3 Reasons Debt Settlement is Better Than Debt Consolidation Loans
There are more and more consumers who find that debt settlement is by far more effective in getting rid of credit card debt than debt consolidation or a debt consolidation loan. There are many reasons to this of course just as there are many reasons why people are trapped deep in debt in the fi ...

Watching The Federal Reserve
SEARCH BLOG: FEDERAL RESERVEEver since the Federal Reserve realized that the economy was tanking [a couple years too late] and dropped interest rates that they had just finished raising to fight inflation [when dropping prices portended possible deflation] the Fed has been sitting quietly in th ...


Buying My Broker.......
Etrade (ETFC) is essentially two businesses. The first is a very healthy brokerage/market making business. The second is an ill-timed foray into the mortgage backed securities markets. Losses in that area have brought the company to its knees so to speak. But if they can make it through (I expe ...

Fed Signals Vote Of Confidence In Economy
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve delivered a vote of confidence in the economy Wednesday saying it would slow the pace of an emergency rescue program as the recession appears to be ending.The central bank also held a key banking lending rate at a record low near zero and again pledged to keep ...

Fed Will Keep Key Rates Low
Daily Real Estate News  |  August 12 2009  When the Federal Reserve ends its meeting on Wednesday afternoon it is almost certain to leave the key rate at or near zero and pledge to hold it there.That makes it likely mortgages will stay historically low and rates on home-equity and other c ...