Government Bonds And Consumer Debt Levels Soar While Bailouts Remain The Norm! This is an excellent read from an article at City Journal! These are some of the general takeaways… Some Key Points: ‘Bailouts remain the norm worldwide’ ‘In 2008, the world’s major central banks held little more than $6 trillion in assets, according […]
Summary: As the migrant crisis in Europe worsens serious steps to address it are being considered. One proposal is for passports to be required in order to cross from one EU country to another. Would such a drastic move spell the beginning of the end for the Eurozone as a viable entity? And if so […]
For anyone who’s involved in an industry sensitive to the level of interest rates, any move up in yields can spell a major problem for business! Of course the mortgage industry comes immediately to mind and, by extension, real estate and by even further extension title insurance, etc. But what about peoples retirement funds, college […]
A survey conducted by Sallie Mae found that less than half (48%) of parents with one or more child under 18 are saving for college! This compares to 62% of parents who were saving in 2009 and 51% as recently as last year and, is the first time a reading below 50% has been recorded (survey […]
If you’ve ever heard of or followed technical stock analysis, then the terms ‘Triple Top’ or ‘Higher Highs and Higher Lows’ may be familiar ones! Defined, a Triple Top is the scenario when ‘the price of an asset creates three peaks at nearly the same price level. The bounce off the resistance near the third peak is a […]
In one sentence this is how Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase sees our financial future… ‘There will be another crisis’! Does Jamie Dimon, often held out as one of the smartest minds in banking and the financial world in general, know something that the rest of us don’t know? Or, is the handwriting on the […]
In the low interest environment that evolved from the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program, investors who were searching for higher yielding investments found them in mortgage real estate investment trusts or Mortgage REITs. These funds that invest in mortgages secured by real estate will typically use leverage (or borrowed funds) to increase the amount of […]
