One area of lending that is looking particularly risky right now is student lending.  The costs of education have increased dramatically, and students are bearing the brunt of these huge debt loads in an economy that is not flush with high paying jobs for recent graduates.  Just as healthcare costs are a concern for our...Read More

This was a really interesting article discussing the pending execution of a 30 year old Chinese woman for fraud charges.  I’ll let you come to your own moral conclusions as it hits on many levels, but it is certainly an informative perspective into the Chinese judicial system. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-10/shadow-banks-on-trial-as-china-s-rich-sister-faces-death.html INVESTING IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS INVOLVES RISKS....Read More