A report from Standard & Poor’s on subprime-related writedowns failed to provide much relief for Asian markets. ZHANG: Asia markets continued downward Friday. Worries about global credit markets lingered, and even a report by credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s saying an end to subprime-related writedowns was in sight did little to soothe investors. Japan’s Nikkei fell 1.5 percent to a two-and-a-half year low (12241) as the dollar weakened through the 100 yen mark for the first time in 12 years. Exporters like Toyota and Honda were dragged down, with a weak US economy and a falling dollar likely to hurt their competitiveness. Hong Kong stocks ended slightly lower. Oil refiner Sinopec fell on high oil prices, which may force the company to absorb mounting losses to keep supplying China with cheap fuel. Fuel prices in China are kept artificially low by the central authorities. But with oil at record highs, the country faces fuel shortages as refiners struggle to run at a loss. Taiwan shares fell in thin trading, with investors cautious ahead of next week’s presidential elections, which could bring fresh political uncertainty to the island. In China, stocks dipped with investors still worried about a possible hard landing for the economy after data this week showed rising inflation and a slowdown in export growth last month. One bright spot in the region, however, was Australia, with stocks closing higher–buoyed by banks and mining plays like Midwest Corp and the world’s …
The places I researched make it very clear that by “qualifying purchases” they mean purchases made for store items and that sort of thing, rather than using their check writing feature, which they consider a cash advance and doesn’t count. But I’d sure love to take advantage of getting lots of miles for all the money I spend on my mortgage….
I thinking about buying a car 20grand out the door max. I dont want a lecture on credit please.
1. One is to buy car and put it on my credit card. Can this be done? Do dealership take credit cards?
2. I have really good credit and get these blank 0% APR until, lets say July 2007 all the time. I can use these for purchase or deposit it in my bank account but it will be treated as a cash advance and has a max fee of $90. So if I write a check for $10,000, there will be a fee of $90. So I was thinking of writing the check to the dealership or myself. When July 07 comes and interest rate kick in, I would transfer that balance to another credit card with 0% offer. So overall I pay 0% interest and all I lose is about $90 in fees, and my car will probably be paid off by the time the promotion period ends.
my income is over the states median average, but i pass the means test #2, which my income is less than what is going out per month. also, i have 648.00 per month going out in 401k loan. i know 401k loan doesnt count as debt, its counted as disposable income. even not counting 401k loan my debt is still greater than monthly income. i have a house that i dont want to lose. my last cash advance was in january worth about 12,000. is chap 7 feasable wiping slate clean? will i be forced into chap 13? will i lose everything? thanks
I need some extra money at the moment, im in sort of a bind. Anyone know of a site or a place i can go that will give me a fast personal loan or cash advance or something like that without paying an arm and a leg at the end?
My credit card has a pin number for cash advance. I was going to charge my groceries at Aldi, when I found out they do not take credit cards, only debit. Since I do have a pin number for my card, could i still use it as a debit card and have the money come out of my available credit? I’m short this week now because of stupid Aldi.
I’m having a guy do some work on my car audio system. If we go to his bank is there any way to pay him by credit card without it showing up as a cash advance and just a payment?
I would like advice about paying the cards down. I have been paying down the cards and doing a balance transfer for the higher APR’s to the lower when at least a couple hundred dollars are available on the lower card. Am I approaching this in the best manner or should I try and pay more to the higher APR credit cards to try and reduce the principle balance? I have cash advances on all three cards.