News·Aug. 31, 2011A Huge Month for U.S. Peer to Peer LendersThere are no summer doldrums when it comes to p2p lending. The wildly gyrating stock market as well as a... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Aug. 22, 2011Why I Avoid A-Grade Loans on Lending Club and ProsperI hear this sentiment all the time. People start off conservatively in p2p lending, investing mainly in A-Grade loans and... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Aug. 16, 2011Prosper is Hosting a Free P2P Lending Webinar This ThursdayIf you are a Prosper investor you have probably received an email about it already. If not, then I guess... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Jul. 27, 2011Why Number of Inquiries is My Favorite P2P Lending FilterLong time readers of this blog will know about my love of the number of inquiries filter. I have talked... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Jul. 20, 2011What Percentage of Your Investments Should be in P2P Lending?Even though I am very passionate about peer to peer lending I never recommend people invest all their money with... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Aug. 24, 2011Comparing Returns on 36-Month and 60-Month LoansLast year both Lending Club and Prosper introduced 60-month loans for borrowers. Before that the only loan term available was... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·Aug. 17, 2011Federal Reserve and Big Banks Continue to Support P2P LendingLast week the Federal Reserve indicated that they will be leaving interest rates at or near zero through at least... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Jul. 28, 2011Putting New Money to Work vs ReinvestingI have been thinking lately that there are really two kinds of investing when it comes to peer to peer... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Jul. 22, 2011How Much Diversification is Enough?On Lending Club’s home page they talk about the 800 Club (as you can see in the graphic above) –... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Jul. 11, 2011Dave Ramsey Doesn’t Understand Peer to Peer LendingDave Ramsey is one of the most famous personal finance educators in the country. He has written several books, has... Read Full Story