Eric Grathwol's (grathwol) Blog

November 25, 2008   And now, for something completely different...   Good news!   Of course, I've been accused of seeing life through rose-colored glasses but...there really is some pretty good news out there.  We're by no means out of the woods.  For each bit of "Good News" I'll highlight there ...

November 11, 2008 Round and round we go... This could be a long letter, but...there's a lot of good information, I think.  I hope you agree.  Please let me know.  As I think is clear, this economic recession began with a deflating (or bursting) housing bubble.  It's morphed WAY beyond that, but, ...

November 4, 2008  The more things change, the more they stay the same. I hope you voted today.  Tomorrow, we'll have a new President, and largely a new Congress.  I don't envy their position as they work to navigate us through these rough, and mostly uncharted economic waters.  Let's hope they ge...

October 21, 2008  High low, high low, it's volatile as we go...  Much like 500 point intra-day swings are becoming common place in the stock market, volatility continues as the norm with Mortgage Backed Securities.  Just a week ago mortgage rates had risen to the highs of 2008, with 30yr fixed ar...

October 1, 2008   "I'm just a bill.  Yes, I'm only a bill.  And I'm sittin' here on Capitol Hill" SchoolHouse Rock, circa 1975.   And wow, what a bill we have with the Troubled Asset Relief Program.  When Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke brought the act to congress last week, it was three pages.  T...