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Risky Mortgages Still Plentiful Learn a lesson from the current mortgage mess. Mortgage money is still some of the cheapest money available, and can provide a smart financial move, but be careful about creative financing tactics that seem too good to be true.   |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
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One Down, How Many to Go? Ken Fisher's the biggest RIA out there, but his firm just got a little bigger by acquiring a much smaller RIA. It's likely the first of many. |
Investment Advisor
June 2007 |
What Does He Like? Ken Fisher has more than an intellectual curiosity about smaller advisory firms: He's also interested in buying them. So what are the kinds of firms he's interested in? |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2006
Cheryl Winokur Munk |
The Heretic Kenneth Fisher, a global money manager and longtime Forbes columnist, is a proponent of the closed shop: He runs discretionary separate accounts for institutions and high-net-worth retail investors. Fisher farms out nothing. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Freezing Mortgage Rates Is Not the Answer People who shouldn't have qualified for a mortgage got their keys to a piece of the American dream. But now the bill is coming due. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan |
Fast Company
April 2000
Harriet Rubin |
Living Dangerously "The ability to move your body on the same path as your mind is crucial." A psychologist and hypnotist who helps top-ranked business leaders overcome their performance fear through the art of the trance. |
Investment Advisor
June 2007
James J. Green |
Doing it Right There's no doubt that financial advisor Ken Fisher is a control freak, but it allows his firm to deliver personalized service in a machine-like format to 18,000 satisfied clients. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Destruction Doesn't Create Benefits Economists who forecast a booming economy in the aftermath of destruction are missing the point. Don't forget about the spending that won't happen. |
The Motley Fool
June 3, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Are You Missing Out on a Fortune? Using your home for leverage brings both risk and potential reward. |
BusinessWeek
August 4, 2003
David Welch |
For GM, Mortgages Are the Motor But how long can it rely on profits from its finance unit? |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 24, 2011
Sean Silverthorne |
What's Government's Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing? The private market should be the main supplier of mortgage credit, but it should be carefully monitored using new approaches to regulating mortgage securitization. The government should play a role of "guarantor of last resort" in periods of crisis. |
U.S. Banker
May 2007
Thomas P. Vartanian |
Crisis and Opportunity In Subprime Mortgage Markets Problems in the subprime mortgage business will inevitably lead to opportunities for those who can evaluate, service or manage the underlying loans, securities and real estate. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Christopher Farrell |
Bankruptcy Reform Bites Back For consumers, debt relief is harder to come by. And that's adding to housing woes. |
BusinessWeek
September 13, 2004
Gene G. Marcial |
Washington Mutual: Treasure From The Deep? The world's largest savings bank has become something of a pariah on Wall Street: Not one major analyst rates it a buy. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2007
Brian Lawler |
Think Your Mortgage Deduction Is Safe? Wrong! Those buying a home just for the mortgage tax deduction could be in trouble. |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2009
Peter Coy |
Foreclosure: Now an Upscale Blight Rising job losses and falling home prices are dragging down people who never dreamed they would get in trouble. |
The Motley Fool
June 27, 2007
John Rosevear |
Is It Time to Buy a House Yet? The subprime mortgage mess has created a mixed blessing for potential homebuyers. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2009
Chris Jones |
Ken Fisher Has 2 Words for You Investment guru Ken Fisher tells investors that the idea of a new normal is garbage just as plainly as he tells them: "Be bullish." |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
How to Make the Most From Refinancing This analysis of refinancing options serves as a reminder that many financial decisions are more complicated than they seem at first. By jumping at the first opportunity to save small amounts, you could give up the chance to reap bigger savings elsewhere. |
Financial Advisor
May 2008
Evan Simonoff |
After The Storm As the mushrooming subprime loan crisis enters its tenth month, a growing list of questions begs answers. |
BusinessWeek
June 7, 2004
Dean Foust |
Look Out Below, Lenders The end of the mortgage boom is nigh -- and it could get ugly for banks and thrifts. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2006
Kevin McKinley |
Through the Mortgage Maze The conventional financial planning wisdom is to get out of any debt you may have as soon as possible. But that may not apply to everyone. Here are 10 questions that can help you and your client weigh where that dollar should actually go. |
BusinessWeek
March 26, 2007
Mara Der Hovanesian et al. |
Making Sense Of The Mortgage Mess The economy should be able to withstand the downdraft in the mortgage market. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2007
Rich Duprey |
The Newest Homeowners: Big Banks The vortex of price declines sucking down values could spiral out of the investment bankers' control, leading to their own subprime devaluation. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
optionsXpress CEO on the Year Ahead optionsXpress CEO David Fisher says that his company is on track as options trading gets bigger. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2010
Morgan Housel |
How to Fail at Investing in 5 Easy Steps Timeless advice from a Buffett mentor. |
U.S. Banker
August 2001
Ted Cornwell |
Fears of Defaults Subprime loans are behind the fears. They have not been tested in a declining economy and analysts don't know what to expect. |
AskMen.com
Nick Kennedy |
The Foreclosure Crisis With recent news that many financial service companies had been employing "robo-signers" to help foreclose on thousands of homes around the country, many banks voluntarily declared a moratorium on booting people from their residences. |
AskMen.com
Michael Estrin |
9 Mortgage Don'ts But no matter how much you owe, unless you're a lottery winner, you've probably used a mortgage to buy your home. Here are some tips on what not to do when making one of the biggest purchases of your life. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Can You Really Just Walk Away? Giving up on your mortgage and letting the bank foreclose on your property might seem easy, but how smart is it? |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Todd K. Ballenger |
Go With the (Reverse) Flow Help your clients by reversing outdated thinking about reverse mortgages. Learn to accommodate more of their "I needs" and their "I wants." Regard a reverse the way you would a forward mortgage: It is simply a device for improving cash flow. |
BusinessWeek
January 10, 2005
Dean Foust |
The Mortgage Biz Has Lost Its Fizz Goodbye, refi boom. Hello, sinking profits and industry consolidation. The roots of the industry's problems are no mystery. Mortgage activity has fallen off sharply since the Fed began hiking rates last spring. |
Financial Advisor
August 2006
Andrew Gluck |
How Are They Managing Growth? Three fast-growing financial advisory firms discuss the secrets to their successes: Investors Capital Management... F&D Advisors LLC... Gerstein, Fisher Inc... |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Get Married to Your Mortgage Make "till death do us part" a solemn vow of your home mortgage. |
U.S. Banker
October 2002
John Adams |
Of Housing and Helium Is the housing market a bubble waiting to pop? |
BusinessWeek
January 9, 2006
Justin Hibbard |
So Many Lenders, So Few Takers As housing slumps, the roof is falling in on the overbuilt mortgage industry. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
What Type of Mortgage Should You Get? Mortgage selection can be tricky, so be careful. |
