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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Thank you to our Nation's Veterans.
Loanio would like to thank all the men and women who have put their lives on the line to protect America’s freedom and ideals. Your sacrifices and bravery have been beneficial to many and are greatly appreciated.
Below you’ll find links to resources, both blog and news articles on the economy, small business, p2p lending, and investing. We hope you find them helpful in navigating the financial waters of the internet.
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Investing:
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Originally posted 2008-11-16 05:13:56. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Save Money by Managing Your Money [/caption] There are plenty of ways for you to save money simply by managing it. It does not necessarily mean that you have to be frugal, but rather you simply have to be wise in the decisions that you make. Too many people these days are finding that they were...... -
3 Types of Safe Investments /caption] Given the shaky financial markets across the world today and the extreme ups and downs that are being seen from one day to the next in the US market, you might be wondering what are safe investments, and how can I be sure I won't lose all the money...... -
3 Ways to Increase Your Cash Flow If you’re finding it difficult to get by, one of the easiest ways to combat this issue is by increasing your monthly cash flow. While you may not be able to make a huge difference right away, slowly building up the amount of money that you have coming in, building...... -
Loanio Roundup #1- National Economy /caption] Good morning everyone! Welcome to Loanio's first ever roundup post. We'd like to thank the blog community for their support. You are the best press releases out there. Then lastly before we start with the links we would like to take a moment to wish everyone a splendid weekend....... -
Managing Money Wisely [/caption] One of the hardest things for many people to accomplish is managing money wisely. We may all know the basics, and understand that spending too much is a good way to get on the road to financial ruin. However, when push comes to shove, we end up making mistakes......
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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 to Peer Lending for College Students? By now you're probably aware of peer to peer lending organizations, like Prosper.com. This type of lending allows people to post a request for a loan and for other people to lend them some of the money they're requesting. Basically, people post their need for a loan, including how much...... -
Revisiting Loans from Friends or Relatives with Peer-to-Peer Lending You know the conventional wisdom about borrowing money from family members or friends? Never, ever get involved on either side. Even if you pay off the loan and everything is "ok" between you, there is still a possibility that things could go wrong. Then, you would be in a...... -
Younger Investors Becoming More Risk Averse than Older Investors Some interesting, perhaps troubling, results from the Merrill Lynch Quarterly Affluent Insights Survey this morning. Younger investors are more risk averse than older investors. Those in their 20s and 30s are more risk averse than the 40s and 50s demographic because they been burned twice in the last decade. Older...... -
linklings, Thursday at the park edition [/caption] One of the things that falls off your radar as a 9-to-5 employee is the idea of going on big outings with the kids. When I was working on my most recent two contracts I was tired by the time Saturday rolled around. The tiredness on my part......
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
President-Elect Obama
Loanio extends its congratulations to President-Elect Obama for running an excellent campaign.
This week’s edition of Loanio’s roundup takes a look at the election and what it means for the economy. What are your thoughts to the issues? We’ve also included several links for business entrepreneurs and on p2p lending for your weekend reading.
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Originally posted 2008-11-09 05:33:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Loanio Roundup - Dia de Los Muertos [/caption] Good morning and welcome to the Dia de Los Muertos edition of Loanio's roundup. Dia de Los Muertos is a holiday celebration that takes place primarily in Mexico and celebrates the dead. It goes by Day of the Dead in English and correspondingly it matches the Catholic holidays of...... -
Are Stocks a Good Investment? The first step that you need to understand when it comes to determining whether or not stocks are a good investment is to understand how stocks work in general. A share of stock is the smallest unit of ownership possible in a company. Owning a share of a company's stock...... -
Personal Budget Planning /caption] The key to your financial success in life is your own personal money management skills. Your personal money management practices make up your own personal method of reaching both your goals and your dreams. No one likes the idea of personal budget planning, but you will never know if...... - Welcome to the Loanio Blog! Now that we are deep into the first 24 hours of going live, I would like to take a moment to officially kick off the Loanio Blog. For more about our official launch, please click here to view our first press release. The week leading up to this launch has......
- Loanio Roundup #1- National Economy /caption] Good morning everyone! Welcome to Loanio's first ever roundup post. We'd like to thank the blog community for their support. You are the best press releases out there. Then lastly before we start with the links we would like to take a moment to wish everyone a splendid weekend.......
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Book Giveaway: Warren Buffet Speaks-Wit And Wisdom From The World's Greatest Investor. Hear Ye Hear Ye - Want a free book about Warren Buffet, the "World's Greatest Investor"? Then you have come to the right place. I am giving away this funny and insightful book (the new edition) into the mind of Warren Buffet that any fan/investor will find at home...... - The Peer-to-Peer Lending Guide What is Peer-to-Peer Lending? Peer-to-Peer lending simply refers to the process of individuals loaning each other money directly rather than through a third party institution such as a bank. In the context of the internet, peer-to-peer lending generally refers to the business of individuals lending each other money through......
- Book Review: Big Box Swindle - The True Cost Of Mega-Retailers. If you have been looking for an uplifting, positive good news summer read, look no further! Sorry, couldn't resist...this book, "Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses" by Stacy Mitchell is not exactly an easy summer read but rather an infuriating look at......
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Lending Club Review I am now an official member of the peer to peer lending scene at Lending Club. Over the last couple years I have read a lot of positive reviews of sites like Lending Club, but never fully investigated the opportunities to participate in peer to peer lending there. Between the...... - The European Bailout "European leaders meeting in Paris have agreed a plan to tackle the banking crisis, saying no big institution will be allowed to fail" Welcome to the European version of Peter Schiffs and Jim Rogers US nightmare scenario. They have to let them fail...there is no other way to......
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Financial State of the Economy
Good morning and welcome to the Dia de Los Muertos edition of Loanio’s roundup. Dia de Los Muertos is a holiday celebration that takes place primarily in Mexico and celebrates the dead. It goes by Day of the Dead in English and correspondingly it matches the Catholic holidays of All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Below you will find links in easy to manage categories on the following topics: the economy, small business, p2p lending, and Loanio. See what people are saying and have a great day.
The Economy:
Small Business:
Peer-to-Peer Lending:
Loanio in the News:
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Originally posted 2008-11-02 05:24:16. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Setting Goals for Good Personal Finance /caption] Setting goals is an important part of your personal finance plan. Goals can be divided into four unique categories that are relatively general in nature. These categories are short term goals, intermediate term goals, long term goals and life goals. Short Term Personal Finance Goals - These short term...... -
Loanio Roundup - Credit and P2P Lending [/caption] Welcome to the third edition of the Loanio Roundup. This edition looks at what is going on in P2P lending, the economy, and more. There are some links on college financing and a swift look at the auto industry. Browse the links below and tell us what you think....... -
Is Some Debt Good For Your Credit? /caption] There is no doubt about this, first of all: Getting into debt is more than capable of getting you into trouble. Although there is definitely a large downside to debt, borrowing money can also do you some good. Some debt is actually good for your credit, but only if...... -
Loanio Roundup - The Economy, Small Business, Loans, and P2P Lending [/caption] Welcome to the fourth edition of Loanio's roundup. There's more on the peer to peer lending industry in this post with several links for small business entrepreneurs to check out as well. Browse through and make sure you're up to date on all the financial information. Might want to...... -
How Do Savings Bonds Work? Is My Money Safe if I Purchase Them? /caption] These are questions most people ask when they consider buying savings bonds. Yes, your investment in savings bonds is one of the most safe investments you can make. You're purchasing the bond and giving the government cash, which they pay you interest back on at a later date. It's......
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Income Taxes It is US federal law that income tax has to be paid to the IRS. Knowing the basics, and understanding your own personal situation will help in reducing the risk of overpaying on your taxes. There are ways to reduce what you have to pay, making use of the current...... - Sunday Money Madness: Ghosts, Spirits, Haunts, and Souls Lots of holidays and celebrations this weekend. Halloween on the 3st. All Saints Day on the first of November. All Souls Day on the second. Dia de los Muertos covering the whole weekend for many, also known as the Day of the Dead which was yesterday specifically. Samhain for the......
- Paulson Has a Christmas Gift for Credit Addicts Please Mr. Paulson - wake me out of this Bad Consumer Credit dream. I almost fell out my chair this morning when I saw this headline from the Wall Street Journal: "New Facility Targets Consumer Lending." It seems that the U.S. Treasury is starting its own clinic for consumer credit addicts. ......
- Making Money Out Of Thin Air! I hate network marketing, I mean really who wants to go to meeting and convince their friends and family to get involved with a business that could potentially free them from financial prison? I always liked the idea of making residual income while I was off doing other things. The......
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Using Credit Cards to Make More Money When it comes to credit cards, most of us think of them as a way to get things we really want right now. We may not actually "need" these things, but we sure do want them. Whether it's a new couch, a new stereo or even a new wardrobe, we......
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
The Economy, Small Business, Loans, and P2P Lending
Welcome to the fourth edition of Loanio’s roundup. There’s more on the peer to peer lending industry in this post with several links for small business entrepreneurs to check out as well. Browse through and make sure you’re up to date on all the financial information. Might want to grab a coffee first.
We hope the remainder of your weekend is great!
The Economy:
Small Business:
Peer-to-Peer Lending:
Loanio in the News:
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Originally posted 2008-10-26 05:40:29. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Related Articles - Loanio Roundup - Dia de Los Muertos [/caption] Good morning and welcome to the Dia de Los Muertos edition of Loanio's roundup. Dia de Los Muertos is a holiday celebration that takes place primarily in Mexico and celebrates the dead. It goes by Day of the Dead in English and correspondingly it matches the Catholic holidays of......
- Loanio Roundup #1- National Economy /caption] Good morning everyone! Welcome to Loanio's first ever roundup post. We'd like to thank the blog community for their support. You are the best press releases out there. Then lastly before we start with the links we would like to take a moment to wish everyone a splendid weekend.......
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Loanio Roundup - P2P Lending and More /caption] Good morning readers and welcome to another edition of Loanio's weekly roundup. Below you'll find several great articles under the categories of small business, the economy, p2p lending, and investing. We hope you find them helpful and interesting. The Economy: Smart Money says Traders are Cautious After Mixed Economic...... -
The Best Small Investments /caption] Wall Street's recent cataclysmic events are still unfolding and the entire planet is feeling their aftershocks. For this reason, interest in what is going on in the stock market is rising quickly, even for those who do not normally understand what the stock market is all about, or what...... -
5 Tips for College Students on Budgets When you are in college, it can become easy to get caught up in your busy, stressful lifestyle. With all of the studying and working that you have to do, coupled with hanging out with your friends, working part time jobs and participating in extra activities, it can actually become......
Related Sites - Compound Interest Week: Real Interest Rates of the Stock Market Yesterday we learned that the real interest rate of return on high-interest savings accounts is low - a really low 2%. We found that it would take 35 years for money to double at that percentage. Today, I'd like to look at real interest rates of the stock market. I......
- Another Error in a National Newspaper on P2P Lending Apparently this is fact checking Wednesday. In the USA today is the article: peer-to-peer lending hits its stride In this article a Prosper Lender is quoted... Default rates are lower for peer-to-peer loans than for other consumer loans. Cory Moore became a lender on Prosper.com this year. To hedge against defaults,......
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Why Index Funds are Bad Investments The entire personal finance blogosphere is in love with index funds, and I'm here to tell you why they're bad for your investment portfolio. This should go over well. Black sheep anyone? I realize this thesis will not be a popular one, but from my perspective as an active investor...... -
Should I get out of the Stock Market? One of my most memorable moments with my wife was a date to an amusement park before we got married. We were standing in line to ride a roller coaster and as we made our way to the front of the line, the young man in charge stopped us and...... - President-Elect Obama Roundup Another edition of the RCDL roundup. Congrats to President-Elect Obama for winning the election! Frugal | Money Saving Tips: The Christian Science Monitor takes a look at when gift-card promises go unfulfilled. Good points for holiday shoppers. Financial Ramblings writes this winter tip: The Most Beautiful Way To Save Money......
Tags: credit crisis, credit crunch, economy, international herald tribune, new york times, p2p lending, peer to peer lending, Small Business, wall street journal
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
Credit and P2P Lending
Welcome to the third edition of the Loanio Roundup. This edition looks at what is going on in P2P lending, the economy, and more. There are some links on college financing and a swift look at the auto industry. Browse the links below and tell us what you think. What are you most interested in hearing about? Have a good weekend!
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Loanio in the News:
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Originally posted 2008-10-19 05:45:40. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Loanio Roundup - Wall Street Crisis and the Resilient Dollar /caption] Welcome to the second edition of the Loanio Roundup. This edition focuses heavily on the national economy and peer-to-peer lending news. We hope you enjoy pursuing through the links below. Leave a comment and tell us what you think - we'd love to hear your views on the Wall...... -
Stocks are a Great Investment /caption] Most people recognize that stocks are an excellent investment, but purchasing stocks can be a confusing process. This is especially true if you have little experience in investing, or no experience at all. You can turn the stock buying process into a good investment even as a beginner, and...... -
Loanio Roundup - Congratulations President-Elect Obama [/caption] Loanio extends its congratulations to President-Elect Obama for running an excellent campaign. This week's edition of Loanio's roundup takes a look at the election and what it means for the economy. What are your thoughts to the issues? We've also included several links for business entrepreneurs and on p2p...... -
What Are Safe Investments? /caption] If you are putting consideration into investing money, but you are not sure which is the safest way to invest your money, then your first stop should be someplace where you can get professional advice on the subject. The last thing that you are going to want to do...... -
8 Tips for College Student Budgets [/caption] Below are eight tips for college students about money and finances. 1. Track your Expenses If you track your spending for a few weeks, you will be better able to figure out where your money is going. Are you spending an exorbitant amount of money on Starbucks? You may......
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Programmer and Blogger Seeks Debt Consolidation Loan My Prosper Group is proud to present our first listing... This listing is attempting to put the social in social capital. Deep Market also posted the following Social Lending is not Socialism. He has been a member of my group, following the p2p lending market and commenting on RateLadder for...... -
Loans and the Credit Crunch The credit crunch is a hot button issue right now, raising red flags in the eyes of consumers not only all over the United States, but also elsewhere in the world. When the economy in the United States begins to have difficulties, the rest of the world is going to...... - Is Peer To Peer Lending Coming Into It's Own? For several years now, the peer-to-peer lending has been gaining traction as a valid way to borrow money without going through a bank via social lending sides like Lending Club (aff) and Prosper. It's been a great boon for borrowers and has received wide mainstream media coverage, as related in......
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Prosper to Provide Secondary Lending Market Today I received an email from Prosper to notify me that they are entering a quiet period, as they register with the proper securities authorities for a secondary lending market. What is a secondary lending market? It is a market where you can buy and sell loans that have already...... -
Fynanz Review This year, it has never been more difficult to get a student loan, thanks to new federal regulations. Hundreds of lenders announced that they would no longer be taking part in federal loan programs and schools are struggling to try to offer loans directly to students. This opened up a......
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
What investments are you making?
Good morning readers and welcome to another edition of Loanio’s weekly roundup. Below you’ll find several great articles under the categories of small business, the economy, p2p lending, and investing. We hope you find them helpful and interesting.
The Economy:
Small Business:
Peer-to-Peer Lending:
Investing:
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Originally posted 2008-11-23 05:19:07. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Related Articles - Loanio Roundup - Wall Street Crisis and the Resilient Dollar /caption] Welcome to the second edition of the Loanio Roundup. This edition focuses heavily on the national economy and peer-to-peer lending news. We hope you enjoy pursuing through the links below. Leave a comment and tell us what you think - we'd love to hear your views on the Wall......
- Loanio Roundup - Dia de Los Muertos [/caption] Good morning and welcome to the Dia de Los Muertos edition of Loanio's roundup. Dia de Los Muertos is a holiday celebration that takes place primarily in Mexico and celebrates the dead. It goes by Day of the Dead in English and correspondingly it matches the Catholic holidays of......
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Teens Saving Money [/caption] One of the best ways to build a strong financial foundation in teens is by starting a savings plan early on. Over the past few years, there have been more teens saving money and the results are clear. When you take the time to teach good financial practices to...... -
401k Planning Most people have questions when it comes to 401k planning and retirement. These people often wonder what 401k planning is, how 401k planning works, and how a dwindling balance can be revived. 401k plans can be complex, but they can also be quite easy to understand with a little bit...... -
What Are Safe Investments? [/caption] If you are trying to accumulate wealth, set aside money for the future or you would just like to have a few more streams of income coming in, investments are usually the first thing people turn to. However, the most common question that many people have is what are......
Related Sites - President-Elect Obama Roundup Another edition of the RCDL roundup. Congrats to President-Elect Obama for winning the election! Frugal | Money Saving Tips: The Christian Science Monitor takes a look at when gift-card promises go unfulfilled. Good points for holiday shoppers. Financial Ramblings writes this winter tip: The Most Beautiful Way To Save Money......
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Cavalcade of Risk #61: Risky Business Edition Is there anyone not familiar with Tom Cruise and the 1983 movie, Risky Business? I was only 3 when it came out, and yet I'm well aware of the movie... and the (what was considered at the time) "risky" dance moves. The articles in this carnival have nothing to do with Tom...... - How Beginners Can Determine Their Stock Market Investing Risk Tolerance Risk tolerance is crucial for ETF market trading. When you first study how to invest in the stock market, you’ll start to see that each person has his or her own risk tolerance level , which should be analyzed and understood. Any reliable and professional financial planner or stock broker......
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The Future of P2P Lending - Dusting Off My Crystal Ball Remember the good old days of 1998? The Internet was going to change everything. Analysts predicted that we were going to buy our books, music, pet supplies, and groceries over the Internet. It's ten years later and the analysts were right about the first two and wrong about the last...... - Sunday Money Madness: Bootacular Edition Happy early Halloween! Welcome to yet another edition of the Sunday Money Madness Roundup. I hope you enjoy the posts presented below. Start browsing! Debt | Debt Leveraging: What Happens to a Joint Mortgage if One Partner Declares Themselves Bankrupt asks Debt Free Advice. Financial Wellness Project writes 5 questions......
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