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Hey, Why Stop With Tutoring Programs?
2008-01-23 19:24:00 Let’s just pay them to go to school period. Just damn. http://www.ajc.com/m…2/studentpay_0 123_web1.html More About: Programs , Tutoring , Stop
Hey, Why Stop With Tutoring Programs?
2008-01-23 19:24:00 Let’s just pay them to go to school period. Just damn. http://www.ajc.com/m…2/studentpay_0 123_web1.html More About: Programs , Tutoring , Stop
This is What Agents and Brokers Have to Look Forward to for a While.
2008-01-22 17:30:00 Disgruntled homeowners are starting to sue the agents and brokers who sold them their homes at the height of the boom. They might just have a case because all too often the broker and agent oversteps the line in discussing the value of the property. The defendant in the Ummel case is Mike Little, a veteran agent ... More About: Agents , Brokers , Forward
This is What Agents and Brokers Have to Look Forward to for a While.
2008-01-22 17:30:00 Disgruntled homeowners are starting to sue the agents and brokers who sold them their homes at the height of the boom. They might just have a case because all too often the broker and agent oversteps the line in discussing the value of the property. The defendant in the Ummel case is Mike Little, a veteran agent ... More About: Agents , Brokers , Forward
The State of the Housing Market for 2008
2008-01-22 15:20:00 Over 150 lenders have already gone out of business since the peak of the sub-prime orgy. This year over 1,000,000 yes, one million individual foreclosures are expected to happen. Over $300,0000,000,000 that’s three hundred billion dollars of loans have been written off by the lending institutions and the best estimate is we are a little over half ... More About: Market , Interest Rates , Housing , State , Subprime
The State of the Housing Market for 2008
2008-01-22 15:20:00 Over 150 lenders have already gone out of business since the peak of the sub-prime orgy. This year over 1,000,000 yes, one million individual foreclosures are expected to happen. Over $300,0000,000,000 that’s three hundred billion dollars of loans have been written off by the lending institutions and the best estimate is we are a little over half ... More About: Market , Interest Rates , Housing , State , Subprime
Wow, I Leave to Drop my Son off at School?
2008-01-22 14:46:00 and by the time I get to the office the Fed has cut the funds rate by 3/4 of a point to 3.5%. There has not been that big a drop at one time since 1984. Then, the futures markets took a jump upwards, digested the Feds actions and then… Tanked right back down near where they ... More About: Politics , Interest Rates , School , Investing , Leave
Wow, I Leave to Drop my Son off at School?
2008-01-22 14:46:00 and by the time I get to the office the Fed has cut the funds rate by 3/4 of a point to 3.5%. There has not been that big a drop at one time since 1984. Then, the futures markets took a jump upwards, digested the Feds actions and then… Tanked right back down near where they ... More About: Politics , Interest Rates , School , Investing , Leave
The Bad News is Today Will be a Bad Day for the Markets.
2008-01-22 12:43:00 The Good News is this kind of sell off usually means we are near a bottom. It is called capitulation. It is when traders and short term investors decide the pain is just too much and dump almost everything. It is sometimes called panic selling. It is when great companies go on sale. Look for today to ... More About: Politics , Stock Market , Markets , Bad News
The Bad News is Today Will be a Bad Day for the Markets.
2008-01-22 12:43:00 The Good News is this kind of sell off usually means we are near a bottom. It is called capitulation. It is when traders and short term investors decide the pain is just too much and dump almost everything. It is sometimes called panic selling. It is when great companies go on sale. Look for today to ... More About: Politics , Stock Market , Markets , Bad News
It Feels Really Good to get Messages Like This One.
2008-01-21 22:12:00 We have a contact page at the Field Guide for Investors to let visitors and members alike give us feedback about anything they like or dislike. This was received today… Not a question. Just a thank you for this article and insight into short sales. I was seriously considering purchasing a Short Sale program advertised on the ... More About: Messages , Good , Mess , Ages
It Feels Really Good to get Messages Like This One.
2008-01-21 22:12:00 We have a contact page at the Field Guide for Investors to let visitors and members alike give us feedback about anything they like or dislike. This was received today… Not a question. Just a thank you for this article and insight into short sales. I was seriously considering purchasing a Short Sale program advertised on the ... More About: Messages , Good , Mess , Ages
I Have Been A Directv Customer Since February 1995?
2008-01-17 18:52:00 but I will be former customer as soon as our subscription to NHL Center Ice runs out. In fact, if I can get either Dish Network or Comcast to figure out a way to transfer it, I will be a former Directv customer as soon as the switch over can happen. So, what is driving me ... More About: Customer , February , Rect
I Have Been A Directv Customer Since February 1995?
2008-01-17 18:52:00 but I will be former customer as soon as our subscription to NHL Center Ice runs out. In fact, if I can get either Dish Network or Comcast to figure out a way to transfer it, I will be a former Directv customer as soon as the switch over can happen. So, what is driving me ... More About: Customer , February , Rect
Some Comments Incorrectly Caught by SpamKarma
2008-01-17 14:59:00 Unfortunately dealing with the spamming scum of the world is required. So, we use technology and it is pretty good. But, sometimes is just does stupid things and has to be pointed back in the right direction. Such has been the case this month. A number of comments were incorrectly identified as spam and to compound ... More About: General , Comments , Caught , Rect
Some Comments Incorrectly Caught by SpamKarma
2008-01-17 14:59:00 Unfortunately dealing with the spamming scum of the world is required. So, we use technology and it is pretty good. But, sometimes is just does stupid things and has to be pointed back in the right direction. Such has been the case this month. A number of comments were incorrectly identified as spam and to compound ... More About: General , Comments , Caught , Rect
I Just Wasn?t Ready the First Time I Picked Up This Book
2008-01-16 02:46:00 I remember the first time I picked up The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. I skimmed through some of the pages and put it in my “to be read later” pile. I’m not really sure why I did that but it just did not resonate with me then. I had other things on my mind. But, ... More About: Time , Book , First Time , Ready
I Just Wasn?t Ready the First Time I Picked Up This Book
2008-01-16 02:46:00 I remember the first time I picked up The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. I skimmed through some of the pages and put it in my “to be read later” pile. I’m not really sure why I did that but it just did not resonate with me then. I had other things on my mind. But, ... More About: Time , Book , First Time , Ready
I Wonder If Other Lenders are Looking At This as a Potential Loss Recovery
2008-01-15 15:29:00 I had an interesting instant message chat yesterday with a lawyer friend who has been approached by a major lender. Seems this lender is looking for local resources to follow-up on short sales after the closing. They want to make sure the “value” everyone agreed to at the short sale closing was really the “value” at ... More About: Recovery , General , Interest Rates , Investing , Loss
I Wonder If Other Lenders are Looking At This as a Potential Loss Recovery
2008-01-15 15:29:00 I had an interesting instant message chat yesterday with a lawyer friend who has been approached by a major lender. Seems this lender is looking for local resources to follow-up on short sales after the closing. They want to make sure the “value” everyone agreed to at the short sale closing was really the “value” at ... More About: Recovery , General , Interest Rates , Investing , Loss
Buy Stocks - Trade Options
2008-01-11 16:34:00 I am a long term investor. When I buy a stock it is because it is on sale and represents a great value. Which, by the way, is the same approach I take to real estate investing. But, even though I am a buy and hold stock investor, I am an options trader. Well, sort of. Let ... More About: Stocks , Stock Market , Trade , Options
Buy Stocks - Trade Options
2008-01-11 16:34:00 I am a long term investor. When I buy a stock it is because it is on sale and represents a great value. Which, by the way, is the same approach I take to real estate investing. But, even though I am a buy and hold stock investor, I am an options trader. Well, sort of. Let ... More About: Stocks , Stock Market , Trade , Options
Financial Mergers are Starting
2008-01-11 13:40:00 Bank of America is in talks to take over Countrywide in an all stock transaction. The announcement could come as early as today. This will be interesting to watch because although Bank of America infused over $2 Billion dollars into Countrywide in the summer of 2007 in the form of loans, they are not Countrywide’s primary ... More About: Financial , Mergers
Financial Mergers are Starting
2008-01-11 13:40:00 Bank of America is in talks to take over Countrywide in an all stock transaction. The announcement could come as early as today. This will be interesting to watch because although Bank of America infused over $2 Billion dollars into Countrywide in the summer of 2007 in the form of loans, they are not Countrywide’s primary ... More About: Financial , Mergers
Consumer Confidence Declines - Again
2008-01-11 12:47:00 I like the RBC Cash Index because it seems to be constructed in a way to provide the least biased read on consumer sentiment of any index I know about. Notice I did not say it was unbiased, but the survey is taken in such a way as to minimize bias. The index was started in ... More About: Politics , Consumer , Confidence
Consumer Confidence Declines - Again
2008-01-11 12:47:00 I like the RBC Cash Index because it seems to be constructed in a way to provide the least biased read on consumer sentiment of any index I know about. Notice I did not say it was unbiased, but the survey is taken in such a way as to minimize bias. The index was started in ... More About: Politics , Consumer , Confidence
There is a lot I agree with in this article.
2008-01-10 21:47:00 http://seekingalpha.com/article/59740-cli nton-and-obama-hedge-fund-killers For example: I believe unless something happens either Clinton or Obama will be the next President. I know they both use class and wealth envy to stir up the masses. I know, in spite of the data showing otherwise, both of them push the myth of making the rich pay their fair share. I know neither of them understand ... More About: Politics , Article
Bernanke Said Rates Will Go Down
2008-01-10 20:18:00 So, why wasn’t Wall Street impressed? In a speech today the Federal Reserve Chairman said they stand ready to continue to lower interest rates to prevent a recession. Should be really good news to stock market speculators, right? Yet, they seemed unimpressed. The markets did not react the way the clueless pundits expected. Sure, we saw a ... More About: Politics , Inflation , Interest Rates , Rates , Bernanke
Well, When All You Have is a Hammer?
2008-01-08 14:02:00 you think every problem is a nail. Yes, I know it is a cliche’ and used too much, but in this case it is so true. Through the feedback page at the Field Guide, we received a comment from a nationally recognized guru. I am not going to disclose their name because I see no reason to ... More About: General , Hammer
Is This How the Liberals in This Country Want to Address the Healthcare Iss
More articles from this author:2008-01-08 11:55:00 The London Telegraph reported Tuesday that the British government has a “plan to save billions of pounds from the NHS budget.” But it won’t come without enormous pain. “Instead of going to a hospital or consulting a doctor, patients will be encouraged to carry out ’self-care’ as the Department of Health tries to meet Treasury targets ... More About: Politics , Liberals , Country , Healthcare , Address 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
