Credit? Hardly.

Foreclosures aplenty.

Financial institutions and myriad other companies will continue to fail, and unemployment will remain high.

But, we've had a large increase in HedgeLoan applications over the past two weeks. Evidently people have decided that securities financing products and services have "weathered the storm", and you know what?  We have.

Now more and more people are beginning to think that being able to have one's stocks working for you at the same time you use the non recourse loan cash from securities financing for investments, debt restructuring, or other means of maintaining and strengthening financial health -- is the only way to survive the economic storm.

If you'd like to "have your stocks and use them too", consider a securities loan. We have a wide range of tailored securities loan products, including institutional "never sold or traded, stay in account" Premier for those who feel security is paramount.

Securities loans are available to owners of foreign stocks in every major market, including the bourses of Israel, Great Britain, EC, Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand, and Australia. Foreign nationals must be prepared to comply with Patriot Act provisions including verification of identity. Please contact us here if you live in or operate in these or any other non-U.S. markets and would like to avail of our financial services.

Securities, treasuries, bonds, munis, swaps.