CEMA: Healthy ReFis for Good Borrowers
Even before the Discount Rate was hiked, I had been exploring ways to take advantage of the current ultra low rates. Mortgages are under...
Why Am I Getting So Much Spam from Yahoo ?
An inordinate amount of pharmacy spam is coming my way from Yahoo.com. Why aren’t they doing any spam filtering? And if they are,...
Trader Talk With Art Cashin
Look who is back from vacay: Art Cashin, head of floor operations at UBS, has the buzz from the NYSE. Mon. Feb. 22 2010 | 9:10 AM[01:26]
Why “The Indymac Slap in our Face. 02.08.10” is...
For the past several months I have been hearing a lot of complaints about the FDIC giving away “taxpayer money” in the sale...
Apprenticed Investor: Reading Is Fundamental
Investing is such a competitive arena that no matter how good you think you are, it is important that you constantly develop new skills...
Business vs Government
As I took a week in the desert (family vaca in Arizona) to ponder the markets and its future direction I became more confident that...
Policy Errors Dog Treasury Secretary
Today’s must read MSM piece is a fascinating front page WSJ article on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (Bailout Anger Undermines...
More Endorsements for Volcker Rule
The latest endorsers for the so-called Volcker Rule separating riskier trading activity form government insured depository banks have...
Chase Cancelling Automatic Overdraft Protection
Here is an interesting little tidbit regarding Debit Card credit these days. It seems that during the fat times, Chase Bank was...