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  • Wayne Porter - nice post: Micro Financing Entrepreneurs
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Related: Curious Cat post on Micro-financing Entrepreneurs

Add a comment with your a link to your Kiva page to have yourself added.

July 2008
  • 02: How to Protect Your Financial Health
June 2008
  • 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 Deficiet
  • 04: 12 Stocks for 10 Years Update - June 2008
  • 01: Expectations
May 2008
  • 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
April 2008
  • 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
March 2008
  • 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
February 2008
  • 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
January 2008
  • 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
December 2007
  • 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
November 2007
  • 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
October 2007
  • 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
September 2007
  • 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
August 2007
  • 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
July 2007
  • 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
June 2007
  • 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
May 2007
  • 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
April 2007
  • 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
March 2007
  • 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
February 2007
  • 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
January 2007
  • 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
December 2006
  • 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
November 2006
  • 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
October 2006
  • 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
April 2006
  • 07: Manufacturing Jobs Data: USA and China
March 2006
  • 05: Saving for Retirement
January 2006
  • 10: How Not to Convert Equity
December 2005
  • 31: 10 Stocks for 10 Years Update
October 2005
  • 09: 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Rates
July 2005
  • 29: Our Only Hope: Retiring Later
May 2005
  • 22: China and the Sugar Industry Tax Consumers
  • 01: Warren Buffett’s Annual Report
April 2005
  • 22: 10 Stocks for 10 Years
April 2004
  • 05: Beginning of the End of Housing Bubble?
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