When someone wants to refinance their mortgage, one of the most common things they say is, "I just missed a mortgage payment, and I want to refinance before it's too late." When I ask them about their credit, most of them say, "Oh, I pay...
People who call and want to do business with me often ask, "Would you put your mom in an Option ARM?" I used to tell people that my mom had a 15-year mortgage but paid it off in 10 years because she knew she was going to live in her house...
Stock prices always go up and down during earnings season. Traders jump in and out of the market based on what the report says. For example, Texas Instruments (TXN) said that its earnings for the third quarter of 2005 were up 12 percent from the...
Investing can be dangerous yet profitable endeavour. Many people have been burned by investments and don't want to do it again. This is the main reason why people are afraid to invest in anything. They might say things like, "I don't have enough...
There are a lot of steps to figure out what a company is worth. But before we do that, it's important to understand how a business makes money. Does it do this by selling products to people? letting other companies use its technology by licencing...
Officers of a company get a lot more benefits than regular workers. For people who don't know about it, the amount of stock compensation they hold may come as a surprise. Do you want to know how much stock the CEO and other top executives of a...
A lot of talk has gone into figuring out how much an investment is worth. The goal of every investor is to find investments that are undervalued and sell them when they are worth what they should be. This is the hardest part of investing, no...
About the online brokerage business, there is a lot to learn. Many investors have to learn this the hard way, though.
Since there are so many choices, picking the right broker is just as important as picking the right...
There had been a lot of talk about whether value investing or growth investing was better. The people who support each way of investing say that their way is better than the other.
I think each has something to offer. As someone who likes...
If you want to get a personal loan after filing for bankruptcy, there are four key things that will determine your success:
Collateral
Existing debt
How good your credit is
Time
Let's take a...