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Stock screeners are important to you if you want your portfolio to be based on science and not guesswork or recommendations. Recommendations can be self-serving, and also based upon the current buzz - hot today and stone cold tomorrow. Stock screening makes selecting investments easier and more secure than traditional methods by ensuring that your choices meet your predetermined performance qualifiers.
Read →Municipal bond yields as tracked by The Bond Buyer 20 weekly index of 20-year general obligation yields slid 1 basis point to 4.18%. That's the lowest level since Oct. 8. It continues a year in which yields on municipals and all bonds have slid while bond values have risen.
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Mortgage Rates Are Low But For Many Refinancing Is Impossible
There have been some changes on the Mortgage front so take a look here at some new legislation in the works. See what side you are on in this heated debate.
Read →One needs to only go to the local store or check retail commodity prices online to realize that there are no inflationary pressures at the moment.
Read →Amtrust's recent seizure by the office of thrift supervision does not affect the yields of Amtrust Bank high yielding CDs from 2007 and 2008.
Read →Inflation remained relatively tame last month as consumer prices rose 0.4% according to the Labor Department. Core prices, which exclude energy and food were flat.
Read →OneWest Bank is offering two flexible CD options, the Raise Your Rate CD and the Keep Your Options Open CD.
Read →Take a look at the new legislation and weigh in on the debate regarding new laws giving the government and the people more say and control over big business.
Read →EBSB Direct is offering a 10-month CD that pays 1.77% APY with a minimum deposit of $1,000.
Read →Major World Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and others weigh in on the economy for 2010.
Read →Savings and CD rates dropped last week while mortgage rates rose, reflecting the steepening of the Treasury yield curve. The Fed continues to hold short and medium term rates low and longer-term rates are responding to inflation fears.
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Most Mortgage Rates Followed Bond Yields Higher this Week
Most mortgage rates followed bond yields higher this week. Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Surveyî (PMMSî) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.81 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending December 10, 2009, up from last week when it averaged 4.71 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.47 percent.
Read →US Bank is offering consumers a .5% discount on their auto loan rate to purchase a green vehicle, as defined by the EPA.
Read →Complex financial modeling is at the heart of risk management and dictates how much capital banks, insurance companies, pension funds, corporations, and individuals need to hold in order to meet all of their financial liabilities. This topic is important to understand because it played an integral part in the massive financial destruction that was 2008.
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