Archive for August, 2007
Around the PF Blogosphere: August 16, 2007
Articles for your spare time:
FIREFinance has a list of personal finance books in the areas of investing, retirement and financial planning.
The Finance Buff talks about what happens when your mortgage lender goes out of business. I am thinking the same thing as my mortgage company, Countrywide, may be heading in that direction.
In this volatile market, [...]
Finding the “Winner” in Market Turmoil
[This article also appears on SeekingAlpha, Equities Leave Investors Nowhere To Hide]
Seeking refuge is this turbulent market? You probably won’t find any if you are looking only at the equities.
It has been a very tough month since the Dow closed at record high of 14,000 on July 19, 2007. In the last 20 trading days, [...]
Reverse Mortgage Loan: Should You Apply for One?
The following is a guest contribution from Glennice Fryson, a member of DebtManagementTalk.com, a debt management forum that share’s its revenue with their members.
Recently, there has been an awful lot of talk about Reverse Mortgage Loans. There is also an awful lot of confusion surrounding this new mortgage-lending concept. Problem is, the [...]
Trading Global Stocks Becomes Easy with E-Trade Global Trading
But not with a price, a very high price.
Back in February when I first heard that E-Trade is going to introduce a global trading service to allow investors to trade stocks listed in other markets directly, I signed up to receive notification when it becomes available. Yesterday, the email came, announcing that the new E-Trade [...]
Did You Feel the Pain?
There is an article in New York Time today with the title “Small Investors Feel Less Pain as Stocks Slide” (registration may be required). The main theme of the article can be summarized by this paragraph:
The excesses in the financial markets are now generally believed to reside in complex mortgage securities and other esoteric investments, [...]
