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BusinessWeek February 3, 2011 Maheshwari & Childs |
Easy Money Is Bringing Buyouts Back to Life Investors willing to go out on a limb for higher yields are helping heavily indebted companies refinance their loans and bonds. |
The Motley Fool November 23, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Find the Right Student Loan College loans come in many varieties. Some have very attractive provisions and guarantees, but others can spell trouble for even the most responsible young adults. |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Rich Duprey |
I Love Payday Lenders Payday lenders are good investments. They're disliked by large swaths of people, and they have a high ick factor, but they provide a necessary and highly profitable service. |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Avoid the Loan Sharks For those with less-than-perfect credit histories, there's a scary trend in personal finance these days. In the name of convenience, some borrowers are digging themselves into a hole from which they may never emerge. |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Study Your College Loan Options Know when to use a private or a federal loan to pay your tuition bill. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Tom Taulli |
Private Equity's Nuclear Winter The Home Depot supply unit transaction is an example of what is happening in the private equity game. Lean times have arrived for Wall Street dealmakers, with private equity firms abandoning current deals and becoming gun-shy for future ones. |
BusinessWeek May 1, 2008 |
Navigating the Crunch A financial aid expert explains how borrowers can best ride it out. |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 John Rosevear |
Buying a Home During the Storm Essentially, what's going on is that the mortgage industry -- along with Wall Street -- is rethinking the appropriate pricing for taking on the risk of a borrower with a less-than-prime credit history. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Mortgages for the Military The Veterans Administration has programs for current and former members of the military to help them get financing to buy a home. Serving in the military generally makes you eligible to take out a VA loan. |
The Motley Fool May 9, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
Are Banks Starting Another Race to the Bottom? Easier credit standards are being driven by competition to lend. |
This Old House Sid Davis |
Here's How to Finance Your Remodel Financing a remodeling project doesn't have to be a crap shoot. Here's a game plan for choosing the best deal. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: Brokerages' Sloppy-Looking Swaps Current trading around banks' debt could suggest trouble ahead. Investors may be concerned that risk wasn't adequately managed with regards to the mortgage loans the banks took on. |
The Motley Fool May 10, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
How Will Banks Make Money for Real? Declining loan losses are a large but unsustainable source of bank profits. |
BusinessWeek December 3, 2009 Francis & Silver-Greenberg |
What Lurks on the Books of Banks Their profits have rebounded, but shaky home-equity and credit-card debt -- for starters -- could change that |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Battling for Payday Loans A ban on military payday loans keeps underpaid soldiers even more short of cash. |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Roben Farzad et al. |
Not So Smart In an era of easy money, financial institutions forgot that the party can't last forever. |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Legislative Foes Shackle Payday Loans The payday loan industry remains under assault at both the federal and state level. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 Emily Thornton |
Private Equity's White-Knuckle Deal Clayton Dubilier salvaged the Home Depot buyout - and showed how other big deals in the works can go forward. |
U.S. Banker September 2010 Bonnie McGeer |
Finding the Right Match Online loan exchanges like BoeFly and Biz2Credit are gaining traction as banks look for new ways to find more small-business borrowers. |
CFO November 1, 2004 Randy Myers |
Squeezing the SBA Small-business borrowing may get more expensive. |
BusinessWeek July 2, 2007 David Henry |
KKR: A Deal Too Far? Wall Street is waiting to see if investors balk at its ultra-risky bid for First Data. |
U.S. Banker November 2001 John Hackett |
Ethically Tainted A number of banks are moving into variations of payday lending, the high-yielding business that some observers would describe as predatory. But those who participate in such lending say they're no different than banks that charge high fees for bounced checks... |
On Wall Street July 1, 2013 Jeff Tjornehoj |
Investors Turn to Loan Participation Funds Investors yearning for income and fearing rising interest rates are clamoring for loan participation mutual funds and ETFs. |
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Anne Tergesen |
Home Loans with Bells and Whistles Some new twists on mortgages offer more flexibility -- for a price. |
Entrepreneur July 2005 Jennifer Pellet |
Money Buzz 07/05 Businesses can connect to all potential lenders with only one on-line application. |
BusinessWeek February 13, 2006 David Henry |
Why Junk Bonds Are Getting Junked Leveraged loans offer better terms, but their floating rates could spell trouble. |
BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Bad Blood Over Bad Loans Mortgage defaults are rising. Wall Street thinks banks should mop up the mess. |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Pay Less on Your Student Loans Should you consolidate your loans? Take the time to understand all the pros and cons before you choose what to do. |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Banks' Big Loan Bust There's a new trend in banking: loan shrinkage. What's going on, and why should you care? |
The Motley Fool July 29, 2005 Lawrence Meyers |
Payday Lenders Strike Back They counter the FDIC's move with a new product. Will it pay off for shareholders? |
The Motley Fool March 15, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: A Subprime Bull? With mass fear on the markets, is opportunity grinning its annoyingly cheeky grin somewhere? After all, there's nothing inherently wrong with subprime done right. |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2009 Sean Ryan |
Pawn Lenders Looking More Like Kings A confluence of trends looks ready to push pawn lenders higher. The declining availability of credit should spur more demand for pawn loans, and rising gold prices should make those loans more profitable. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
Seeing Red Sallie Mae, the leading lender to college students, reported a $1.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2007. Sallie Mae isn't the only student lender that has been bloodied recently. Students and parents need to be cautious when looking for student loans. |
Registered Rep. August 24, 2015 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Tackling Student Debt Because high levels of student loan debt are far more common than they used to be, you should expect queries from clients about how to minimize their own balances, in addition to those of their grown children. |
The Motley Fool April 30, 2009 Mike Pienciak |
More Pain Ahead for Banks and Insurers Leveraged loans and low-grade bonds pose the next balance sheet risk. |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Smartest Move Colleges Ever Made Eliminating the middleman serves both schools and students. Colleges are at least making the right response to the credit crisis by making loans directly to their students. |
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Hedges: The New Corporate ATMs Hedge funds and other institutional investors are lending money to corporations as banks get pickier. |
U.S. Banker March 2011 Steve Garmhausen |
SBA Revamps Lending for Underserved Markets After too many defaults and too little loan volume for its Community Express program, the SBA is starting over -- and excluding banks this time. |
The Motley Fool April 17, 2006 |
Your Down-Payment Portion Don't put down 20% on your new home unless it makes sense for you. |
Reason March 2009 Veronique de Rugy |
Dissatisfaction Guaranteed The government has decided to encourage more lenders to take more chances by guaranteeing yet more loans to high-risk borrowers. The only guarantee for these loans is that our children will be paying billions to cover the losses. |
Entrepreneur June 2008 Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
How Low Can You Go? Refinancing could entrepreneurs lower monthly loan payments. |
The Motley Fool February 15, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Good Credit Won't Save You Now The "adverse market" surcharge could cost mortgage borrowers thousands annually. |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Prime Time For Prime-Rate Funds These funds can help protect you against the risk of higher interest rates. |
Financial Advisor June 2011 Alan Lavine |
Exotic Alternative Advisors should scrutinize the risk-return trade off of including floating-rate loans in client portfolios. |
Entrepreneur February 2005 C.J. Prince |
New Way to 7(a) With no more federal subsidy, entrepreneurs are uncertain about the future of small-business loans. |
BusinessWeek November 14, 2005 Lindsey Gerdes |
The Private-Loan Dilemma Unable to borrow enough via the federal government, more students are turning to other lenders, which can be a risky last resort. |
The Motley Fool August 4, 2005 Lawrence Meyers |
Dueling Fools: Payday Loans Bull Don't be swayed by the negative press put out by anti-PDLers about people who get "sucked into the payday-lending treadmill." For every one of those, you'll find 10 who are thankful the industry exists. |
BusinessWeek October 23, 2006 |
Danger--Explosive Loans Collateralized loan obligations offer loads of cheap money. But payback time may be coming. |
Financial Advisor January 2004 Marla Brill |
Bank Loan Funds Regain The Spotlight Funds that invest in variable rate loans to below-investment-grade companies may sound like a gamble, but it's one that an increasing number of financial advisors worried about the impact of rising interest rates are willing to take. |
BusinessWeek August 5, 2009 Silver-Greenberg et al. |
Old Banks, New Lending Tricks Lenders haven't sworn off risky financial products. They've come up with a slew of new ones. |