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• With CD Rates So Low Now, Should I Put My Money In A CD?
• Bill Miller Exclusive Interview
• Will Higher Inflation Help The Economy?
• Ten Reasons To Buy A Home: Houses Are Cheap
• “Is There Anybody In There Or Out There?”

With CD Rates So Low Now, Should I Put My Money In A CD? Posted: 19 Sep 2010 07:50 AM PDT With CD (Certificate of Deposit) rates so low these days, you may be wondering if it's even worth depositing your savings into a CD account or if you should wait some time in case interest rates increase so that you get a higher return. If you were to invest in a 5-year CD and in 3 or 4 years from now the interest rates increased significantly, you might wish you hadn't deposited your money for such a long period of time. For example, if you invest $100,000 into a 3-year CD at an … [visit site to read more]

Bill Miller Exclusive Interview Posted: 19 Sep 2010 07:23 AM PDT On this week's Consuelo Mack WealthTrack, an exclusive television interview with Legg Mason's legendary Bill Miller. How has the only money manager to beat the S&P 500 for 15 consecutive years recovered from the worst performance of his lifetime to the best? "Great Investor" Bill Miller shares his … [visit site to read more]

Will Higher Inflation Help The Economy? Posted: 19 Sep 2010 07:00 AM PDT In today’s NY Times, Tyler Cowen presents a case for monetary expansion as a way to help the economy recover: “The Federal Reserve, pondering what to do to stimulate the economy, has a number of tools at its disposal. But if it could just convince Americans that it was committed to monetary expansion and economic growth, it would help the economy pick up speed. Yet that is easier said than done. Here's the problem: The economy needs help, but monetary policy, which is the Fed's … [visit site to read more]

Ten Reasons To Buy A Home: Houses Are Cheap Posted: 19 Sep 2010 06:57 AM PDT Enough with the doom and gloom about homeownership. Brett Arends in the WSJ presents  10 reasons why it’s a good time to buy a home.  Reason #1 is that you can get a great deal and Reason #2 is that mortgages are cheap.  In other words, relative to income levels, housing affordability remains at historically high levels (see chart above).  In July, a potential home buyer with the median family income of $60,498 had about 161% of the qualifying income necessary … [visit site to read more]

“Is There Anybody In There Or Out There?” Posted: 19 Sep 2010 04:08 AM PDT In light of the ongoing decline in equity volumes, I found a short piece in this weekend's Wall Street Journal to be of special interest. Jonathan Cheng writes, Hello, Is There Anybody In There? Are trading volumes ever coming back? With options expirations and index rebalancing on the agenda, today could be a decent one for trading volumes, which Peter Boockvar of Miller Tabak notes haven't hit the 5 billion shares mark in  NYSE Composite volume since July 16. Mr. Boockvar cites … [visit site to read more]

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