by Constantine von HoffmanNovember 20, 2008
Economy
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A guest post from Constantine von Hoffman, veteran business journalist and author of the blog CollateralDamage.biz, a humorous look at marketing, business and his dog.
“People have begun to feel like a Christian Scientist with appendicitis.” — Tom Lehrer
It is [...]
A guest post from Frank Shump. Frank is a veteran from the financial services industry, and currently authors a blog called Thefinancecastle.com, which documents his thoughts on money matters and his adventures in self employment.
Even with bargain hunters starting to come out of the wood work and credit just barely starting to thaw out, things [...]
Another guest post from MG Dungan who went from Wharton to Wall St. to real estate to Blown Mortgage.
At the end of October (see Fed Implode-o-Meter October 31), it looked like the Fed had spent about $3.8 trillion in the year to date. Not even three weeks later, that figure is now up to $4.28 [...]
A guest post from Frank Shump. Frank is a veteran from the financial services industry, and currently authors a blog called Thefinancecastle.com, which documents his thoughts on money matters and his adventures in self employment.
Thus far, all indications seem to lead us to believe that the Federal Reserve can solve economic problems by throwing massive [...]
A guest post from Frank Shump. Frank is a veteran from the financial services industry, and currently authors a blog called Thefinancecastle.com, which documents his thoughts on money matters and his adventures in self employment.
I guess it’s not all that surprising given the increasing number of foreclosures across the nation over the past few months, [...]
by Constantine von HoffmanNovember 18, 2008
Economy
A guest post from Constantine von Hoffman, veteran business journalist and author of the blog CollateralDamage.biz, a humorous look at marketing, business and his dog.
In a time of economic crisis, where every moment brings more bad/alarming news, what does it mean that the government is essentially in a holding pattern for the next two months?
Many [...]
Another guest post from MG Dungan who went from Wharton to Wall St. to real estate to Blown Mortgage.
I?m afraid many of the New World Order conspiracy theories will have to be laid to rest after this weekend?s G20 meeting. Worldwide coordination of anything other than a rate cut here and there will never fly. [...]
One of the terms that veterans of the stock market often use to describe buying patterns is ?smart money.? Smart money refers to buyers who are informed, intuitive, and quick enough to anticipate market trends before they actually occur. Conversely, the term ?dumb? money is the money from buyers who rush in after the boom [...]
The Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) system was established in 1932 to fill the need for a stable funding source for residential mortgages created by the undermining of the American banking system during the Great Depression. Today, the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks and their members are the largest source of residential mortgage financing in [...]
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