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You asked, we answer (The Gazette)
Based on the questions you submitted, we asked David Faribault, an independent registered investment adviser for some answers to what our readers need to know about the economy.
2008-09-19 02:28:35 -
Revise your Wall Street game plan (Daily Journal)
After days of uncertainty that virtually paralyzed Wall Street, investors stormed back into the market Friday after the government announced plans to save banks from billions of dollars in bad debt.
2008-09-20 01:19:14 -
Credit Crunch Timeline - CNBC
The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage applications, which includes both purchase and refinance loans, for the week ended Feb. 1 rose 3 percent to 1,086.6, its highest since the week ended March 26, 2004. Many ...
2008-09-18 07:15:00 -
Bursting Bubbles Lead to Global Slowdown - CNBC
"The bursting of the credit bubble, the bursting of the housing bubble… all of that is deflationary. Credit shocks, oil price shocks, that all equals a low growth/no-growth scenario at best," Neil MacKinnon from ECU Group said Thursday on the ...
2008-09-18 07:22:00 -
New bailout planned - CNN Money
NY AG launches rumor probe Talk of new bailout The pain on Main Street Fed loaning more to banks, Street firms Morgan/Wachovia? Say it ain't so! NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The federal government is poised to take a more central role in resolving the ...
2008-09-18 05:31:00 -
America moves quickly to democratic-socialist state - Seattle Post Intelligencer
There's no avoiding this conclusion: The federal government's breathtaking economic interventionism has turned America into a democratic-socialist state. The fact that these drastic incursions are happening under an allegedly conservative ...
2008-09-19 09:15:00 -
Bush wants OK to spend $700B (CNN Money)
President Bush asked Congress on Saturday for the authority to spend as much as $700 billion to purchase troubled mortgage assets and contain the financial crisis.
2008-09-20 06:49:05 -
Comeback for 'broke' mogul (The Courier Mail)
AFTER losing investments totalling more than $80 million, Tony Smith realised his dream home would have to be sold to save himself from financial ruin.
2008-09-20 07:00:00 -
Problems can crop up at closing (Daily Herald)
My wife and I bought a house. We had a home inspection and the inspector said the air conditioner was no good. The sellers agreed to replace the air conditioner before the closing.
2008-09-20 10:50:55 -
Timeline: The candidates’ responses to the mortgage meltdown (The Politico)
Let's take a look back at how both candidates have handled the crisis that may define this election. See also: Reid slams Bush
2008-09-20 12:12:15 -
Minimizing Your Own Exposure to Risks (The Hendersonville Times-News)
Consider a few modest but concrete things you can do that could reduce your exposure to four of the big areas of risk: investments, job security, your mortgage and insurance.
2008-09-20 02:21:41 -
The Mortgages of the Future (New York Times)
Mortgages could be structured differently, so that adjustments in payments would be made as a matter of routine starting even before any distress is perceived by borrower or lender.
2008-09-20 03:09:40 -
Lehman Brothers and Your Bank Deposits (US News & World Report)
ABA says despite the market mayhem, the money in your bank account is protected.
2008-09-20 04:10:10 -
In aftermath of financial upheaval on Wall Street, easy credit may be casualty (The Charlotte Observer)
For the better part of 15 years, the U.S. economy roared in part because of innovations in finance that vastly expanded credit to people of all walks of life and worked in the background like a computer's operating software. Now that software has been hit by a virus, and the computer - the U.S. economy - is at risk of seizing up completely, prompting the emergency measures that the Bush ...
2008-09-20 04:25:24 -
MASSIVE BAILOUT GETS EVEN BIGGER (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
"The risk of doing nothing far outweighs the risk of the package," President Bush said.
2008-09-20 06:34:57
