The Amazing Race Season 16 began on 2/14/2010 with the teams traveling to Chile. On the first leg, the episode showed how life as in the Amazing Race, you cannot compare yourself to others because you never know where you end up. Those who make it first in one instance do not necessarily stay on top, sometimes it is ok to be second, and sometimes you are a winner even when you are eliminated.
People pondering whether to file for bankruptcy may believe they are behind in life, but it is just a moment in life. When to file for bankruptcy is a strategy in itself just like how the Amazing Race teams decided whether to take a bus or train to the airport in Episode 1. For instance, a debtor should wait to file a petition if he anticipates sizeable new debt such as medical bills. Or if a person anticipates inheritance, he may wait so that he does not have to turn over non-exempt property received within six months of the petition date to the trustee for distribution to creditors.
In the first Amazing Race episode, the teams had to first get on a train or bus to the airport to catch a flight to Chile. Those who made it on the first flight felt glee, but then realized the first flight was delayed. This was a lesson that sometimes it is ok to be late, and those who win are not always really the winners.
As with the Amazing Race, when people go through the bankruptcy process, they will realize that they can still come out ahead in life though they fell behind some of their peers in money management in the past. With reforms in financial institutions, the government is also assisting people in trading and investing. For instance, on 1/21/2010, President Barack Obama called for restrictions on financial institutions that would limit the extent to which depository lending institutions, or their parent firms, may engage in proprietary trading and investing. The President's proposal would place limits on the growth of the market share of liabilities at the largest financial firms. This proposal should help consumers in having oversight on companies to determine whether they are systemically risky.
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