Thursday, July 16, 2009

Investment banking - foot in the door?

I%26#039;ve regretted not studying economics/finance and going for a banking career. Rather, I%26#039;ve worked as a market researcher, and at a business think-tank.



Now out of the blue, I%26#039;ve been hired by a top American bank to cover for someone for a period of 6-weeks, starting next week. As I understand, I%26#039;ll essentially be doing ad hoc stuff for a top-rated analyst and head of their emerging markets equities business (ie, updating reports/presentations, drafting client responses). I%26#039;ve never met this person and was hired after a 15 minute interview by the person I%26#039;m covering for.



I%26#039;m wondering why on earth they hired me for this position (probably, I was available on short notice). I have a business degree, but am a generalist without a finance



background. I%26#039;m worried I%26#039;ll be a spectacular failure and lambasted for my ignorance.



Can anyone offer advice on how to survive and make the most of the experience? Are there careers within investment banks that someone like me can still aim for?



Investment banking - foot in the door?heart rate





It looks like you will be taking orders so just play it by ear and do some homework on terminology



Investment banking - foot in the door? loan



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How Long will it take.....(algebra 2 help)?

Question 11:



How long will it take to drive 240 miles if your average speed is 64 mph?



Express as a decimal rounded to the hundredths place.



hours



Question 12:



A plane flies from Atlanta, GA to Portland, a 2,165-mi trip, in 6 and a half hours. What is the plane%26#039;s rate, rounded to the nearest whole number?



mph



Question 13:



A car travels from Atlanta to Portland a 2,164.5 mile trip, in 37 hours. What is the car%26#039;s average speed, rounded to the nearest tenth?



mph



Question 14:



Use the formula F = (9/5)(C) + 32. If it is 68 degrees Fahrenheit outside, what is the temperature in Celsius?



degrees Celsius



Question 15:



A jogger and a bicycle rider leave the same location at the same time and travel on the same road. The jogger runs at a constant speed of 13 km per hour. At the end of three hours the bicycle rider is 36 km ahead of the jogger. Find the speed of the bicycle rider. Use a chart to help you organize the information.



kph



Question 16:



Albert invests $4000 for two years. He invests part in a bond paying 12 percent and the rest in a stock paying 15 percent. If the total interest received is $1068, how much was invested in a bond? Use a chart to help you organize the information.



$



Question 17:



For Question #16, how much was invested in a stock?



$



Question 18:



A plane flies from St. Louis, MO to Tallahassee, FL at 300 mph. A car drives the same distance, leaves at the same time and drives an average speed of 60 mph. The car arrives in Tallahassee 8.8 hours later than the plane. How far is it from St. Louis to Tallahassee? Use a chart to help you organize the information.



miles



Question 19:



John has a credit card from Bagel Bank and another from Arctic Bank. He has a total of $1,190 charged on his credit cards. Bagel Bank charges 15% simple interest per year and Arctic Bank charges 16% per year. The yearly interest charge John needs to pay is $183.90. How much money does John owe Bagel Bank before interest charges?



$



Question 20:



A cop was hidden behind a tree and clocked a Ford going by at forty-eight kph. 1/2 of an hour later, the cop clocked a Honda passing by at sixty-three kph. If the two cars continue at the same speed, how far will the Honda travel before it catchs up to the Ford?



Express as a decimal rounded to the tenths place.



km



How Long will it take.....(algebra 2 help)?credit counseling





Here is the detailed answer, hope they are useful :-)



Question 11:



t = d / s = 240 / 64 = 3.75 h



Question 12:



s = d / t = 2165 / 6.5 = 333.0769 = 333 m/h



Question 13:



s = d / t = 2164.5 / 37 = 58.5 m/h



Question 14:



F = (9 / 5)(C) + 32 (F = 68



68 = (9 / 5)(C) +32



68 - 32 = (9 / 5)(C)



36 = (9 / 5)(C)



C = 36 (5 / 9) = 20 degrees celsius



Question 15:



The given info are:



Sj = 13 Km/h, t = 3 h, Db = Dj + 36



First we calculate the distance covered by the jogger:



Dj = Sj X t = 13 X 3 = 39 Km



Then the distance covered by the cyclist is deduced:



Db = Dj + 36 = 39 + 36 = 75 Km



Therefore:



Sb = Db / t = 75 / 3 = 25 Km/h



Question 16:



The given info are:



Ib (interest of bond) = 12/100, Is = 15/100, Pt (total profit) = 1068,



Ct (total capital) = 4000, Cs + Cb = 4000, Ti (investment time) =



2 y



Cs + Cb = 4000



Cs = 4000 - Cb (1)



Ti [(Ib X Cb) + (Is X Cs)] = Pt



2 X [(12/100 X Cb) + (15/100 X Cs)] = 1068 (/2



(12/100 X Cb) + (15/100 X Cs) = 534 (from (1)



(12/100 X Cb) + [15/100 X (4000 - Cb)] = 534



(12/100 X Cb) + 600 - (15/100 X Cb) = 534



-3/100 X Cb = -60



Cb = -60 X -100/3 = 2000



Question 17:



From (1) in previous answer:



Cs = 4000 - Cb = 4000 - 2000 = 2000



Question 18:



The given info are:



Sp = 300 m/h, Sc = 60 m/h, Tc = Tp + 8.8



From the equation of linear motion:



D = ST



D = Sp X Tp = Sc X Tc (Tc = Tp + 8.8



Sp X Tp = Sc X (Tp + 8.8)



300 X Tp = (60 X Tp) + 528



(300 X Tp) - (60 X Tp) = 528



240 X Tp = 528



Tp = 528 / 240 = 2.2 h



D = Sp X Tp = 300 X 2.2 = 660 m



Question 19:



The given info are:



Ct (total credit) = 1190 $, Ib (interest rate of Bagel) = 15/100, Ia = 16/100, It (total interest) = 183.9 $



Cb + Ca = Ct



Ca = Ct - Cb = 1190 - Cb (1)



(Ib X Cb) + (Ia X Ca) = 183.9



(Ib X Cb) + [Ia X (1190 - Cb)] = 183.9



(15/100 X Cb) + [(16/100 X 1190) - (16/100 X Cb)] = 183.9



(15/100 X Cb) + 190.4 - (16/100 X Cb) = 183.9



-1/100 X Cb = -6.5



Cb = -6.5 * -100 = 650 $



Question 20:



The givedn info are:



Sh (speed of Honda) = 63 Km/h, Sf = 48 Km/h, Tf (time available to Ford to travel before meeting) = Th + 0.5



Let the distance from radar point to meeting point is D.



D = Sh X Th = Sf X Tf (Tf = Th + 0.5



Sh X Th = Sf X (Th + 0.5)



Sh X Th = (Sf X Th) + (0.5 X Sf)



(Sh X Th) - (Sf X Th) = 0.5 X Sf



Th (Sh - Sf) = 0.5 X Sf



Th = (0.5 X Sf) / (Sh - Sf) = (0.5 X 48) / (63 - 48) = 1.6 h



D = Sh X Th = 63 X 1.6 = 100.8 Km



Eventhough I%26#039;m now a dental student, I never failed to be a great physics fan!



How Long will it take.....(algebra 2 help)?

loan



to solve the distance ,speed and time questions you use this, is that, u draw a pyramid,with the distance on top,while time and distance on the bottom. will be %26gt;%26gt; D,T,S.....eg,when you need to find the speed,you use D to divide T.........if you want to find distance means you use T times S(time x speed).....for question 11,the answer is 3 h 45 min.and the so on questions about finding D,T,S,using this method,you can solve them. Hope this can help you out.

Taking out a student loan?

Hey there, I need a little advice.. I just got another bill from my school .. about $4000.. The thing is i do have more than that in the bank, but not much more. So I%26#039;m thinkin it might be more wise to just take out a loan rather than just clear out my account.. Right? so what can you guys tell me about a loan. .. whats a good interest rate that i should accept.. And do you get student loans from the bank, or do you get them through the school? Just because i know you dont have to pay those back til 6 months after graduation....... telll mee all ya know =))



Taking out a student loan?postage rate





I feel a bit differently about student loans. I think it is good to get them as long as you use them wisely. I do not think you should wipe out your savings, that seems nuts to me. Student loans do not count against you when you apply for other loans, they do not show up as part of the wages versus debt ratio, which is a great thing for your future. And having the money in savings will also help you get loans. You get student loans through a bank, and if you are ready to do so you can go to your school%26#039;s financial office and they will be able to help you get the ball rolling. It should be a pretty easy and painless process. I would recommend talking to the staff at your college after getting some questions together and Good Luck to you.



Taking out a student loan? loan



If you can avoid a student loan..do so. If not obtain one and make sure you consolidate immediately.



Can you get any financial aid? Such as pell grants or do work study?|||Try everything before going for a Student Loan. I don%26#039;t know what it is like in USA but here in UK it is difficult paying back, starting to get to grips with mine almost ten years after my first loan. It%26#039;s better than a credit card, though.|||I don%26#039;t know about students loans, because anybody and everybody that was born in Georgia can go to a state owned university or college free. You can get a student loan if you want to but it is not because you need it. All Georgians have the Hope Grant or Hope Scholorship, which is funded by the Georgia Lottery. 100% of that money is for georgia%26#039;s education.|||Lots of info here.

Hellllllllllllllllllllllllllp please!!!?

I need help with this pleeeeeease, I need to get like two good grades to graduate!!



pleasee



Question 1:



Use V = (1/3)bh



Solve for b.



Is it:



A. b = (3v)/h



B. b = (3v)/b



C. b = 3(v/h)



D. b = 3(h/v)



Enter a, b, c, or d only!



Question 2:



Use V = (1/3)bh



Solve for h.



Is it:



A. h = (3v)/h



B. h = (3v)/b



C. h = 3(v/h)



D. h = 3(h/v)



Enter a, b, c, or d only!



Question 3:



Destiny drove to Alyssa%26#039;s house at 52 mph. Alyssa%26#039;s house is 128 miles away. How long did it take her to get to Alyssa%26#039;s house?



Round to the hundredths place.



hours



Question 4:



Brian drove to Noah%26#039;s house at 40 mph. Noah%26#039;s house is 231 miles away. How long did it take Brian to get to Noah%26#039;s house?



Round to the hundredths place.



hours



Question 5:



If the base of a triangle is 11 cm and the area is 242 cm2, what is the height?



cm



Question 6:



What is the width of a rectangle with perimeter 162.6 cm and length 32.9 cm? Round to the tenths place.



cm



Question 7:



If the length of a rectangle is 5 1/2 cm and the perimeter is 26 cm, what is the width of the rectangle?



Enter the answer as a decimal!



cm



Question 8:



If the height of a rectangle is 3 1/2 m and the perimeter is 8 1/3 m, what is the base of the rectangle?



Enter as a fraction.



m



Question 9:



If the area of a triangle is 18 square feet and its base is 12 feet, find the height of the triangle.



feet



Question 10:



If the perimeter of a living room is 32 meters and its length is 9 meters, find its width.



meters



Question 11:



How long will it take to drive 240 miles if your average speed is 64 mph?



Express as a decimal rounded to the hundredths place.



hours



Question 12:



A plane flies from Atlanta, GA to Portland, a 2,165-mi trip, in 6 and a half hours. What is the plane%26#039;s rate, rounded to the nearest whole number?



mph



Question 13:



A car travels from Atlanta to Portland a 2,164.5 mile trip, in 37 hours. What is the car%26#039;s average speed, rounded to the nearest tenth?



mph



Question 14:



Use the formula F = (9/5)(C) + 32. If it is 68 degrees Fahrenheit outside, what is the temperature in Celsius?



degrees Celsius



Question 15:



A jogger and a bicycle rider leave the same location at the same time and travel on the same road. The jogger runs at a constant speed of 13 km per hour. At the end of three hours the bicycle rider is 36 km ahead of the jogger. Find the speed of the bicycle rider. Use a chart to help you organize the information.



kph



Question 16:



Albert invests $4000 for two years. He invests part in a bond paying 12 percent and the rest in a stock paying 15 percent. If the total interest received is $1068, how much was invested in a bond? Use a chart to help you organize the information.



$



Question 17:



For Question #16, how much was invested in a stock?



$



Question 18:



A plane flies from St. Louis, MO to Tallahassee, FL at 300 mph. A car drives the same distance, leaves at the same time and drives an average speed of 60 mph. The car arrives in Tallahassee 8.8 hours later than the plane. How far is it from St. Louis to Tallahassee? Use a chart to help you organize the information.



miles



Question 19:



John has a credit card from Bagel Bank and another from Arctic Bank. He has a total of $1,190 charged on his credit cards. Bagel Bank charges 15% simple interest per year and Arctic Bank charges 16% per year. The yearly interest charge John needs to pay is $183.90. How much money does John owe Bagel Bank before interest charges?



$



Question 20:



A cop was hidden behind a tree and clocked a Ford going by at forty-eight kph. 1/2 of an hour later, the cop clocked a Honda passing by at sixty-three kph. If the two cars continue at the same speed, how far will the Honda travel before it catchs up to the Ford?



Express as a decimal rounded to the tenths place.



km



Hellllllllllllllllllllllllllp please!!!?honda finance





You should have studied then you wouldn%26#039;t need to cheat! I suspect you may have posted your final!



Hellllllllllllllllllllllllllp please!!!? loan



Sorry, I can not answer this ... I have bad math grades also. I just think that the length of this might scare people, it did for me, and you may not get as many answers. I suggest splitting it up, and posting in a few different categories. I do this :) Usually you will get more answers. Good luck!|||1. a.



2. b.



3. 2.462 hours or 2.46 hours



4. 5.775 hours or 5.78 hours



5. 44 cm



6. 48.4 cm



7. 7.5 cm (decimal?!) or 0.75 x 10^-1 cm



8. 2/3 cm



9. 3 ft.



10. 7 m



11. 3.75 hours



12. 333 mph



13. 58.5 mph



14. 20 C



15. 25 kph



16. $ 480



17. $ 600



18. 660 miles



19. $ 185



20. 0.5 km

Better to convert my Aus dollars into USD now or wait?

I have pre-loaded 2,000 USD onto a travelex card I can withdraw from any Visa Atm. I have about 2,000 AUS left which I can either put on the travlex card now or keep in my bank account %26amp; withdraw while I am over there. Is it better to take the current exchange rate or do you think the exchange rate will go up? I am leaning towards putting another thousand on the travelex card %26amp; keeping a thousand in the bank to have 2 money sources in case I lose one, so the main question is to do it now or wait until late Nov when I leave.



Better to convert my Aus dollars into USD now or wait?heart rate monitor





this is the question that fortunes are made or lost on. I never get it right!! Personally with the loans stuff happening at the moment I would be cautious about going over to US dollars too quickly but in recent times the exchange rates have yoyoed.



I don%26#039;t know about you but I have found the travelex card an expensive option for any large about off and I lost much in the conversions rate when i used it previously- a rip off really but that is how they make their profit.



Personally I prefer to use the ATM and use the travelex card as an emergency back up only- but that is just me

Real Estate Law/Mortgage Attorney Bad Home Loans!!!?

I was given a very bad loan with a reputable bank %26quot;Wells Fargo%26quot; that is. They NEVER gave me Disclosures Good Faith,TIL Borrowers Authorization etc! They sold my loan to EMC and they changed my Interest rate from a FIXED rate when i signed my loan docs to an ADJUSTABLE rate of a 10% on my FIRST and a 12% ADJUSTABLE on my second WITHOUT even telling me!



I am pretty sure i have aREALLY good case! That is what EVERYONE is telling me! I was workingfor a company Prudential Real Estate when the wells fargo %26quot;Lender%26quot; that worked with me he had his own branch in my office told me i could get a home loan even though i was making COMMISSION only and probably only $1,000 a month. My Mortgage is $2,200 a month for a very small condo here in Modesto that was built in 1980 and is only worth $200k and they sold it to me for $235K. What i am upset about is what they told me and not disclosing ANYTHING to me i have ALL of my documents and no good faith etc was given to me and my Interest rate changed 3 points when they sol my loan to EMC. The Lender from Wells Fargo told me to write a letter saying i made $4,000 a month doing Notaries a month and that would get me the home loan! Well it Did and with a Hefty Price and a Mortgage I cannot afford and nobody will refinance me because i had to file bankruptcy because i could not afford the payments anymore at 27 years old on my own and only making $2k a month, and a Mortgage of $2,200 a month which is more than i make not including money i need to eat!!!!!



Please call me ASAP and i will explain in detail. I am afraid i will lose my home and i am frustrated because i keep getting the wrong answers from my NEW lender and my interest rate changed without my consent! I can be reached at 209-380-1004.



Thank You!!!!



Sincerely,



Krissy Sutton



209-380-1004



Real Estate Law/Mortgage Attorney Bad Home Loans!!!?credit card debt





Are you saying that you participated in a fraud in order to get what you wanted, and now you want someone else to pay for it?

If i put my money in a CD, will i get interest per month or per year?

My bank offers CD%26#039;s but im curious, they have a 5% interest rate. but is this per month, or per year?



If i put my money in a CD, will i get interest per month or per year?care credit





The interest you get is an annualized 5%. Depending on the CD, this could be paid monthly or annually. If monthly, you get 1/12 of the 5% if annually, you get it all at the end of the 1 year term.



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If i put my money in a CD, will i get interest per month or per year?

loan



It would depend on the terms of that particular product, but most commonly, it is yearly.|||The quoted rate, in this case 5%, is an annual rate. But you don%26#039;t %26quot;get it%26quot; either per month OR per year. You get it all at the end of the life of the CD. If it%26#039;s a 2-year CD, then you get the 5% per year at the end of 2 years.|||It would be APR Which is annual percentage rate If you want to earn 5% per month or more I suggest the forex markets . I trade with other investors and we normally make 5.3 % per month. If you would like more information write to me at billone44@yahoo.com|||Most CD%26#039;s are compounded monthly. However, there are some that the interested is paid on a yearly basis and it is not compounded. Ask your banker.

Is anyone using Charles Schwab banking services?

I currently use Bank of America for my banking needs and they are ok. But they do have some restrictions on their savings accounts such as having a minimum, only 3 withdrawls per month and other things as well. They also have very poor interest rates on their checking and savings accounts. Around 0.20% APY



Whereas Charles Schwab has no minimums on their accounts, no restrictions, no fees on the account, no ATM fees, and their interest rates are around 4% APY.



But when i ask all my friends and coworkers about Charles Schwab, none of them use their banking services. Is there something i%26#039;m missing about Charles Schwab, and is there any reasons i shouldn%26#039;t switch?



Is anyone using Charles Schwab banking services?inflation rate





A lot less services for the individual. Scwabb is more often used for investment banking and large accounts.



Try Commerce Bank

Will they refinance my balloon mortgage?

My 3 year balloon mortgage is maturing in February. Back in March of last year, we tried to refinance with another bank but they said our Debt to Income was too high and the only way we could do it was to use equity in our home to pay off some of the other debt we have. We were not sure that the value of the home would be enough and decided not to do it because we would end up having to pay the appraisal fee if it didn%26#039;t work out. We have been doing business at the bank where the mortgage is at for 20+ years. My question is.. Will they refinance the mortgage since the other bank wouldn%26#039;t? We called our bank in December and asked what we needed to do about the maturity coming up and they said just wait until we make our last payment and then come in and they would set it up for 3 years again at prime rate...We paid every payment ontime for the 3 year duration and I see no reason they shouldn%26#039;t set up the balloon again. But since the other bank wouldn%26#039;t do it,it%26#039;s got me worried. help?



Will they refinance my balloon mortgage?credit bureau





All lenders have guidelines to follow. If you don%26#039;t fit in to the guidelines to re-fi your current loan they don%26#039;t have to (i.e. all the foreclosure%26#039;s nationwide right now, they all wanted to re-fi out of their loans but were denied due to poor credit rating, debt-to-income, loan-to-value, ect.). They are not required to re-finance your loan because you chose a balloon.



My suggestion would be to call a major lender with hundreds of loan programs and doc types. With a high enough credit score you can qualify for some of the best loans out their with no DTI issues. Private banks do not typically offer these programs.



I do loans nationwide, if you%26#039;d like my help, please feel free to email me.



Will they refinance my balloon mortgage?

loan



If you are considering a home mortgage refinance loan there are many great reasons for mortgage refinancing. If you are considering mortgage refinancing ...........



need more information visit :



http://syubrawi.com/home-mortgage-refina...|||With good payment history on your mortgage you should qualify with a higher debt to income ratio with another lender. Banks tend to be more conservative in this area. However, there are many mortgage lenders that will allow for a higher debt to income ratio with good payment history.|||I agree with C. Donahue. You need to research more about your options with more lenders. If you don%26#039;t ask the questions you will not get the answers. Use a service such as Bills.com ( https://www.bills.com/homeloan/mortgage_... ) to get free quotes from multiple lenders. Even if they cannot help you they will be able to tell you the steps that you will need to take to remedy the situation. This particular website even calculates what your chances are of getting a successful funding of your loan.

Early in the yr 2005, the owner of a building made a lesse an offer. The lease contract has 4 more y

Early in the year 2005, the owner of a building made a lessee an offer. The lease contract has



four more years to run, and the rent is to be increased by 10% a year each year over the



preceding year. The rent is payable in equal monthly instalments but (for the sake of



simplicity) assume it is all paid at year-end. The building owner%26#039;s offer is that a lump sum



payment now (early in January 2005 before the January rent check had been prepared) of



$80,000 would be considered as prepaid rent for the remaining four years of the contract. If



the offer is accepted, Charlie would borrow $80,000 from the bank. The arrangement with the



bank is that $20,000 of the principal will be repaid on December 31, of the years 2005



through 2008, with interest at 12% on the amount owed at the beginning of each year. Use



the interest rate as the discount rate. The tax rate is 22%. Assume that in 2004,?



the rent payment was $24,000. Should the of



Early in the yr 2005, the owner of a building made a lesse an offer. The lease contract has 4 more years to?child tax credit





You are taking a big risk paying in advance. If your business fails etc. you will still be liable for the bank loan. The owner is the only one profiting from this offer. Your rent increases by 10% but you will be paying 12% interest to the bank. they will add 12% to 80,000. up front. you now owe 88,960.00 you pay 20,000 that leaves 68,960. add 12% you owe 74,710 you are already paying 14,000 interest and you have only made 1 payment. You can claim the rent costs on your taxes. it will cost well over 20,000 in interest to save 16,000 DON%26quot;T DO IT.



Early in the yr 2005, the owner of a building made a lesse an offer. The lease contract has 4 more years to? loan



This is really an easy question if this were an actual business decision. The answer would of course be NO for the following reasons:



1) You don%26#039;t know if the business will succeed, if you%26#039;ve prepaid 5 yrs you%26#039;ll have no leverage with the owner of the property.



2) You won%26#039;t want to tie up all of your credit for an unessary loan. You may need that credit to purchase equipment, inventory, ect.

I have a question on forwards and future prices?

a bank offers a corporate client a choice between borrowIng cash at 11%per annum and borrowing gold at 2%per annum. (if gold is borrowed, interest must be repaid in gold. Thus 100 ounces borrowed today would require 102 ounces to be repaid in 1 year). The risk free interest rate is 9.25% per annum, and strorage costs are 0.5% annum. Discuss whether the rate of interest on the gold loan is too high or too low in relation to the rate of interest on the cash loan. The interest rate on the two loans are expressed with annual compounding. The risk free interest rate and strorage costs are expressed with continuous compunding.



I have a question on forwards and future prices?unemployment rate





If you borrow cash at 11% and invest it at 9.25%, you lose 1.75% on the trade. If you borrow in gold at 2%, and it costs you 0.5% to store it, it costs you 2.5% total.



It appears that the cost of borrowing in gold is too high versus borrowing in cash.



The question doesn%26#039;t make a lot of sense because it doesn%26#039;t take into account the price of gold. For them to be equal, the forward price of gold should be higher than the spot today, to account for the rate differential.



I have a question on forwards and future prices?

loan



hi,



when the loan is given, during that period both cost will be same in short term. in long term cash interest will be less due to inflation. but gold interest will increase in cash equivalent.



study the fundamentals of investment from http://vbulls.com/ .

Will September be the collapse of the US real economy?

According to LEAP/E2020, the end of the third quarter of 2008 will be marked by a new tipping point in the unfolding of the global systemic crisis. At that time indeed, the cumulated impact of the various sequences of the crisis (see table below) will reach its maximum strength and affect decisively the very heart of the systems concerned, on the frontline of which the United States, epicentre of the current crisis. In the United States, this new tipping point will translate into a collapse of the real economy, final socio-economic stage of the serial bursting of the housing and financial bubbles [1] and of the pursuance of the US dollar fall. The collapse of US real economy means the virtual freeze of the American economic machinery: private and public bankruptcies in large numbers, companies and public services closing down massively [2],...



A revealing harbinger: From March 2008 onward, the US government will cease to publish its economic indicators due to budget restrictions [3]. Those who read the GEAB N°2 (02/2006), and included Alert, certainly keep in mind our anticipation which connected the upcoming fall of the US dollar with the US Fed’s decision to cease publishing the M3 indicator. This new decision is another clear sign that US leaders are now anticipating a very bleak economic outlook for their country.



Time perspective of the seven sequences of the impact phase of the global systemic crisis as anticipated since mid-2007 - Source LEAP/E2020, GEAB N°18 (10/2007)



In this 22nd issue of the GEAB, LEAP/E2020’s experts try in particular to anticipate very specifically what will come out of the collapse of the US real economy for the United States themselves and for the other regions of the world. Meanwhile our team presents five sets of strategic and operational recommendations helping to protect oneself from the upcoming deterioration of the global systemic crisis.



On the occasion of the second anniversary of the publication of our famous “Global systemic crisis Alert” which toured the world in February 2006 [4], LEAP/E2020 wishes to remind that we are now resolutely stepping into an era with no historical precedent. Our researchers insisted on that many times in the last two years: any comparison with the previous crises of our modern economy would be fallacious. It is neither a “remake” of the 1929 crisis nor a repetition of the 1970s oil crises or 1987 stock market crisis. It is truly a global systemic crisis, that is to say a crisis affecting the entire planet and questioning the very foundations of the international system upon which the world was organised in the last decades.



According to LEAP/E2020, it is also instructive to observe that, two years after the release of this ? Alert ? which at the time generated both the interest of millions of readers worldwide and the condescending irony of most ? experts ? and ? managers ? of the economic and financial spheres, everyone is now convinced that a crisis is truly happening, that it is really global, and for most people already that it could indeed be systemic. However, it is always a repeated astonishment for our team to see the degree of incapacity of these same experts and managers in understanding the specific nature of the phenomenon currently unfolding. According to them, this crisis would only be a normal crisis but bigger. As a matter of fact that is the way the financial media reflect the dominant interpretations of the ongoing crisis. According to our team, this approach is not only intellectually lazy [5], it is also morally guilty, because it has for a main consequence to prevent their readers (whether they are simple citizens, private investors or public or private organisation managers) from preparing for the upcoming shocks [6].



For this reason, in opposition to all what can be read in the mainstream media always eager to conceal the truth and serve the interests of those who rule them, LEAP/E2020 wishes to remind that it is first and foremost in the United States that the systemic crisis is taking an unprecedented shape (the ? Very Great US Depression ? as our team decided to call it in January 2007 [7]) because it is around this country, and this country alone, that the world got progressively organised after the second World War. The various issues of the GEAB extensively described this situation. In short, let’s be clear about the fact that neither Europe nor Asia have a negative saving rate, a full-scale housing crisis throwing millions of citizens out of their homes, a free-falling currency, abysmal public and trade deficits, an economic recession and, on top of all this, a number of costly wars to finance.



Neither Asia nor Europe (or more precisely ‘nor the Eurozone’) will suffer the roughest, the most sustainable and the most negative impact of the ongoing crisis; but the United States will, as well as all the countries/economies strongly linked to the US (what our experts have decided to call “the American risk”) [8]. A “decoupling” is indeed taking place between the US economy and the other large regions of the world. But “decoupling” does not mean “independence” and it is clear that, as anticipated by LEAP/E2020 for many months, Asia and Europe will be affected by the crisis. But ? decoupling ? entails that the evolution of the US economy and of the other large regions of the world are no longer synchronised, that Asia and Europe are now moving along courses no longer determined by the US economy.



The global systemic crisis is in fact the beginning of an economic ? decoupling ? between the US and the rest of the world, knowing that the non ? decoupled ? economies will be dragged down the US negative spiral.



US Self-Employment in a Steep Downturn - Source Bureau of Labor Statistics / Merril Lynch (shaded region represents period of US recession)



The cases of the housing (2006) and financial (2007) bubble-bursting are eloquent. Indeed, the large majority of operators (non-specialised in the concerned sector) discovered that ? the party was over ? a long time after the trend had reversed. During the entire reversal period (which usually lasts between 6 to 12 months at most), dominant stances kept repeating them that nothing was changing and that emerging worries had no reason to be; and later, that the problems would remain confined to the sector concerned and to the US only. All those who, in the US and elsewhere, listened to these arguments are bitterly regretful now that they are stuck with unmarketable houses (or about to be foreclosed) or now that they see the value of their assets crumble day after day [9].



Concerning stock markets, our team has anticipated since October 2007 that international stocks would plummet by 20 to 60 percent according to the region in the course of the year 2008. Today, we must re-evaluate our anticipations as we estimate that losses will be even greater than that. Indeed, on the one hand, stock markets have already lost between 10 and 20 percent since the beginning of the year [10], and, on the other hand, the collapse of the real economy in the US by the end of Summer 2008 will drag down all stock markets. According to LEAP/E2020, international stock markets will probably drop by 50 percent in average compared to 2007 (including in the emerging countries) [11].



This sort of re-evaluation is typical of the work of anticipation carried by LEAP/E2020. Month after month we try to distinguish which trends are growing and which are relenting in order to improve the accuracy of our evaluations. We do not strive to “be right” [12], nor to “sell” or “promote” anything. We seek simply and without prejudice to describe in advance the consequences of the heavy trends at play in this 21st-century world, and to share with our readers what we think are the proper means to protect oneself from the most negative effects.



In this 22nd issue of the Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin, with the alert we sound about a collapse of US real economy from September 2008 onward, we are trying again to warn those concerned that this major event will generate many very severe socio-political troubles in the United States [13] whose economy is truly on a tumbling course [14], a situation extremely likely to entail very heavy consequences for the financial and monetary markets, and for the world’s economy. We have not yet reached the heart of the crisis. According to LEAP/E2020, we will be there in the second semester of 2008.



--------------------------------------...



[1] A very instructive film was recently nominated at the Sundance Film Festival: I.O.U.S.A., directed by Patrick Creadon. As it follows the journey of David Walker, US Comptroller General (and therefore responsible for controlling federal public spending), during a series of conferences on the state of public expenditures throughout the country, this film shows the very direct impact of the current crisis on American citizens and the United States. The release of this film illustrates the fact that, in just a few months time, this crisis left the mere circles of experts and boardrooms of financial institutions to enter into the daily life of the US citizens.



[2] In the past few days, the complete collapse of Municipal bonds (or ? Munis ?) illustrates the fact that the crisis is spreading to all sectors of the US society. This collapse will freeze all public investment projects scheduled by local authorities in the US. It is one of the first big victims of the implosion of ? bonds insurers ? announced by LEAP/E2020 in the GEAB N°19. It aloso demonstrates the fact that large banks are now incapable of playing their role of financers of the country’s economic activity. Sources: Financial Times, 02/13/2008 %26amp; Bloomberg, 02/14/2008



[3] Source: EconomicIndicators.Gov, Economics %26amp; Statistics Administration, US Department of Commerce



[4] See GEAB N°2, 02/15/2006



[5] The first reason that may prevent those ? experts ? to conceive the ? unconceivable ?, is not a matter of intelligence but a ? commercial ? problem. Indeed it would compel them to review most of their intellectual principles (their work hypotheses) and their business base (their ? clients ? would not appreciate to learn that they were on the wrong track all these years).



[6] On this subject, it is worth noticing the very straightforward speech made by the head of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, who recently warned his fellow citizens that the current crisis would downgrade significantly their living standards. Unfortunately, no US leader, including among the Democrats, is able to produce such a speech, knowing that their fellow citizens will be hit even harder than the British. Source: The Telegraph, 02/14/2008.



[7] See GEAB N°11, 01/15/2007.



[8] In this 22nd issue of the GEAB, the LEAP/E2020 team gives a set of recommendations helping investors to assess themselves the ? American risk ? of a country, sector or investment.



[9] The same goes for all those who chose to listen to similar arguments telling them, along the years 2006 and 2007, that it was impossible for the EURUSD exchange rate to go above 1.30, then 1.40, and now 1.50… while waiting 1.70 at the end of the year 2008.



[10] Only ? dream merchants ? can still imagine that stock markets could improve by the end of the year, while the crisis is speeding up.



[11] It is worth reminding that in January 2008, in just a month, global stock markets saw USD 5,200 billion-worth go up in smoke. Source: China Daily News, 02/10/2008



[12] Even if our anticipations undeniably proved to be right in the past two years concerning the global systemic crisis.



[13] See ‘Sequence 6 : 2nd quarter 2007 – 4th quarter 2009 : ? Very Great Depression ? in the US, social unrest and growing influence of the army on public management, GEAB N°18, 10/15/2007



[14] Predictions about the failure of dozens of US banks in the coming two years illustrate the scope of upcoming difficulties. Source: Reuters, 02/01/2008



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Will September be the collapse of the US real economy?inflation rate





OMG. I didnt even read anything and my eyes hurt!



Will September be the collapse of the US real economy? loan



not gonna read that,but i%26#039;ve heard something like that.i hope it doesn%26#039;t|||yes|||WAY to much info, the first paragraph is all i needed to know(didnt read other paragraphs)



PS: dont care live in CANADA BOOOOAH!!!!!|||uh huh yeah uh huh yea right got that right yea uh huh|||Go back to sleep!!!|||sorry, but if you can`t pare that propaganda down to 1 or 2 paragraphs no one will read it ......|||HOnestly, it may sound interesting but September this year is just way too early. However I have read the question and the very last paragraph, what I can say is:



Y! answer should limit the allowed characters to be actually typed so people can trim it down to a couple of paragraphs only.|||Yes it will be worse in September.



interest rates will be lower, unemployment higher, the dollar %26#039;s buying power even lower. I believe by this time double digit inflation will be painfully evident to everyone as the government says inflation is sill single in single digits. Even more people will shun the dollar and prefer payment in any currency as long as it%26#039;s not US dollars. Gold will continue it%26#039;s journey to the moon with haste as more people try to find value for their dollars.|||I%26#039;m a big fan of the Creadon%26#039;s first film, and recall them saying that I.O.U.S.A. (your first footnote) would be subtitled %26quot;It%26#039;s a Big Budget Production%26quot;. I know they did their homework, and got a lot of high-level access to what%26#039;s going on government-wise. The %26quot;we%26#039;re headed from bad to worse%26quot; clarion trumpet has been blown for a long time, and this time I gotta say it sounds pretty real.



Debt (deficit doesn%26#039;t matter): http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/



Deflation may fix some problems; with the dollar dropping, manufacturing may finally be more profitable to return here -- some things may fix themselves that way. But it doesn%26#039;t look good by any means.

Can someone help me with these? I'm about to fail math I will be so greatful if you could?

Question 1:



Use V = (1/3)bh



Solve for b.



Is it:



A. b = (3v)/h



B. b = (3v)/b



C. b = 3(v/h)



D. b = 3(h/v)



Enter a, b, c, or d only!



Question 2:



Use V = (1/3)bh



Solve for h.



Is it:



A. h = (3v)/h



B. h = (3v)/b



C. h = 3(v/h)



D. h = 3(h/v)



Enter a, b, c, or d only!



Question 3:



Destiny drove to Alyssa%26#039;s house at 52 mph. Alyssa%26#039;s house is 128 miles away. How long did it take her to get to Alyssa%26#039;s house?



Round to the hundredths place.



hours



Question 4:



Brian drove to Noah%26#039;s house at 40 mph. Noah%26#039;s house is 231 miles away. How long did it take Brian to get to Noah%26#039;s house?



Round to the hundredths place.



hours



Question 5:



If the base of a triangle is 11 cm and the area is 242 cm2, what is the height?



cm



Question 6:



What is the width of a rectangle with perimeter 162.6 cm and length 32.9 cm? Round to the tenths place.



cm



Question 7:



If the length of a rectangle is 5 1/2 cm and the perimeter is 26 cm, what is the width of the rectangle?



Enter the answer as a decimal!



cm



Question 8:



If the height of a rectangle is 3 1/2 m and the perimeter is 8 1/3 m, what is the base of the rectangle?



Enter as a fraction.



m



Question 9:



If the area of a triangle is 18 square feet and its base is 12 feet, find the height of the triangle.



feet



Question 10:



If the perimeter of a living room is 32 meters and its length is 9 meters, find its width.



meters



Question 11:



How long will it take to drive 240 miles if your average speed is 64 mph?



Express as a decimal rounded to the hundredths place.



hours



Question 12:



A plane flies from Atlanta, GA to Portland, a 2,165-mi trip, in 6 and a half hours. What is the plane%26#039;s rate, rounded to the nearest whole number?



mph



Question 13:



A car travels from Atlanta to Portland a 2,164.5 mile trip, in 37 hours. What is the car%26#039;s average speed, rounded to the nearest tenth?



mph



Question 14:



Use the formula F = (9/5)(C) + 32. If it is 68 degrees Fahrenheit outside, what is the temperature in Celsius?



degrees Celsius



Question 15:



A jogger and a bicycle rider leave the same location at the same time and travel on the same road. The jogger runs at a constant speed of 13 km per hour. At the end of three hours the bicycle rider is 36 km ahead of the jogger. Find the speed of the bicycle rider. Use a chart to help you organize the information.



kph



Question 16:



Albert invests $4000 for two years. He invests part in a bond paying 12 percent and the rest in a stock paying 15 percent. If the total interest received is $1068, how much was invested in a bond? Use a chart to help you organize the information.



$



Question 17:



For Question #16, how much was invested in a stock?



$



Question 18:



A plane flies from St. Louis, MO to Tallahassee, FL at 300 mph. A car drives the same distance, leaves at the same time and drives an average speed of 60 mph. The car arrives in Tallahassee 8.8 hours later than the plane. How far is it from St. Louis to Tallahassee? Use a chart to help you organize the information.



miles



Question 19:



John has a credit card from Bagel Bank and another from Arctic Bank. He has a total of $1,190 charged on his credit cards. Bagel Bank charges 15% simple interest per year and Arctic Bank charges 16% per year. The yearly interest charge John needs to pay is $183.90. How much money does John owe Bagel Bank before interest charges?



$



Question 20:



A cop was hidden behind a tree and clocked a Ford going by at forty-eight kph. 1/2 of an hour later, the cop clocked a Honda passing by at sixty-three kph. If the two cars continue at the same speed, how far will the Honda travel before it catchs up to the Ford?



Express as a decimal rounded to the tenths place.



km



Can someone help me with these? I%26#039;m about to fail math I will be so greatful if you could?payday loan





and your teachers don%26#039;t help



Can someone help me with these? I%26#039;m about to fail math I will be so greatful if you could? loan



25



the answer to you last Q- is 1 hour. Do your own school work.|||Some of these are so simple, you just need to do your own work. hint distance = rate * time



Hint for question 20, when both cars have gone the same distance they will meet or the one will catch up to the other.



distance = rate * Time, so, you have two equations,



the first card distance = 48 kph * (t+.5) he has been traveling .5 hours longer than the other guy



distance = 63 kph * (t), set them equal to each other



48(t + 0.5) = 63 * (t), solve for t, then plug in to either of the other equations and solve for distance.



Get busy.|||Have you ever thought of asking your math teacher for help?|||only because im bored at work...i decided to give these a try. i couldnt figure out 15-20. but heres 1-14 at least.



1. a



2. b



3. 2.46 hours



4. 5.78 hours



5. 22 cm



6. 48.4 cm



7. 7.5 cm



8. 1/2 m



9. 3 ft



10. 7m



11. 3.75 hours



12. 333 mph



13. 58.5 mph



14. 20 degrees celsius



sorry i couldnt remember how to do the rest...hope this helps!|||Question 1:



Use V = (1/3)bh



Solve for b.



Is it:



A. b = (3v)/h



B. b = (3v)/b



C. b = 3(v/h)



D. b = 3(h/v)



Enter a, b, c, or d only!



A. b = (3v)/h



Question 2:



Use V = (1/3)bh



Solve for h.



Is it:



A. h = (3v)/h



B. h = (3v)/b



C. h = 3(v/h)



D. h = 3(h/v)



Enter a, b, c, or d only!



B. h = (3v)/b



Question 3:



Destiny drove to Alyssa%26#039;s house at 52 mph. Alyssa%26#039;s house is 128 miles away. How long did it take her to get to Alyssa%26#039;s house?



Round to the hundredths place.



hours



2.46



Question 4:



Brian drove to Noah%26#039;s house at 40 mph. Noah%26#039;s house is 231 miles away. How long did it take Brian to get to Noah%26#039;s house?



Round to the hundredths place.



hours



5.78



Question 5:



If the base of a triangle is 11 cm and the area is 242 cm2, what is the height?



44cm



Question 6:



What is the width of a rectangle with perimeter 162.6 cm and length 32.9 cm? Round to the tenths place.



48.4cm



Question 7:



If the length of a rectangle is 5 1/2 cm and the perimeter is 26 cm, what is the width of the rectangle?



Enter the answer as a decimal!



7.5cm



Question 8:



If the height of a rectangle is 3 1/2 m and the perimeter is 8 1/3 m, what is the base of the rectangle?



Enter as a fraction.



2/3m



Question 9:



If the area of a triangle is 18 square feet and its base is 12 feet, find the height of the triangle.



3feet



Question 10:



If the perimeter of a living room is 32 meters and its length is 9 meters, find its width.



7meters



Question 11:



How long will it take to drive 240 miles if your average speed is 64 mph?



Express as a decimal rounded to the hundredths place.



3.75hours



Question 12:



A plane flies from Atlanta, GA to Portland, a 2,165-mi trip, in 6 and a half hours. What is the plane%26#039;s rate, rounded to the nearest whole number?



333mph



Question 13:



A car travels from Atlanta to Portland a 2,164.5 mile trip, in 37 hours. What is the car%26#039;s average speed, rounded to the nearest tenth?



58.5mph



Question 14:



Use the formula F = (9/5)(C) + 32. If it is 68 degrees Fahrenheit outside, what is the temperature in Celsius?



20degrees Celsius



Question 15:



A jogger and a bicycle rider leave the same location at the same time and travel on the same road. The jogger runs at a constant speed of 13 km per hour. At the end of three hours the bicycle rider is 36 km ahead of the jogger. Find the speed of the bicycle rider. Use a chart to help you organize the information.



25kph



Question 16:



Albert invests $4000 for two years. He invests part in a bond paying 12 percent and the rest in a stock paying 15 percent. If the total interest received is $1068, how much was invested in a bond? Use a chart to help you organize the information.



$ 3000



Question 17:



For Question #16, how much was invested in a stock?



$ 1000



Question 18:



A plane flies from St. Louis, MO to Tallahassee, FL at 300 mph. A car drives the same distance, leaves at the same time and drives an average speed of 60 mph. The car arrives in Tallahassee 8.8 hours later than the plane. How far is it from St. Louis to Tallahassee? Use a chart to help you organize the information.



miles



Question 19:



John has a credit card from Bagel Bank and another from Arctic Bank. He has a total of $1,190 charged on his credit cards. Bagel Bank charges 15% simple interest per year and Arctic Bank charges 16% per year. The yearly interest charge John needs to pay is $183.90. How much money does John owe Bagel Bank before interest charges?



$



Question 20:



A cop was hidden behind a tree and clocked a Ford going by at forty-eight kph. 1/2 of an hour later, the cop clocked a Honda passing by at sixty-three kph. If the two cars continue at the same speed, how far will the Honda travel before it catchs up to the Ford?



Express as a decimal rounded to the tenths place.



km

Helper loan through my credit union.. what do you guys think?

Butters bank %26quot;is joining credit unions across the country to offer the Home Loan Payment Relief loan (HLPR), a home loan program focused specifically on helping lower-income borrowers purchase their first home. This loan%26#039;s special rates and terms reduce monthly payments so more Members can qualify for a home loan. Nationwide, $1 billion in funding has been committed for making HLPR loans.



The HLPR loan is a 5-year adjustable-rate mortgage with a rate below the national average. At the end of the 5 -year term, the loan becomes a traditional adjustable-rate mortgage with rate adjustments capped at 2% per year, and no more than 6% over the life of the loan.



Members only need to make a very small down payment, and gifts or grants toward the down payment are permitted. The loan is available to borrowers whose household income is either at or below the area median income. Contact our knowledgeable Mortgage Lending Specialists to see if this loan is right for you%26quot;



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Helper loan through my credit union.. what do you guys think?car loan





Most credit unions that offer HLPR loans also have a fixed rate option. This involves a fixed rate with a one percent discount for the first three years. Based on December rates, the current rate is 5.25%, rising to a fixed 6.25% in three years for the rest of the loan. Since interest rates have fallen so far in January, this rate is likely to drop a bit in the next few weeks. Check this out with your credit union.



Helper loan through my credit union.. what do you guys think? loan



STAY AWAY ! The first five years will be fine. After that, you are pretty much in the same mess that all these ARM folks are in right now, who are losing their houses to foreclosure.



By the end of year eight, you COULD be paying 6% more interest on the loan (and probably WILL be) than the original rate was at.|||I agree with Acermill, stay away. There are great programs that offer small down payment and gifts (FHA, USDA, MyCommunity mortgages, etc) while still offering low Fixed rates.|||I would rather use rural housing assistance to buy my first home. You can%26#039;t buy a home in the %26quot;city%26quot; but they subsidize your mortgage payment so if your planning on staying for a while it%26#039;s a good investment!



http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/|||A lot people giving advice are also looking to give you a loan (its not advice, its advertising), if they are not local to you and you can鈥檛 get to them within 1 hour don鈥檛 fall for it. They say they are licensed in all 50 states, what does that mean? Which state do you have to look in first if something goes wrong? KEEP IT LOCAL, STAY SAFE.



Remember Buddha%26#039;s advice:



%26quot;Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.%26quot; You are the only %26quot;expert%26quot; you can trust: All brokers, and every other loan officer guru giving advice here with a .com or contact me at the end is %26quot;selling%26quot; you something (its not advice, its advertising). Don%26#039;t buy %26quot;it.%26quot;|||Your question could not be answered in one word.find useful tips here.http://homeloan.online-assistant.info/no...

Interest, closing cost, PMI, and points?

Bank 1: A credit has a promotion of 6.125 fixed for 30 years with “no closing cost” with no points. There’s a fine print where you pay for Title insurance, Lien insurance, recording charges, document tax, city %26amp; county tax, application fee of 65 to be refunded later. They require PMI for 5% down. The program only waives processing fee, underwriting fee, credit report fee, appraisal fee, and tax service fee. Bank 2: Another bank claims to pay all of the custom fees: Title insurance, application fee, document tax, survey fee, processing fee, underwriting fee, credit report fee, appraisal fee, ALSO NO PMI. Catch 22: Their rate is 6.65% to the most qualified client with no point. I asked the mortgage specialist why the rate is high and he said they have to make up for the fees they are paying on our behalf especially the PMI, but I can buy down the points. Can you please advise me which one seems better? I personally think not having the no PMI make the latter one better, but i%26#039;m no expert



Interest, closing cost, PMI, and points?apply for a loan





Personally without seeing all the information I see the first one as better. The reason being is that as of JAN 1 of this year, PMI is tax deductable. Your payments might be close on both of them, but your PMI will fall off, your rate wont change. Usually after a year, if you submit an appraisal, they will take your appraised value over sales price and remove your PMI (assuming your LTV is below 80%). They will never lower your interest rate.



From limited information I would take the first deal.



Interest, closing cost, PMI, and points?

loan



You would need to determine what the PMI rate is (what you would pay monthly), and then calculate that yearly vs the rate you are paying on the second loan (monthly payment at the higher interest rate. Since you provided no %26quot;base%26quot; number of the loan, it is impossible to determine which is the LONG TERM better rate.



Points however equal a percentage of the loan. 2 points on a 100K loan is 2000 dollars. You need to determine if paying points tolower your interest rate is worth the additional cash outlay or increased loan amount.|||I could probally do a 80/20 type loan and get you a payment better and no PMI|||WRONG.



PMI is now tax deductible, first of all (unless you make more than $100K/year).



PMI can also be dropped in as little as 2 years. Did you ask Bank #2 what happens to your high interest rate once you reach a 20% equity position? If you have PMI, it can be dropped. They won%26#039;t drop your rate though.



So, unless you%26#039;re in the home for 3 years or less, Bank #2 is likely to be the more expensive option.



And instead of shopping online from Ditech and Bank of America, perhaps you should meet face to face with a real live loan officer, not some glorified phone clerk who has no real idea of how mortgages really work.|||You would need to figure what you payment would be on each one of the loans. Chances are with out the PMI and with a little higher interest rate you payment would be about the same but with out the closing costs. So I would say that would be the better loan. If there is any way to get around PMI, I always recommend doing that.|||the first choice just by looking at the rate and no point. it is a no brainer.|||To really know what the rate is you must look to the APR (the annual percentage rate) By law that figure should be included in the interest rate quote. That will show you your real cost. There are so many ways that people can present a loan to try to make one seem better than another when the truth is they both will end up about the same. There are no fee loans, lower interest rates and so on but the truth there is an expectation to make a certain amount off the loan and that amount will be there no matter how it is presented. The amount they expect to make off the loan can be set by the company then the agent may try to pad the costs to make more.



You have a hint of that when you asked for the lower rate and were told that you could buy down the rate.



There are certain costs that must be covered by the lender then a certain amount of padding that can be unnecessary. It is like buying a new car that adds fees that are profit only and have no real bearing on the cost/profit a dealer should make according to the factory suggested retail price. For instance dealer preparation... a bogus charge. Scotchguard seats and carpet $300.00. You can buy a can of Scotchguard for 8 or 9 dollars.



The point I am trying to make is it seems like that both parties are trying to get your loan by slightly deceptive means. It also seems that the rates quoted might be a little high and padding by both agents.



Just when you thought you were halfway there in your loan decision. Don%26#039;t you think your gut was telling you somrthing when you posted your question here? Do you feel that you are asking for a choice between two questionable loans?



If you would like I could give you a free consultation. You will get a rate quote that isn%26#039;t full of game playing with no charge or obligation.

Banking Project Help? (Wachovia users please)?

I am a 7th grader doing a project in Math, and we%26#039;re doing a comparison of savings accounts from four banks of our choice. For Wachovia, what are the answers to the questions?(By the way, I couldn%26#039;t find all the info i needed on the site).



Name of Account-



Intereset Rate-



Minimum Balance to open-



Monthly Fee-



Perks-



Interest Rate Change based on the amount of money in account?-



Are monthly fees avoidable by having a certain amount, and what is this ammount?-



Formula used to find interest-



Interest earned for account that contains $500 for three years-



Ending balance for account without putting any other money in it for three years-



Banking Project Help? (Wachovia users please)?bad credit loan





Name of account: Premium Savings



Interest (tiered based on balance):



$0-$9999 = 0.20% Interest; 0.20% APY



$10k-$24999 = 0.50% Interest; 0.50% APY



$25000+ = 0.60% Interest; 0.60% APY



Minimum to open:



$100



Monthly Fee (varies on state, but primarily):



$5/month if below $300; otherwise there is none IF you%26#039;re a student (tied to a Free Student Checking) OR you are under 18 and this is a FIDUCIARY Savings.



Perks (almost the same as all other banks):



Can link to checking for Overdraft Protection



FDIC Insured



Free Online Banking



Interest Rate Change:



(see above)



Monthly fee avoidance:



(see above)



Formula to Find Interest Rate:



It%26#039;s compounded monthly (BB%26amp;T has a wonderful calculator on their website)



Interest earned for account that contains $500 for three years:



(try the calculator reference above)



Ending balance for account without putting any other money in it for three years:



(try the calculator referenced above)

Question on closing costs???

My hubby and I are building a new house and so are our friends. We both have used the same realtors, builders and the same bank for the loan (just different loan officers at the bank). They told us that they were just adding thier closing cost to their loan. So my hubby and I called the bank about it to see if that was an option. Our loan officer told us no it wasnt that we would have to bring some money to the table when we close. Does anyone know why this would be? We have the same loan ( a regular conventional loan) and both are getting 100% financing. We have a better credit score(theirs is 596 and ours is 632 and they are paying 7.75% intrest rate and we only have a 6.3% rate. Im just confused but for all I know they could not be telling the truth about it all. Should I check with their loan officer to see about getting closing cost add to our loan or just pay them at the time of closing? Which is a smarter way to go?



Question on closing costs???business loan





It sound like your neighbor decided to go with the higher interest rate in exchange for cash back at closing to cover the closing costs.



This is common for many lenders to offer different rates. Lower rates have higher up front points and fees.



You should ask your lender for their rate and fee options.



Question on closing costs???

loan



From sitting in the Loan officers chair I can tell you that the big difference in rate is causing you to bring some cash to the table and your friends is being picked up either by the bank or by the loan officer himself through a broker credit. He%26#039;s making enough off of them that he credits a small portion of it back to the closing cost. This is a common practice especially for repeat customers or special situations. I might do it to make sure a customer is getting exactly what I promised them. If I gave them my word that they would bring $500 to closing and I get the numbers worked out and they%26#039;re going to have to bring more than that if I%26#039;m making enough on the loan I can credit a portion of my pay back to the customer to garantee satifcation which for me is worth way more than a few hundred bucks. One referal is worth thousands. The bank pays based on rate and risk. The higher rate we can lock someone in at the better it pays. This scale adjusts based on risk. In your case your friends are in a different risk level that you.



So lets say the bank%26#039;s break even point for them was 7% for every 1/8% over that they will pay the broker about 1/2% of the loan amount. So at 7.75% he might be making 3%



Lets say your new house is $350,000 x 3% = $10,500 LO%26#039;s cut.



Now he will often have to pay his broker, a processor, for other office expenses, and misc fees out of this. But still it%26#039;s easy to see how he could credit a portion of it to your friends without missing a little.



Lets say your LO promised you the lowest rate possible because of your good credit this is a good assumption. So he%26#039;s only making 3/4%



$350,000 x 3/4 % = $2625



Now he has the same other expenses to pay and still has a mortgage of his own to pay out of whats left. This doesn%26#039;t leave as much to share with you. Sorry but thats the way it works.



You can get a higher rate and bring nothing possibly but otherwise pay it up front and keep your rate lower.|||The only way this could be is if your friends are getting a concession from the selling side meaning they arranged for the seller to pay some or all of their closing costs.



Say your home costs $200,000. You and your friend are financing that much (100%) and are being charged to borrow the money. Say the cost to borrow money is $5,000 that means you%26#039;ll need to come up with that money ($5,000) unless the builder picks up those costs for you (concession).|||Bottom line, you are the customer. Tell them you will switch to your friends lender if they do not accomidate your needs. Lenders make money off the the loan and get a kick back by locking you into certain loans. This person may be trying to get a little more off the deal.

How is TDS charged?

If I invest Rs 30,000 in a bank FD for a period of 18 months with a 9.5% rate of interest, will TDS be deducted when the FD matures?



How is TDS charged?loan rates





u/s 194A of IT ACT ,in case of interest payment (not being interst on securities) to a resident other than a company ,TDS is required to be deducted at the rate of 10% plus surcharge if applicable plus education cess .



However ,in case from interest from banks on fixed deposits ,no tax is required to be deducted if the amount of interest does not exceed Rs 5000.



The monetary limit for TDS is proposed to be raised to Rs.10,000/ in the budget 2007 wef from 1/06/2007



Tax has to be deducted at source at the time of credit of interest to the account of the payee or at the ime of payment therof,whichever is earlier.If credit is given to the account of payee or payment is made to him annually tax may be deducted annually at the end of financial year.



The payment made at the time of maturity will be net of TDS.



however in case the FD is for Rs30000 for 18 months @9.5% interest -the interest payment will be less than Rs 5000 .Hence NO TDS will be deducted.



How is TDS charged?

loan



Check this site:



http://incometaxdelhi.nic.in/taxsys/welc...|||TDS is charged at a rate of 10% of income every finacial year.|||Yes ! certainly Tax will be deducted at the time of maturity and infact the net amount alone will be given to the deposited. Ofcourse a TDS Certificate to be provided incase if the Depositer is an assese he can calim the amount deducted in his income tax declaration.|||Rates for TDS Rate Surcharge Cess Total



1) Capital Gains on Equity shares and equity oriented



Mutual fund sold on Recognised Stock Exchange:



i) Short term 10.00% 10.00% 2.00% 11.22%



ii) Long Term NIL NIL NIL NIL



2) Capital Gain on Mutual Fund and equity shares



other than 1) above



Short Term 30.00% 10.00% 2.00% 33.66%



Long Term 10.00% 10.00% 2.00% 11.22%



3) Capital gain on Other Assets



i) Short term 30.00% 10.00% 2.00% 33.66%



ii) Long Term 20.00% 10.00% 2.00% 22.44%



4) Interest on Bank Deposits 30.00% 10.00% 2.00% 33.66%|||Section 192 of the Income-tax Act, 1961: Broad Scheme of tax deduction



at Source from “Salaries” etc.



3.1 Every person who is responsible for paying any income chargeable under



the head “Salaries” shall deduct income-tax on the estimated income of the assessee



under the head “Salaries” for the financial year 2000-2001. The Income-tax is



required to be calculated on the basis of the rates given above and shall be deducted



on average at the time of each payment. No tax will, however, be deducted at source



in any case unless the estimated salary income including the value of perquisites,



for the financial year exceeds Rs.50,000/-. (Some typical examples of computation



of tax are given at Annexure-I).



3.2 Sub-Section (2) of Section 192 deals with situations where an individuals



is working under more than one employer or has changed from one employer to



another. It provides for deduction of tax at source by such employer (as the tax payer



may choose) from the aggregate salary of the employee who is or has been in



receipt of salary from more than one employer. The employee is now required to



furnish to the present/chosen employer details of the income under the head “Salary”



due or received from the former/other employer and also tax deducted at source



there from, in writing and duly verified by him and by the former/other employer. The



present employer will be required to deduct tax at source on the aggregate amount



of salary (including salary received from the former or other employer).



3.3 Under Sub-Section (2A) of Section 192 where the assessee, being a



Government servant or an employee in a Company, Cooperative Society, Local



Authority, University, Institution, Association or Body is entitled to the relief under



Sub-Section (1) of Section 89, he may furnish to the person responsible for making



the payment referred to in Para (3.1), such particulars in Form No.10E duly verified



by him, and thereupon the person responsible as aforesaid shall compute the relief



on the basis of such particulars and take into account in making the deduction incorporated by or under a Central, State or Provincial Act, and includes an institution



declared under Section 3 of the University Grant Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956),



to be University for the purpose of the Act.



3.4 Sub-Section (2B) of Section 192 enables a tax payer to furnish particulars



of income under any head other than “Salaries” and of any tax deducted at source



thereon, in the prescribed from (No.12C) vide Annexure II. Such income should not



be a loss under any such head or other then the loss under the head “Income from



House Property” for the same financial year. The person responsible for making



payment (DDO) shall take such other income and tax, if any, deducted at source



from such income, and the loss if any, under the head “Income from House Property”



into account for the purpose of computing tax deductible under Section 192 of the



Income-tax Act. It is, however, provided that this sub-section shall not in any case



have the effect of reducing the tax deductible except where the loss under the head



“Income from House Property” has been taken into account, from income under the



head “Salaries” below the amount that would be so deductible if the other income



and the tax deducted thereon had not been taken into account.



In other words, the DDO can take into account the loss from House Property



only for working out the amount of total tax to be deducted. While taking into the



account the loss from House Property, the DDO shall ensure that the assessee files



declaration in Form No.12C and encloses therewith a computation of such loss



from House Property.



3.4 (i) For the purpose of computing loss under the head ‘Income from House



Property’ in respect of a self-occupied residential house, the ceiling of deduction of



interest on borrowed capital invested in the acquisition or construction of a self-



occupied residential house has been enhanced to Rs.1,00,000/- w.e.f. assessment



year 2001-2002. However, the deduction on account of interest on loans can be



aviailed up to a limit of Rs.1,00,000, only if such loan has been taken for constructing



or acquiring the residential unit on or after 1.4.1999 and the construction or



acquisition of the residential unit out of such loan has been completed before



1.4.2003.



3.4 (ii) The essential conditions necessary for availing higher deduction of



interest are that the relevant loan must have been taken after 1.4.1999 and the



acquisition or construction of residential unit must be completed before 1.4.2003.



There is no stipulation regarding the date of commencement of construction.



Consequently, the construction of the residential unit could have commenced before



1.4.1999 but, as long as its construction/acquisition is completed before 1.4.2003,



the higher deduction would be available. Also, there is no stipulation regarding the



construction/acquisition of the residential unit being entirely financed by loan taken



after 1.4.1999. The loan taken prior to 1.4.1999 will carry deduction of interest upto



Rs.30,000 or Rs.15,000 or Rs.10,000 or Rs.5,000, as the case may be, depending



upon the year in which the loan was taken



Persons responsible for deducting tax and their duties:



4.1 Under clause (i) of Section 204 of the Act the “persons responsible for



paying” for the purpose of Section 192 means the employer himself or if the



employer is a company, the company itself including the principal officer thereof.



4.2 The tax determined as per para 7 should be deducted from the salary



u/s 192 of the Act.



4.3 Section 197 enables the tax-payer to make an application in Form No.13



to his Assessing Officer, and, if the Assessing Officer is satisfied that the total



income of the tax-payer justifies the deduction of income-tax at any lower rate or



no deduction of income-tax, he may issue an appropriate certificate to that effect



which should be taken into account by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer while



deducting tax at source. In the absence of such a certificate from the employee,



the employer should deduct income-tax on the salary payable at the normal rates:



Circular No.147 dated 28.10.1974.



4.4 According to the provisions of Section 200, any person deducting any



sum in accordance with the provisions of Section 192 shall pay, within the



prescribed time, the sum so deducted to the credit of the Central Government in



prescribed manner (vide Rule 30 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962). In the case of



deductions made by, or, on behalf of the Government, the payment has to be



made on the day of the tax-deduction itself. In other cases, the payment has to



be normally made within one week of the deduction.



4.5 If a person fails to deduct tax at source, or, after deducting, fails to pay



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5



the tax to the credit of the Central Government within the prescribed time, he shall



be liable to action in accordance with the provisions of Section 201. Sub-Section



(1A) of Section 201 lays down that such person shall be liable to pay simple



interest at eighteen per cent per annum w.e.f. 1.6.1999 on the amount of such



tax from the date on which such tax was deductible to the date on which tax is



actually paid. Section 271C lays down that if any person fails to deduct tax at



source, he shall be liable to pay, by way of penalty, a sum equal to the amount



of tax not deducted by him. Further, Section 276B lays down that if a person fails



to pay to the credit of the Central Government within the prescribed time the tax



deducted at source by him, he shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment



for a term which shall be between 3 months and 7 years and with fine.



4.6 According to the provisions of Section 203, every person responsible for



deducting tax at source is required to furnish a certificate to the payee to the effect



that tax has been deducted and to specify therein the amount deducted and



certain other particulars. This certificate, usually called the TDS certificate, has to



be furnished within a period of one month from the end of the relevant financial



year. Even the banks deducting tax at the time of payment of pension are required



to issue such certificates. In the case of employees receiving salary income



including pension, the certificate has to be issued in Form No.16 which has been



prescribed under Board’s Notification No.S.O.148(E) dated 28.2.1991. A specimen



of the certificate is enclosed as Annexure.III. This certificate is to be issued on the



tax-deductor’s own stationery within one month from the close of the financial



year i.e. by April 30 of every year. If he fails to issue the TDS certificate to the



person concerned as required by Section 203, he will be liable to pay, by way



of penalty, under Section 272A, a sum which shall be Rs.100/- for every day



during which the failure continues.



4.7 According to the provisions of Section 203 A of the Income-tax Act, it is



obligatory for all persons responsible for deducting tax at source to obtain and



quote the Tax-deduction Account No. (TAN) in the Challans, TDS-certificates,



returns etc. Detailed instructions in this regard are available in this Department’s



Circular No.497 [F.No.275/118/87-IT(B) dated 9.10.1987]. If a person fails to



comply with the provisions of Section 203A, he will be liable to pay, by way of



penalty, under Section 272BB, a sum of upto Rs.5,000/-.



4.8 According to the provisions of Section 206 of the Income-tax Act, read



with rules 36A and 37 of the Income-tax Rules, the prescribed person in the case



of every office of Government, the principal officer in the case of every company,



the prescribed person in the case of every local authority or other public body



or association, every private employer and every other person responsible for



deducting tax under Section 192, from “Salaries” shall, after the end of each



financial year, prepare and deliver, by 31st May following the financial year, an



annual return of deduction of tax to the designated/concerned Assessing Officer.



This return has to be furnished in Form No.24. It may be notd that a copy of each

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Time to Listen to Ron Paul?



By Elizabeth MacDonald



Time to listen to Texas Congressman Ron Paul, the lone voice of reason in Congress today who’s got to feel like he’s shouting into a field of cotton with his repeated warnings about the dangers of a collapsing dollar, while the administration goes AWOL on the problem.



The dollar just hit a record intraday low against the euro on reports that consumer confidence levels have dropped to levels not seen since the post-Watergate era. It is down 7% year to date against the Chinese renminbi, it’s weaker than the Japanese yen and the Canadian loonie.



The joke is the greenback is now only stronger than the Mexican pesos and the Zimbabwe dollar, an overstatement for dramatic effect, to be sure.But since hitting a peak in 2002, the dollar has lost about a quarter of its value against a trade weighted basket of currencies.



A weak dollar acts as an anvil around the neck of the US economy and consumers. Rising inflation is essentially a tax on consumers, so are rising energy prices, and that double whammy threatens to undermine the purchasing power of the rebate checks due out in May–backed by printing even more dollars.



A bellwether event of significant import to our nation’s finances happened this past January 1 with little notice. That’s the day the first baby boomer was allowed to retire. A new federal report wearily warns once again for the umpteenth time that the nation faces some $60t in Social Security and Medicare unfunded liabilities alone.



We’ve heard time and again conservatives say deficits don’t matter. To say that deficits don’t matter is like saying ketchup is a vegetable or trees cause pollution.



The $406b we pay annually in interest on the $9t in federal debt alone would rank as the world’s 30th biggest economy.



That annual interest cost surpasses the gross domestic product of Belgium, and is bigger than the GDP of Denmark and Hungary combined. The $406b would cover the annual cost of investigating Medicare fraud.



Stack all those one dollar bills making up our $9t deficit (and that doesn’t include the $60t in unfunded liabilities for Medicare and Social Security) and you would reach the moon and back. “Printing money cannot create wealth, if it could counterfeiting would be legal,” economist Brian Wesbury has said.



Even Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and a forceful advocate for laissez-faire economics, got so sick of the way central bankers were willy nilly printing money in the ‘70s, he advocated that the government should replace the Federal Reserve with a computer. “Money is too important to be left to central bankers,” he quipped.



Broad zoom: The US economy has spent all of a year and four months in a downturn over the last two and a half decades. During that time we’ve seen a market crash of 22% in 1987, the S%26amp;L crisis, four wars, three financial crises (Mexico, Asian flu and Russian debt crises), the blow up of the hedge fund Long Term Capital, two asset bubbles (dot com and telecom). Since the Bush tax cuts of 2003, the US economy added the equivalent of China’s GDP–and government spending has boomed.



Now Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has both cut rates at a breakneck speed and pumped a massive amount of monetary stimulus into the markets to cure the credit crisis. I still think he is doing his level best to fix a crisis not entirely of his own making. The question now is, will Bernanke yank the liquidity punch bowl when the economy returns to trend growth in 2010 or 2011 as the central bank projects?



Let’s hope so, because the case for a weak dollar is, to me, well, weak. Namely, that a lame greenback softens the housing and credit crises as it fuels profits at US exporters whose goods are now dirt cheap in the eyes of foreign customers. Strong foreign sales at places like Boeing and Caterpillar reportedly added 1.4% to US growth in the second quarter of 2007. But exports make up just 13% of GDP. Consumers make up a larger 70%.



It’s no surprise consumer confidence is as weak as it was in the ’70s. LBJ had promised this country it could have both guns and butter in the ‘60s, so the Federal Reserve gunned the printing presses to pay for spending on entitlement programs and for the Vietnam war. For the first time, too, politicians got their mitts on taxpayers’ Social Security funds, after Democrats passed a so-called “unified budget” in the late ‘60s.



All that spending caused the dollar to nosedive in the 1970s amidst an oil embargo that sent oil costs, priced in dollars, soaring. Paul Volcker, then Fed chairman, enacted rapid rate hikes hitting 21% by 1979, and the Treasury went so far as to sell $6.4b in “Carter bonds,” largely denominated in Deutschemarks, to prop up the dollar. Gold got ripped off its mooring of an average $35 an ounce in the ‘70s, and in 1980 it hit a record $835 an ounce, around $2,250 in today’s prices.



Gold acts as a dew line for inflation. We essentially have a good handle on how much gold there is in the world and potentially below ground. When gold rises in price, it signals we are printing too many dollars, which indicates a concurrent drop in the greenback’s value. Over the last seven years, gold and oil prices have risen in lockstep, up 239% and 267% respectively. If the dollar had also risen in value at the same rate, oil would be selling at about $30 a barrel.



But now central bankers say that because of the weak dollar, they’ve seen capital losses carved out of an estimated $3.34t worth of US dollars they hold in foreign currency reserves; Japan holds the most dollars, China is second. The fear is they may unload these plunging greenbacks en masse to cut their losses and run–which would really tip the US into a protracted recession. Already reports out of China show government officials there willing to rotate future planned investments out of US treasurys into other investments.



Countries pegged to the dollar are rightly saying, too, that we are exporting inflation to their shores. Saudi Arabia is a land that has had nearly zero inflation since 1998, but recently inflation soared to 7% annually, despite the fact the country is flush with petrodollars.



Congressman Paul rightfully warns us when he says the US government has “systematically undermined” the US dollar by expanding “the money supply at will for financing war or manipulating the economy with little resistance from Congress–while benefiting the special interests that influence government.”



It’s not just the US gunning the mints. Goldman Sachs figures that three-fifths of the world’s broad money supply growth came from emerging economies over the past year or so. Three-fifths. That’s gigantic.



Goldman Sachs says the growth in Russia’s M3 measure of broad money grew 51% over the last year or so, India by 24%, and by 20% in China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Brazil. That’s three times as fast as the US and the rest of the developed world, and it’s faster than their GDP growth rates. It’s the fastest pace in decades.



All that loose money is pouring into commodities, stock exchanges around the planet as well as bond markets–it’s largely why our long-term bond yields have been historically low, spurring a dramatic increase in mortgage borrowing, as mortgage rates typically track the 10-year Treasury note.



Watch out here–emerging economies are just as susceptible to minting lots of money due to political pressures, including things like paying for wars, or calming local populations clamoring for higher pay and more jobs.



What can be done stateside?



The administration needs to state more emphatically that it supports a strong dollar. A stronger dollar would draw liquidity back into the credit markets, lower inflation risks, cut oil prices and restart economic growth, notes Bear Stearns economist David Malpass.



Presidential candidates vilify NAFTA and free trade, when the weak dollar is partly to blame for problems like jobs lost to overseas operations, Malpass adds.



“Empires fail because they run out of money, or more accurately, run out of the ability to spend or inflate,” Congressman Paul warns. “We need to control spending, immediately, before it is too late.”



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I am shocked at how the election is turning. I guess the media really does influence voters that much.|||He is completely correct and we are stupid for letting the media shut him out of this race. Shame on this country and the corrupt that are destroying us from the inside; the federal government that is spending our way in to debt with all these socialized programs.|||This Message was inspired and approved by King DEAN.|||You are still talking about Ron Paul. It really is time to get over it dude. Ron Paul was even more naive than the democrats on foreign policy. I agree with him on alot of domestic issues but could not vote for him because I believe his foreign policy would lead this country to ruin. Alot of other people felt the same way so it is not just because of the media that Ron Paul did not get more votes.|||The nomination isn%26#039;t secured yet. McCain doesn%26#039;t have enough BOUND delegates to take the nomination on the first ballot, and particularly if he can%26#039;t get out from the FEC spending caps MANY may consider Ron Paul a better choice by convention.|||God answers ad agree with david, too bad cnn is not even mentioning it. Take care. No one knows what the cards have in store for them. Gore/Blitzer?|||not a snowball%26#039;s chance in h***