Wealth Daily Articles

[Filters]

Articles

What Your Loan Officer Doesn't Want You to Know

Brian Hicks
Posted January 11, 2007

Just for laughs, ask your mortgage broker what the yield spread premium (YSP) is on the loan he is doing for you and watch him squirm. Or better yet, go over some of your old settlement statements...

Apple Converges on Vegas

Brian Hicks
Posted January 10, 2007

Bill Gates may have given the keynote address, but it was Steve Jobs who stole the show on Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas—the world’s largest trade show for gadget freaks.

Giving Natural Gas Some Horns

Keith Kohl
Posted January 10, 2007

Baltimore, MD—Natural gas prices have taken a hard hit this year, but the future may make you rethink any ideas of leaving early.

Slovenia Sniffs the Euro Rose

Brian Hicks
Posted January 9, 2007

Though it only turned a full five years old this January 1, the European common currency has blossomed. Now the euro's aroma is drawing the former captive nations of Eastern Europe - with Slovenia...

Greg McCoach's 2007 Outlook

Brian Hicks
Posted January 5, 2007

The brutal correction we experienced the second half of 2006 has now come to a close and the next phase of our bull market appears like it will open 2007 with a bang, taking metals prices much higher.

A Not so Happy New Year: Another Sub-Prime Lender Cuts its Workforce

Brian Hicks
Posted January 4, 2007

The New Year got off to rough start for the employees of Mortgage Lender’s Network (MLN) yesterday, when the Connecticut-based sub-prime lender announced that it was no longer in the business of...

Bonne Année from the Land of Poutine

Brian Hicks
Posted January 2, 2007

Montréal, Québec: The man next to me on the train must not have gotten the memo. Canada is cold in the winter. Astonished at his lack of common knowledge/sense, I bit my tongue every time I...

Gone in a Flash: New Memory Devices Make a Splash

Brian Hicks
Posted January 2, 2007

In the fast growing world of electronic gadgets, the ruling ethos is really quite simple—if you make it smaller and faster, the world will beat a path to your door. This is especially true of the...

Regulators Order Fannie and Freddie to Comply with New Guidelines

Brian Hicks
Posted December 28, 2006

Watching the government do practically anything is often akin to watching molasses run down the hill in January. But like that slow running ooze it eventually manages to accomplish its feat. Nowhere...

U.S. Fighting Strength to be 1/3 Robotic by 2015

Brian Hicks
Posted December 27, 2006

For generations of science fiction writers the idea of robotic hordes ruling the battlefield has been fertile ground for their active imaginations. From “Star Wars” to “The Terminator”, the rise...

Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Peak?

Keith Kohl
Posted December 22, 2006

The fact that global demand will rise year after year as our craving for oil continues isn’t questioned. One might assume the natural course of action would be to ramp up exploration in order to...

Study Projects 2.2 Million Sub-Prime Borrowers to Lose Homes

Brian Hicks
Posted December 21, 2006

In a 58-page study released yesterday, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) predicts that some 2.2 million sub-prime borrowers will lose their homes to foreclosure in the coming years...