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Puyallup First Time Home Buyers Seminar: Part I - Credit  Once you have made the decision you want to buy a home there are a number of things to consider.  Perhaps the most widely known, but misunderstood factor is personal credit.  . This article will address what goes into the credit score, wha...
01/18/2010
According to the title of a Boston Magazine article she is. http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/running_scared_martha_coakley/page2 The article states: "she had paid roughly $30,000 to people on her payroll who had the ostensible job of helping with her AG run in 2010. Only problem is, these p...
01/18/2010
According to Diana Olick of CNBC, three of the nation's largest banks: Citi, Bank of America, and JP Morgan Chase, stand accused of seeking "off the books" compensation for the release of second liens in order to facilitate short sales.  In a short sale situation where there is incomplete satisfa...
01/15/2010
Tom Bemis at MartketWatch posted an article today claiming that DC Democrats should hope that Brown wins in Mass..  This must seem like blasphemy to those on the Left who worship at the Kennedy altar.  After all, health Care was one of Teddy's favorite causes, and having his former seat be the on...
01/15/2010
In a year that should go down in history as the Great Bailout of 2009, where the Federal Reserve went from holding less than $500 Billion in Government Debt, and Mortgage Backed Securities to $1.8 Trillion.  That is $1,800,000,000,000 - it seems to have more impact when you see all the zeros line...
01/12/2010
Near the beginning of the year we get a list of words to be avoided in our advertising because they may be found "offensive."  I have no issue with the idea that we should be courteous to our fellow human beings, and I understand that our society wishes to "celebrate diversity."  That being said,...
01/11/2010
I have submitted several blogs dealing with America's current economic condition, and what I consider to be a failing of the mainstream media in being honest with the American public.  Perhaps it is not blatant politics, but rather ignorance that is behind the media's inability to confront realit...
01/09/2010
Today the Fed released the notes from their most recent meeting.  I find the most telling statistic found in their report to be the decline in consumer credit usage.  "Consumer credit decreased at an annual rate of 8-1/2 percent in November. Revolving credit decreased at an annual rate of 18-1/2 ...
01/08/2010
  Not long ago, we seemed to be on the edge of the abyss.  The Stock Market was in a death spiral: Lehman Brothers, AIG, Fannie & Freddie, $150 per barrel Oil, Too Big To Fail bank bailouts, all adding up to a scenario in which Americans lost nearly a third of this country's wealth.  The Dow Jone...
01/07/2010
 The mainstream media have been pushing quite the positive agenda lately, and I just don't understand why no one is questioning these reports.  The recent news releases keep painting a picture of economic recovery.  Jobs Reports are not as bad as forecast, retail sales are up year over year, blah...
01/06/2010
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