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Brush Up On Your Stock Skills
(c) 2000 by Ash Gujral Growth stocks are coming back, offering opportunities for the stock investor who gobbles up leading stocks as they emerge from decent price ranges. Now is the time to go over the fundamentals of how to buy stocks when the market is moving...
A Life Insurance Option
HOW A POLICY MIGHT BE SOLD FOR CASH Here is a hypothetical example of how a life settlement might work. John is a seventy-year old who owns a $350,000 life insurance policy. Like everyone else who purchases life insurance, John had a good reason for taking out his...
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A Simple Explanation Of The Federal Reserve Statement (April 27, 2011 Edition)
Earlier today, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to leave the Fed Funds Rate unchanged within its current target range of 0.000-0.250 percent. The vote was 10-0 — the third straight meeting after which the FOMC vote was unanimous. In its press release, the...
Michigan AG to probe DocX signatures
by New York Public LibraryMichigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said this week he would look into questionable mortgage documentation filed in the state's Register of Deeds offices, particularly those linked to DocX. The investigation comes after receiving a...
Mortgage Rates — And Home Affordability — At The Whim Of The Federal Reserve
The Federal Open Market Committee starts a two-day meeting today, the third of its 8 scheduled meetings this year. The FOMC is a special, 12-person committee within the Federal Reserve. It’s led by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and the group is responsible for...
Mortgage industry readies for pit bull CFPB
by suttonhooAn article in Tuesday's American Banker reminds us that the top spot at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau remains up for grabs. Furthermore, two options are mentioned for the president-appointed position: a "safe" candidate or an...
What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : April 25, 2011
Mortgage markets improved slightly through last week’s holiday-shortened trading sessions. Better-than-expected housing data led mortgage rates higher Tuesday and Wednesday, but rates retreated Thursday morning in advance of Good Friday. Markets were closed...
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WIN THE LOTTERY: GUARANTEED!!
Yes, if you know state lottery winners some of them may be most anxious to share some of their prize money with you. By showing them how to receive cash today for some of all of their future lottery payments you can offer them a great service while at the same time...
Lottery Winnings
PROFITS IN WINNINGS Note brokers buy cash flows. They do not have to be secured by real estate, any secure cash flow can be bought, brokered and sold. The immediate non-real estate cash flows that come to mind are lottery winnings and insurance settlements. The...
A New Look At Setting Goals For Yourself
Marshall Field, one of the richest men in Chicago, had been asked in a newspaper interview: "What did he hope to accomplish in life?" His reply: "One of the secrets of not having a nervous breakdown is not having goals. But I suppose I would like to leave both the...