credit Crisis
- 18: Kiva Opens to USA Entrepreneur Loans
- 15: The Relative Economic Position of the USA is Likely to Decline
- 13: Y-Combinator’s Fresh Approach to Entrepreneurship
- 08: Saving Spurts as Spending Slashed
- 05: USA Unemployment Rate Jumps to 9.4%
- 04: Paying for Over-spending
- 01: GM and Citigroup Replaced by Cisco and Travelers in the Dow
- 31: Manage Your Borrowing and Avoid Debt Negotiators
- 28: Manufacturing Cars in the USA
- 27: Is Productivity Growth Bad?
- 26: Home Prices Fall by Record 19%
- 22: Growing Crude Storage in China
- 20: Deficit Threat from Health Care Costs
- 19: Bogle on the Retirement Crisis
- 18: Indian Stock Market up 17% Today
- 17: Can unemployment claims predict the end of the American recession?
- 14: Curious Cat Investing and Economics Carnival #2
- 12: Mortgage Rates: 6 Month and 5 Year Charts
- 11: Unemployment Rate Increased to 8.9%
- 10: Beware of the Sucker’s Rally
- 08: USA Consumers Paying Down Debt
- 06: What if Your Life Insurance Company Goes Bankrupt?
- 03: Warren Buffett’s Q&A With Shareholders 2009
- 03: Huge New Natural Gas Discoveries in the USA
- 01: Jubak Looks at 5 Technology Stocks
- 30: First Quarter GDP 2009 down 6.1%
- 29: More Outrageous Credit Card Fees
- 27: Capitalism from the Ground Up
- 26: Failure to Regulate Financial Markets Leads to Predictable Consequences
- 25: Mortgage Rates Falling on Fed Housing Focus
- 22: Skeptics Think Big Banks Should Not be Bailed Out
- 20: 100th Entrepreneur Loan
- 16: The Value of Home Ownership
- 15: April 2009 Federal Reserve Beige Book
- 14: Immediate Annuities
- 13: Buying Favors from Congress
- 12: It’s Now a Renter’s Market
- 11: Companies Keeping Older Workers as Economy Slows
- 09: Continued Large Spreads Between Corporate and Government Bond Yields
- 08: The Best Way to Rob a Bank is as An Executive at One
- 06: Tax Considerations with Mutual Fund Investments
- 05: Curious Cat Investing and Economics Carnival #1
- 04: A Banker Who Avoided Toxic Debt Bubble
- 03: Another 663,000 Jobs Lost in March in the USA
- 01: Small Business Profit and Cash Flow
- 30: Government Debt as a Percentage of GDP
- 28: Health Insurers Propose Pricing and Coverage Without Respect to Health
- 27: Data Shows Subprime Mortgages Were Failing Years Before the Crisis Hit
- 26: Congress Eases Bank Laws - 1999
- 25: Fed to Start Buying Treasury Bonds Today
- 24: USA Spent $2.2 Trillion, 16.2% of GDP, on Health Care in 2007
- 23: Credit Crisis the Result of Planned Looting of the World Economy
- 22: Add to Your 401(k) and IRA
- 21: California Unemployment Rate Climbs to 10.5 Percent
- 20: There is No Invisible Hand
- 19: Using Capitalism in Mali to Create Better Lives
- 18: Federal Reserve to Buy $1.2T in Bonds, Mortgage-Backed Securities
- 17: Coca-Cola Chooses Bond Financing Over Commercial Paper
- 16: China A-Share Premium
- 15: 12 Stocks for 10 Years - March 2009 Update
- 14: Over Half of 2008 Foreclosures From Just 35 Counties
- 12: A Survival Plan for Global Capitalism
- 10: OPEC Quota Cuts are Reducing Oil Inventory
- 09: The USA Economy Needs to Reduce Personal and Government Debt
- 08: Making Money Buying Distressed Mortgages
- 07: FreeWave: Successful Company in Difficult Times
- 06: USA Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.1%, Highest Level Since 1983
- 05: Changing Shopping Habits
- 04: House of Cards - Mortgage Crisis Documentary
- 03: I Wouldn’t Sell Oil at These Prices
- 02: Manufacturing Contracting Globally
- 01: When Will the Recession Be Over?
- 27: Low Mortgage Rates But High Eligibility Requirements
- 26: Warren Buffet Webcast to MBAs
- 25: Rich Americans Sue to Keep Evidence of Their Tax Evasion From the Justice Department
- 25: More Companies Cutting Dividends Than Any Year Since Before 1954
- 24: Jumbo Loan Defaults Rise at Fast Pace
- 23: What the Bailout and Stimulus Are and Are Not
- 21: Volcker: Economic Decline Faster Now Than Any Time He Remembers
- 19: Credit Card Charge-offs Increase to Over 7% of Accounts
- 17: Who Will Buy All the USA’s Debt?
- 16: Japanese Economy Shrinks 12.7%
- 14: Drug Giant Pledges Cheap Medicine for World’s Poor
- 12: China and USA Exports and Imports Drop Sharply
- 08: Sound Canadian Banking System
- 04: Money Hacks Carnival #50
- 01: Housing Rents Falling in the USA
- 31: GDP Down 3.8%, Worst Since 1982
- 28: Great Time for a Vacation
- 26: Our Capacity Remains Undiminished
- 25: Employees Face Soaring Health Insurance Costs
- 23: Myths About Adam Smith Ideas v. His Ideas
- 22: Too Much Leverage Killed Mervyns
- 20: International Development Fair: The Human Factor
- 18: USA Standard of Living in Jeopardy
- 16: Teaching Teens About Credit Cards
- 15: The Impact of Credit Scores and Jumbo Size on Mortgage Rates
- 13: Medical Debt Increases as Economy Declines
- 12: Consumer Credit Falls By Record Amount in November
- 11: Madoff ‘victims’ do math, realize they profited
- 09: FDIC Study of Bank Overdraft Fees
- 08: Stock Markets Down $30 Trillion for 2008
- 07: Chart Shows Wild Swings in Bond Yields
- 06: Bail us Out, say Madoff Victims
- 05: The Power of Compounding
- 04: Credit Card Companies Willing to Deal Over Debt
- 03: How Much Will I Need to Save for Retirement?
- 01: Low Mortgage Rates Not Available to Everyone
- 30: Insurers Raise Fees on Variable Annuities
- 29: Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake Photos
- 26: Looking at the Chicago School of Economics
- 22: Lowest 30 Year Fixed Mortgage Rates in 37 Years
- 19: Investing - What I am Doing Now
- 18: Financial Planning Made Easy
- 17: Fed Cuts Rate to 0-.25%
- 16: Securities Investor Protection Corporation
- 13: Improving Credit Card Regulations
- 12: Stocks Still Overpriced?
- 11: Nearly 10% of Mortgages Delinquent or in Foreclosure
- 11: 10 Stocks for Income Investors
- 10: Kiss Your Phone Bill Good-bye
- 09: Families Shouldn’t Finance Everyday Purchases on Credit
- 08: Companies Beg Congress to Allow Them to Avoid Paying Into Pension Funds
- 08: Many Experts Say Health-Care System Inefficient, Wasteful
- 06: Google’s Energy Interests
- 05: Over 500,000 Jobs Disappeared in November
- 04: Let the Good Times Roll (using Credit)
- 02: USA Manufacturing Output Continues to Increase (over the long term)
- 01: Dazzling Diversification
- 30: Feds Rethink Rules on Retirement Savings - They Shouldn’t
- 27: Financial Thanksgiving
- 26: More on Failed Executives
- 25: Personal Saving and Personal Debt in the USA
- 24: How to Thrive When this Bear Market Ends
- 21: S&P 500 Dividend Yield Tops Bond Yield: First Time Since 1958
- 20: Redesigning the Global Finance System
- 19: Financial Markets with Robert Shiller
- 18: Soros on Financial Crisis and Markets
- 17: Personal Finance Basics: Dollar Cost Averaging
- 15: Would the Dow Dump General Motors?
- 14: FDIC Details Plan To Alter Mortgages
- 13: The Economy is in Serious Trouble
- 12: Consumer Debt Gets Bailout Attention
- 11: Easiest Countries for Doing Business 2008
- 10: What Does That Say About the Field of Economics?
- 06: Why America Needs an Economic Strategy
- 04: 30 Year Mortgage Rate and Federal Funds Rate Chart
- 03: Corrupt Officials Have Fled China With As Much As $100 billion
- 02: JPMorgan Chase Freezes Mortgage Foreclosures
- 31: Scott Adams on Investing
- 30: National Debt Down Almost $1 Billion Yesterday
- 29: Treasury Bought $125B in Bank Stocks
- 27: Personal Finance Basics: Long-term Care Insurance
- 25: Farmer in Chief
- 24: Greenspan Says He Was Wrong On Regulation
- 23: Treasury Now (1987) Favors Creation of Huge Banks
- 21: Will Americans Actually Save and Worsen the Recession?
- 20: Discounted Corporate Bonds Failing to Find Buying Support
- 18: MicroFinance Currency Risk
- 17: Buy American Stocks. Buffett Is.
- 16: Dream More, Work Less
- 15: FDIC Doubling Bank Fees to Pay for Increased Takeovers
- 14: Jim Rogers on the Financial Market Mess
- 13: 401(k)s are a Great Way to Save for Retirement
- 12: Crisis May Push USA Federal Deficit to Above $1 Trillion for 2009
- 11: Soros on the Financial Market Collapse
- 10: Canadian Banks Avoid Failures Common Elsewhere
- 09: Corporate and Government Bond Rates Graph
- 08: Financial Markets Continue Panicky Behavior
- 07: Poll: 60% say Depression Likely
- 06: Warren Buffett Webcast on the Credit Crisis
- 05: FDIC Limit Raised to $250,000
- 04: Leverage, Complex Deals and Mania
- 02: Buffett’s Fix for the Economy
- 30: Record Home Price Declines
- 29: Manufacturing Employment Data - 1979 to 2007
- 24: Too Big to Fail
- 23: Top 12 Manufacturing Countries in 2007
- 22: 3 Month Treasury Bill Yield Reached .03%
- 19: SEC Temporarily Bans Short-selling Financial Stocks
- 18: Stock Market Decline
- 16: Fed to Loan AIG $85 Billion in Rescue
- 14: Allocations Make A Big Difference
- 10: Federal Deficit To Double This Year
- 08: Ignorance of Capitalism
- 05: Bad News on Jobs
- 04: Frugality Plus
- 03: Disease Prevention For Healthy America
- 02: More Americans Working Into Late 60’s and Beyond
- 31: Google’s Underwater Cables
- 27: 10 Things Your Bank Won’t Tell You
- 26: Guy Kawasaki on Innovation
- 25: Kiva Fellows Blog: Nepalese Entrepreneur Success
- 24: 8 Million New Potential Victims of Identity Theft
- 21: Save Money on Printing
- 20: Entrepreneur Results
- 19: More Bad News on Inflation
- 18: Naked Short Selling
- 16: Medieval Peasants had More Vacation Time
- 14: Apple Tops Google
- 11: Can I Afford That?
- 09: Mortgage Costs Rising
- 06: Bankruptcies Among Seniors Soaring
- 04: Jumbo v. Regular Fixed Mortgage Rates: by Credit Score
- 30: Spending Guidelines in Retirement
- 28: Parfrey’s Glen, Wisconsin Photos
- 26: Credit Unions Slowly Fill Payday Lenders Void
- 24: Salaries with a College Degree
- 23: Are You Financially Literate?
- 22: Copywrong
- 20: Student Credit Cards
- 18: The Girl Effect
- 17: Forecasting Oil Prices
- 16: Inflation Up 1.1% in USA Last Month
- 13: Many Retirees Face Prospect of Outliving Savings
- 12: 2nd Largest Bank Failure in USA History
- 10: Food and Energy Costs
- 08: Solar Heats Up Desert Real Estate Market
- 07: Save Some of Each Raise
- 02: How to Protect Your Financial Health
- 30: Oil Consumption by Country
- 28: Failing Infrastructure in the USA
- 26: Where to Keep Your Emergency Funds?
- 25: Buying Stuff to Feel Powerful
- 24: Funding Entrepreneurs in Nicaragua, Ghana, Viet Nam, Togo and Tanzania
- 23: Japan to Add Personal Solar Subsidies
- 21: Does a Declining Stock Market Worry You?
- 16: Corporate and Government Bond Yields
- 15: Save Money on Food
- 14: Foreclosure Filings Continue to Rise
- 12: Forest Glen Preserve Photos
- 10: Monopolies and Oligopolies do not a Free Market Make
- 09: 30 Year Conventional Fixed Mortgage Rates Increase
- 08: New Graduates Should Live Frugally
- 06: True Level of USA Federal Deficit
- 04: 12 Stocks for 10 Years Update - June 2008
- 01: Expectations
- 27: Avoid Getting Squeezed by Credit Card Companies
- 25: Economist Challenges Government Data
- 22: Inflation is a Real Threat
- 21: Ohio Acts to Protect Citizens from Payday Loan Practices
- 19: How Much Further Will Housing Prices Fall?
- 18: Crazy Watchmen
- 15: Giving People the Opportunity to Succeed
- 13: Dealing with Debt Collectors
- 12: Gas Price Actually Reducing Driving
- 08: Continued Credit Card Company Customer Dis-Service
- 07: Fed Funds Rate Changes Don’t Indicate Mortgage Rate Changes
- 06: Traveling To Avoid USA Health Care Costs
- 05: Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve in Ohio
- 03: Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2008
- 02: Some Movement on Regulating Credit Cards Companies
- 01: Food Price Inflation is Quite High
- 30: Bond Yields 2005-2008
- 29: Housing Prices Post Record Declines
- 27: Capitalism in China
- 22: Longer Commutes Translate to Larger Housing Price Declines
- 21: Personal Finance Basics: Health Insurance
- 17: Gen X Retirement
- 16: World’s Wealthiest People
- 15: The Budget Deficit, the Current Account Deficit and the Saving Deficit
- 14: Credit Crisis Continues
- 12: Creating a World Without Poverty
- 10: Lazy Portfolio Results
- 08: What Should You Do With Your Government “Stimulus” Check?
- 07: $2,540,000,000,000 in USA Consumer Debt
- 05: Teaching Children About Money Matters
- 03: Stimulus Options Should be Tested
- 31: Angie’s List
- 31: Not Understanding Capitalism
- 28: Homeowners Won’t Cut the Price
- 25: Real Free Credit Report
- 24: Bond Yields: 2005-2008
- 20: Uncertain Economic Times
- 17: How Much Worse Can the Mortgage Crisis Get?
- 16: Fed Continues Wall Street Welfare
- 15: Mortgage Rates Rising
- 14: Central Bank Intervention Unprecedented in scale and Scope
- 12: Create Your Cash Reserve
- 11: Photos: Rocky Gap State Park, Maryland
- 10: Beating the Market
- 07: 1,000 True Fans
- 05: Bill Gates: Capitalism in the 21st Century
- 04: Most Vacant New Homes Since Records Kept (1973)
- 03: Warren Buffett’s Letter to Shareholders
- 28: Kiva - Provide a Helping Hand
- 27: Buy Google
- 26: Great Advice from Warren Buffett
- 25: Americans are Drowning in Debt
- 24: A Bull on China
- 23: Another Strike Against Gift Cards
- 22: Predatory Lenders’ Partner in Crime
- 21: 401k’s are a Great Investment Option
- 18: Jumbo and Regular Mortagage Rates By Credit Score
- 16: Sneaky Fees
- 14: Covered Call Options, etc.
- 11: Dow Jones Industrial Average Changes
- 10: Couples Finances
- 09: International Health Care System Performance
- 07: Starting Retirement Account Allocations for Someone Under 40
- 06: Rodgers on the US and Chinese Economies
- 05: You Don’t Need an Extended Warranty
- 04: 12 Stocks for 10 Years Update - Feb 2008
- 02: Why Americans Are Going Broke
- 30: Discount NYC Hotels
- 29: Carnival of Personal Finance #137
- 28: Federal Funds Rate and 30 Year Fixed Mortgage Rate
- 24: Municipal Bonds - After Tax Return
- 23: Shorting Using Inverse Funds
- 22: Top 10 Manufacturing Countries 2006
- 21: Politicians Again Raising Taxes On Your Children
- 19: Your Home as an Investment
- 17: Philanthropy on a Large Scale
- 16: The Ever Expanding House
- 14: Emerging-market Multinationals
- 13: Home Values and Rental Rates
- 12: What is Economics?
- 09: Prediction Markets at Google
- 05: Rent Controls are Unwise
- 30: Revised GDP Calculations for China
- 22: Paul Krugman Speaks at Google
- 21: Bad Practice: .05% Interest From a Stock Broker
- 18: $8,000 Per Gallon
- 17: UK Real Estate Prices Decline
- 15: Fed Plans To Curb Mortgage Excesses
- 12: Randomization in Sports
- 10: Capital Crescent Trail Photos - Washington DC
- 08: Freezing Mortgage Rates
- 05: Add to Your Roth IRA
- 02: Legislation to Address the Worst Credit Card Fee Abuse - Maybe
- 25: Smaller Companies Grab Bigger Share of Surging USA Exports
- 20: Goldman Sachs Rakes In Profit in Credit Crisis
- 19: MIT Launches Initiatives in Innovation and India
- 18: Frontline Explores Kiva in Uganda
- 13: Washington Waste
- 12: Tips To Allow Retiring Sooner
- 10: Easiest Countries from Which to Operate Businesses
- 07: Interview with Mohammad Yunus
- 04: Raising Taxes on Future Generations
- 30: South Korea To Invest $22 Billion in Overseas Energy Projects
- 28: Traveling for Health Care
- 23: 12 Stocks for 10 Years Update - Oct 2007
- 21: Steven Levitt - NSF Fellowship Profile
- 15: Pressure Rises Against Bottled Water
- 11: Helping Capitalism Make the World Better
- 09: Lobbyists Keep Tax Off Billion Dollar Private Equities Deals and On For Our Grandchildren
- 07: Charge It to My Kids
- 25: Why do we Have a Federal Reserve Board?
- 19: Home Price Declines Exceeding 10% Seen for 20% of Housing Markets
- 14: Fair Use Worth More to Economy Than Copyright, CCIA Says
- 10: Majoring in Credit Card Debt
- 06: Homes Entering Foreclosure at Record
- 04: Washington’s Funny Accounting
- 31: Credit Cards Ratings
- 29: Credit Freeze Stops Identity Theft Cold
- 23: Economic Fault: Income Inequality
- 19: Mortgage Payments by Credit Score
- 18: Misuse of Statistics - Mania in Financial Markets
- 15: Real Estate Median Prices Down 1.5% in the Last Year
- 14: Housing Inventory Glut
- 09: Credit Crisis
- 08: Credit Score to Ignore Authorized User History
- 03: Too Much Stuff
- 25: Is Google Overpriced?
- 24: Another Great Quarter for Amazon
- 17: How Walkable is Your Prospective Neighborhood
- 11: Ignorance of Many Mortgage Holders
- 10: Not Every Day is Profitable
- 10: USA Living Beyond Means
- 08: Old and Wealthy
- 07: Customer Hostility from Discover Card
- 06: Bottled Water Waste
- 04: Buffett on Taxes
- 02: Microfinancing Entrepreneurs
- 28: Who Will Benefit From Fixed Pricing Ruling?
- 27: $10 DSL
- 23: USA Federal Debt Now $516,348 Per Household
- 20: 12 Stocks for 10 Years Update - Jun 2007
- 15: Incredibly Bad Customer Service from Discover Card
- 14: Why Investing is Safer Overseas
- 09: Fourteen Fold Increase in 31 Years
- 08: Study on Real Estate Sales With and Without Realtors
- 06: Frugality Versus Better Returns
- 26: Poor Customer Service: Discover Card
- 25: Farming Without Subsidies in New Zealand
- 24: The Widening “Marriage Gap” is Breeding Income Inequality
- 23: Greenspan Warns of China Stock Drop
- 20: Financial Illiteracy Credit Trap
- 17: Example of Mortgage Payments Depending on Credit Score
- 08: Broken Health Care System: Self-Employed Insurance
- 06: Live From Omaha
- 04: How Much Retirement Income?
- 01: Dragged Down by Debt
- 25: Very Good Amazon Earnings
- 19: Great Google Earnings
- 16: General Air Travel Taxes Subsidizing Private Plane Airports
- 14: Learning About Personal Loans
- 12: Save Money on AV Cables
- 11: Retirement Savings Survey Results
- 07: Held Hostage By Health Care
- 06: Victim of Real Estate Bust: Your Pension
- 01: Democratising Commerce
- 30: Alternative Minimum Tax
- 27: The Great Risk Shift
- 20: Boomers Face Retirement
- 16: Shop Around for Drugs
- 14: Challenge Those Credit Fees
- 11: The Real Threat Is Decreased Productivity
- 10: Credit Card Tips
- 09: USA Job Growth
- 06: Bernanke Calls for Stronger Regulation of Mortgages
- 03: Learning About Mortgages
- 02: Buffett’s Newest Letter to Shareholders
- 28: Save Hundreds on Electronics
- 25: 10 Stocks for 10 Years Update - Feb 2007
- 19: Urban Planning
- 18: Fake Checks That Make You Pay
- 17: China Economy Report by the World Bank
- 16: More Non Bubble Bursting in Housing
- 14: Make $500 for Every Illegal Telemarketer Call to You
- 13: Mortgage Defaults: Latest Woe for Housing
- 12: USA and European Economies
- 08: Growing Size of non-USA Economies
- 07: Exurbs Hardest Hit in Recent Housing Slump
- 06: Kodak Debuts Printers With Inexpensive Cartridges
- 05: Roth IRAs a Smart bet for Younger Set
- 03: Credit Card Currency Conversion Costs
- 02: Nicolas Darvas
- 28: Bangalore’s Boomtown Blues
- 27: Charity Telemarketers
- 26: State of the nation? Broke
- 23: Stop Picking Stocks?
- 20: World Saving Glut - Effect of Oil Price Declines
- 18: Earn more, spend more, want more
- 16: Social Security Trust Fund
- 11: Minimum Wage Example
- 10: When the lowest pay rises, what happens?
- 07: Living on Less
- 06: What Do Unemployment Stats Mean?
- 05: Investor Protection Needed
- 04: Real Free Credit Report
- 25: Kiva: Microfinance Loans
- 24: Manufacturing Data - Accuracy Questions
- 17: Encourage Your Kids to Start Saving Early
- 14: Income Inequality in the USA
- 13: View Rental Prices in Your Area
- 13: Google to Let Workers Sell Options Online
- 11: Manufacturing in Florida
- 10: More Government Waste
- 09: Start Young with 401k and Roth IRA
- 04: Cracks in US Economy?
- 02: Retirement - Working Longer
- 30: Coming Collapse in Housing?
- 24: China’s Job Market
- 24: Europe and USA Housing Price Boom
- 20: Pork Sugar
- 18: Telephone Savings
- 16: Google Approaching $500 and Entering the S&P 100
- 13: How Rich Are You?
- 12: Trying to Keep up with the Jones
- 10: Is Amazon a Bargain?
- 09: The Greatest Wall Street Danger of All: You
- 03: The Value of the Public Domain
- 30: Highest Possible Returns
- 29: Don’t Let the Credit Card Companies Play You for a Fool
- 26: Retirement Tips from TIAA CREF
- 22: Click Fraud = Friction for Google
- 19: Cash Flow
- 16: China Exports Exceed USA Exports
- 15: Washington Paying Out Money it Doesn’t Have
- 15: Estate Tax Repeal
- 13: 2006 Nobel Peace Prize to Economist
- 13: Questions You Should Ask About Your Investments
- 12: Hidden Credit Card Fees
- 12: Don’t Cash That Check
- 11: I Want My Coffee
- 10: Too Much Personal Debt
- 09: 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics
- 07: New Blog for Investing and Economics