Michael, Author at NSR Invest

Lending Club’s Data Changes and Impact on NSR

Lending Club recently made a change to their data which will impact investors. In summary: 41 Credit Elements were removed – It’s largely reverted back to what investors had in 2012 and prior Dates no longer have the day of the month, so all dates

Posted on November 20, 2014 by MichaelRead full article

A Look At Loan Volume for February

We often see end of the month reports detailing loan volume for Lending Club and Prosper. At NSR we monitor daily issued loan volume located under the “charts” section. These charts give great insight into

Posted on March 4, 2014July 3, 2015 by MichaelRead full article

More Data for Policy Code 2 & 99 Loans Redacted on Lending Club

Policy Code 2 & 99 loans, recently covered by Lend Academy, are a set of loans that are reserved for institutional investors. The following data elements were removed recently: Interest Rate Grade Sub Grade The interest rate for these loans are now reported as 0.00%.

Posted on February 7, 2014February 7, 2014 by MichaelRead full article

Nickel Steamroller 2.0

After months of work, we’d like to announce the beta release of NSR 2.0. This version of the platform is a joint effort between Rocco who runs Prosper Stats and myself. We decided to team up in June of 2013 after looking at our current

Posted on January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 by MichaelRead full article

Lending Club Adds NSR-Like Return Model

Lending Club has recently introduced a new feature that allows investors to model their returns much like NSR’s Portfolio Analyzer and Forecasting Tool. I never thought this type of return forecasting would make it into either platform but I am very happy to see this.

Posted on November 7, 2013July 3, 2015 by MichaelRead full article

NSRP Signup is Now Open

NSR Premium is now accepting new signups. During the launch we will be offering a limited number of investors accounts that have no limits on size or transaction volume for $25/month. Once the signup process

Posted on June 4, 2013July 3, 2015 by MichaelRead full article

The Next Evolution In P2P Investing: NSR Premium

After months of work, the next evolution of Nickel Steamroller (NSR) is here! We are pleased to announce Nickel Steamroller Premium (NSRP). NSRP is a fully-featured automated investment and portfolio management tool designed to work with all major US P2P investing platforms. One Login, Every

Posted on May 28, 2013July 3, 2015 by MichaelRead full article

Portfolio Update April 2013

Since my last update I’ve added about $12,000 to my P2P lending accounts, split 50/50 between Lending Club and Prosper. Lending Club My portfolio continues to move towards my goal of a 50/50 split for loan term. Back in September of 2012 my portfolio

Posted on April 12, 2013July 3, 2015 by MichaelRead full article

Updates to NSR Alerts – Now With Prosper Support

Many people use Nickel Steamroller to receive alerts for Lending Club loans as they come on the Primary Market. In the past these alert results have been limited to 25 loans per email. This restriction has been

Posted on April 11, 2013July 3, 2015 by MichaelRead full article

Prosper’s new RESTful API

Prosper recently re-released their API, completely rewritten from the SOAP/WSDL service to a REST compliant service. This is an exciting change for three reasons: 1.) More open. The move to REST will allow greater access to Prosper’s API. Not only can you access data directly

Posted on March 11, 2013July 3, 2015 by MichaelRead full article

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