Prosper is a intriguing startup by a founder of Paypal that allows you to lend money to others by bidding on loans. Loans are ranked by credit risk and there is even a 3rd party who ranks lenders with risk adjusted profiles. As you can see from the link I'm doing better then my mutual funds -- too bad this wasn't an offer in my 401k.
Updated: As an experiment - I've added a group function where I help people to get loans.
See the site I setup UpgradeYourCredit
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I am a fellow Prosper lender. Although I am glad that you are getting good returns (and I believe that with careful borrower selection, Prosper can prove profitable for lenders), I would be cautious against counting my chickens before they hatch. Many Prosper lenders have had bad experiences 3-4 months after their loans originated. Hope you avoid the trap though.
On a sidenote - I have written a couple of posts on borrower selection on Prosper in my blog: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sankum/idle/
Sanjeev
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