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Five Ingredients for Debt Disasters
Many of us have financial habits that get us into debt trouble. Here are some of those habits so you can look at your self and see if there are some changes that need to be made.
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Applications for Home Loans Continue Dropping
Subprime mortgages, the housing bubble and rising interest rates have plagued the industry. Now the number of loan applications is going down, too. How much more can the housing industry endure?
Read →BestCashCow's Lynne Ashminov interviews Tom Doe from Municipal Market Advisors on Build America Bonds. What are they and do they present an opportunity for the individual investor?
Read →If the new credit card regulations have gotten you confused, we have a simpler and more condensed version of them to help you understand them better.
Read →There is a lot of talk about mortgage rates going up soon. But what is behind the talk and how likely is it?
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National Capital Also Leads in Credit Card Debt
Which states have the highest and lowest rates of delinquent credit card payments? Is there good news coming from the credit card industry? Hardly.
Read →Bonuses at Wall Street firms have increased 17% during 2009, with an average bonus of over $123,000 per worker. This is despite the industry starting into the abyss in 2008 and recovering from taxpayer funded bailouts.
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Could Interest Rates Stay Low Despite Growing US Debt - Look at Japan
The prevailing wisdom today amongst analysts and those "in the know" is that interest rates are poised to go higher, partly because of massive government borrowing/spending. Yet, Japan's economy over the last 20 years has shown exactly the opposite impact of high borrowing. Interest rates have dropped even as the government has added more and more debt.
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Is your Banker/Financial Planner Loyal?
Following a mass migration of brokers from Merrill Lynch after the buyout by Bank of America, some high-ranking executives and brokers are returning. Is this an exhibition of disloyalty and conflicts of interest between brokers and you, the client?
Read →Following on from a previous article, I believe the decline of the United States is not inevitable. Rather, I have a somewhat different conclusion which as unreal as it may seem is extraordinarily likely.
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