Archive for the Investing Category

Debt Hypocrisy

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

What kind of twisted mind thinks it to be acceptable to load debt onto someone unilaterally – without that person’s consent – but unacceptable to allow that same person to choose his or her own level of debt burden? …

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How Much Debt Can You Handle?

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

Most budgeting articles tell you that debt is??akin to??death and credit cards are cancer. Sure,??c

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Debt advisors flood Canadian market

Posted on December 25, 2010 by

It’s not just personal debt that has climbed to record levels.

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Euro Zone Debt Crisis Threatens to Derail Euro in 2011

Posted on December 23, 2010 by

The European sovereign debt crisis of 2010 appears to be geared up to spill over in 2011. Initial concerns led to the widening of bond yields of European Union members such as Greece and Ireland, and contagion threatens to cause further turmoil in the year ahead.

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As $2 Trillion Debt Threatens 100 Cities in 2011, AFL-CIO Attacks …

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

Having spent the weekend sharing some of the news about the union-pension Ponzi scheme and the attempt to keep the truth from the American people, it is only.

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Spain receives debt warning before EU summit

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

Ratings agency Moody’s warned Spain on Wednesday that its debt could be downgraded and Portugal took steps to revive its economy amid concerns about euro zone debt contagion on the eve of a European Union summit.

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RealClearPolitics – The Municipal Debt Bubble

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

Since 2000 the total outstanding state and municipal bond debt ,adjusted for inflation, has soared from $1.5 trillion to $2.8trillion. The recession didn’t slow the spending.

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Debt Tumbles Most Since August Amid Bailout: Argentine Credit

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

The biggest tumble in Argentine bonds in more than three months is causing the country to lag behind emerging-market debt on concern Europe’s financial crisis will spread beyond Ireland.

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Debt turmoil, contagion fears sweep Europe

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

Europe struggled mightily Friday to keep the debt crisis from engulfing country after country.

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Debt collectors contacting debtors through Facebook – is that OK?

Posted on November 20, 2010 by

It all started yesterday when news broke that a Florida woman named Melanie Beacham sued a debt collection agency called MarkOne Financial after an employee contacted her through her Facebook account inquiring about about $362 she owned …

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