On to Florida (flickr) The town-hall style presidential debate is over, the swords — for the moment — withdrawn. For most of the evening at Belmont University in Nashville, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain attacked each other over domestic spending, foreign affairs and the best way to emerge from the cloak of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The Indypendent Fannie Mae to purchase fixed-rate mortgage loans from Federal Home … RTT News, NY - 8 hours ago (RTTNews) - Tuesday, Fannie Mae (FNM: News ) and wholesale bank Federal Home [...]
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Quoting from www.thegartmanletter.com: Dennis Gartman, the editor and publisher of the Gartman Letter, has been in the markets since 1974. Born in Akron, Ohio, Gartman received his BA from the University of Akron and MA from North Carolina State University. After finishing his graduate work in the mid 1970s, he worked as an economist for [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 6, 2008
I remember being about 10 years old, flying with my family to South America. I was in the restroom when I heard over the loudspeaker, “Please fasten your seatbelts. We might be experiencing a little turbulence.” I was standing there, doing my business, and I couldn’t stop. Suddenly, the plane fell violently and my head hit the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 6, 2008
I’ve gone back to burning Virgin of Guadalupe candles. The economy, our nation’s and my own personal one, has be a little spooked. I have about exhausted my better contacts in my quest for a job and nobody’s doing anything. Now I’m into job boards and resume posting and other such shotgun techniques. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 5, 2008
Bankrupt mortgage giant Fannie Mae will expand its new injury payment plan to all homeowners to avoid being accused of favoritism, a company spokesman said yesterday. The failed mortgage buying company had been trying to foreclose on … More here: Fannie Mae to accept injuries as mortgage payments Share and Enjoy:
Continue reading...Saturday, October 4, 2008
IPS Coverage of the Campaign BBC Slate Politico Economic Unrest Shifts Electoral Battlegrounds (NYT) The turmoil on Wall Street and the weakening economy are changing the contours of the presidential campaign map, giving new force to Senator Barack Obama’s ambitious strategy to make incursions into Republican territory, while leading Senator John [...]
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The media strategist responsible for Bush’s 2000 and 2004 campaigns, Mark McCinnon, isn’t exactly shy about negative advertising. And his media campaign for Bush is fondly remembered by Republican partisans as one of the dirtiest, most shameful and nastiest anyone had ever seen. Needless to say, McCain hired him immediately. But after working with McCain [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 4, 2008
From the Tallahassee Realtor Magazine (written by a Wells Fargo Loan Originator): One way we can all help with this (declines in home values) is to first make certain that the seller’s concessions are leveraged prior to reducing the sale price…So how can we use these maximum contribution limits to preserve our housing market? As [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 4, 2008
John McCain has pulled out of Michigan, effectively ceding that part of the rust belt to Obama. Well, I’ve been saying it for years now, quite literally: It’s STILL the Economy, Stupid! That is something the Bushs and McCain have never understood. Americans do NOT want more trickle down “Voodoo” economics when they can barely [...]
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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