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We have seen the markets surpass the heaviest flow of second quarter earnings and the first signs of economic activity for the industrialized world for the same period last week. With this round of influential data; we would expect the markets to be in sync and on pace for a clear trend. Instead, there has [...]

The housing market may be busier, but that doesn’t mean home values are set to rebound any time soon If you’re selling your home, the good news is that you’re likelier to find a buyer now than in the last couple of years. The bad news is you should be prepared to slash your asking [...]

Canada’s S&P/TSX composite index climbed eight-tenths of a per cent over the four trading days ended August 7, 2009 as the nation’s benchmark extended its advance from its March 9 low to 43.6%. (The TSX was closed August 3 for the Civic Holiday.) North American stocks solidified their weekly gains Friday after data from the [...]

Real estate markets across the world are suffering right now. Sellers can’t sell their homes, and buyers can’t get mortgages. For real estate agents, it’s a lot harder to earn a living now. Gone are the days of listing a home and expecting it to sell; it’s time to get creative to not just survive, [...]

In the present climate of easy credit it is easy to get in over your head with credit card debt. Many people do not realize how many Americans are living payday to payday getting deeper and deeper into the drowning pool of high interest revolving debt. With recent laws mandating higher minimum monthly payments and [...]

Bank of China has sent an internal document to its branches advising them to scale back lending for the rest of the year, becoming the latest major domestic bank to put a brake on lending, two sources at the bank said on Friday. Concern that a possible tightening of bank lending could slow the economy [...]

One of the current reason many people are lockng into five year fixed term mortgages is the concern that interest rates will rise sharpely due to hyper inflation taking hold in the US. Here is an article that covers some information that has come out from the head of the US Federal Reserve. In t [...]