For years, President Obama has been clear about his preferred tax policy: Tax the rich more and protect households that make less than $250,000 from higher taxes.
It’s not clear what he’ll say about taxes on Wednesday when he lays out his ideas for how to tackle the country’s long-term debt. If history holds, he’ll stick [...]
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TAX THE RICH! OK, BUT THEN WHAT?
April 12th, 2011 by Financial Writer
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more...Oakmark’s David Herro Says Unloved Japanese Stocks a ‘Steal’
February 3rd, 2011 by Financial Writer
Japan’s stock market is more than 70 percent off its 1989 record high and last month the country’s debt was downgraded for the first time in nine years. Time to buy Japanese equities, says David Herro.
“At these prices Japanese stocks are a steal,” said Herro, 50, manager of the $6.9 [...]
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Boom Truck Financing
January 31st, 2011 by Financial Writer
Trucks are specialty vehicles, the incomparable services for a number of special operations. Can be used in tree trimming services, loading and unloading heavy products and also for transportation. They are specially designed to offer performance, portability and versatility. In short, they are high performance vehicles. By their very nature, carry higher price tags. [...]
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Bankers’ Pay on the Line Again
December 28th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Limiting the compensation of banking executives is not the best way to curb their risk-taking, but it might be the option most readily available, an economist writes.
Buy vs. Rent: An Update
Should you buy a home or rent one? An updated list of the relationship between home prices and rents in 55 metropolitan areas.
The Holiday [...]
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Three Mortgage Broker Tricks To Avoid Returning Refinancing
December 25th, 2010 by Financial Writer
In addition to paying the fee collection, brokers receive a commission of the wholesale lender for your loan pad. Mortgage broker Commission have a lot of tricks to increase its at your expense. Here are some tips to help you recognize when your mortgage broker can be used to refinance a mortgage.
I. [...]
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Increase In Mortgage Rates Predictions
December 22nd, 2010 by Financial Writer
The current mortgage interest rate forecast for the United States is the mortgage interest will remain at historically low levels in November until after the election, and then start rising too high. Homeowners in the United States can not presume that mortgage rates are at low levels historically, as it has since been a [...]
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Mortgage delinquencies decline
December 18th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Fewer people were late on their mortgage payments during the third quarter of this year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. At the same time, there was an increase in the number of loans entering foreclosure.
The decrease in mortgage delinquencies is a sign of an improving economy, says Michael Fratantoni, the association’s vice president of [...]
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Ottawa should cut spending despite slowing growth: CIBC
December 17th, 2010 by Financial Writer
The federal government shouldn’t allow a softening economy to derail plans to return to a balanced budget, says the chief economist at one of the country’s big banks.
Avery Shenfeld of CIBC World Markets said Thursday that if the economy needs further juice, let the Bank of Canada provide it through very low interest rates.
“Softer [...]
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Mortgage-Bond Slump ‘Won’t Be Fun’ for Housing: Credit Markets
December 13th, 2010 by Financial Writer
A slump in government-backed mortgage securities that’s sent yields to the highest level since May is threatening a recovery in the U.S. housing market, which had been bolstered by record-low borrowing costs.
Yields on Fannie Mae-guaranteed securities that most affect loan rates jumped as high as 4.21 percent today, an increase [...]
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China Rate Speculation Splits Analysts, Former PBOC Official
December 11th, 2010 by Financial Writer
China can’t raise interest rates because of the risk of attracting inflows of cash that would fuel inflation, said Wu Xiaoling, a former deputy governor of the central bank.
“The global low interest-rate environment prevents China’s central bank from raising interest rates,” Wu said in a speech at a hedge fund [...]
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