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Post by zzr600 on Feb 19, 2016 12:25:05 GMT
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adrianc
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Post by adrianc on Feb 19, 2016 18:03:56 GMT
"The P2P site that financed the San Bernardino massacres"... Oh,  . What a bunch of melodramatic hogwash. |
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Post by highlandtiger on Feb 20, 2016 8:28:39 GMT
The fact that you actually read items on Zerohedge is seriously worrying......  |
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Post by mikeh on Feb 20, 2016 10:57:43 GMT
The fact that you actually read items on Zerohedge is seriously worrying...... Agreed. Makes our tabloid press look like The Economist.
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Post by Financial Thing on Feb 21, 2016 7:36:28 GMT
I think this article actually makes some good points. One should always be aware of market conditions as P2P lending is a risky prospect.
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Post by bigfoot12 on Feb 21, 2016 11:48:49 GMT
I think this article actually makes some good points. One should always be aware of market conditions as P2P lending is a risky prospect. And the P2P companies should watch out for how quickly the institutional money can move as yields improve elsewhere (if that is indeed true - I am suspicious of the site).
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Post by ablrateandy on Feb 21, 2016 20:27:46 GMT
I quite like zerohedge. It has some good underlying points in its articles. There is a major difference here from the U.S. In that there is more sensitive money in the U.S. - 25bp will pull in more money from the institutions here but much less here. When rates move up, fund NAVs move down across their whole portfolio so expect some p2p funds to suffer based on this.
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Post by mikes1531 on Feb 21, 2016 23:10:08 GMT
...25bp will pull in more money from the institutions here but much less here. : Was one of those 'heres' supposed to be a 'there'?  If so, which one?
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Post by ablrateandy on Feb 21, 2016 23:12:10 GMT
Oh sorry - institutions "there" (ie. in the US) are much more sensitive to small moves in spreads.
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Post by zzr600 on Feb 23, 2016 12:11:24 GMT
[/quote]Agreed. Makes our tabloid press look like The Economist.[/quote]
Why so? They have some good articles that delve into the detail. Much of the stuff mentioned one or two years back is now happening
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Post by andyblue on Mar 4, 2016 15:20:28 GMT
It's best to have a balanced view on everything, so taking news from both ends of the spectrum is advisable. As such, I feel ZeroHedge has its place.
Although the financing the massacre thing is cheap bombast and would have been better left out of the article imo. Do they have a problem with p2p per se?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 16:54:02 GMT
Just note that of the 3000 or so Chinese P2P companies over 10% have CEOs actively being hunted by the police.
Makes you pause for breath.
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Post by adrianc on Mar 4, 2016 17:04:22 GMT
Just note that of the 3000 or so Chinese P2P companies over 10% have CEOs actively being hunted by the police. Do we know how that compares with CEOs of Chinese companies in general?
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Post by toffeeboy on Mar 7, 2016 16:51:33 GMT
Just note that of the 3000 or so Chinese P2P companies over 10% have CEOs actively being hunted by the police. Do we know how that compares with CEOs of Chinese companies in general? How about how that compares to UK P2P companies  
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. What a bunch of melodramatic hogwash.
