I doubt you'll find many takers here...

In this case, I think the swing has nowhere to go but up... MBI sort of beaten.

You are absolutely right that it makes no sense, for a number of reasons. The most obvious reason is that the a put with a $30 strike price can never be worth more than $30. No one would ever pay $...

You probably need to file bankruptcy. This will hold off the foreclosure.. You can do a chapter 13 and work out a payment plan on your 2 mortgages. Either way you are headed toward bankruptcy. Wit...

The two previous posters have a very valid point with the businesses today being global companies which impact their performances. Another reason why US investors should be concerned about global ...

I would learn as much as you can before going out and bird dogging. I run across alot of bird doggers that just started thinking they will make alot of money. They usually have these self proclaime...

Zero coupon bonds have some pluses and some minuses. The pluses are that you know your interest rate to maturity. It is a given. Whereas with interest paying bonds, every 6 months you receive an i...

Consider other local small business owners. I would look at business that have been open 4+ years(prior to that they probably don't have the capital) I would look specifically at local(of cour...

Great question.. i think it is the US internet penetration thats responsible. Take Google for example, acc to their 2006 stats, 52% of their revenue came from US.. and 48% from teh rest of the worl...

Here's a good article explaining things. I'm still bullish on YHOO, and plan to buy Alibaba as soon as possible.

The only way any investor has any effect on the performance of a company is through the election of board members. So if share holder elect crappy board members, these board members can have a neg...

If she had an MS in 1980, that would make her 46 or 47, I would guess. I could not find an age online for her.

Good clarification (and I read your last post, part deux). I get where you are going with this when you "unhook" the subject property and turn this into an unsecured loan. Still, it...

After tax rate of return: Interest rate x (1-tax rate) Same procedure with inflation: For example, if you are earning 6 percent on savings and inflation is 5 percent, your real rate of return ...

I could give you a general formula, but there exist many variables from bond to bond, such as how often it is compounded, et.al. So, the best way is to go to the web site of the financial instit...