House Of Cards: The Mortgage Mess
CBS News - When you opened your mailbox in 2004, 2005, you could barely — people were pressing on you, if you were not institutionalized, all matters of schemes in which to expand your personal debt and mortgage debt. You could, and people did, borrow more …
Debt Optimization - Student Loan debt vs. Mortgage debt?
I recently graduated from grad school, and I have my share of student loans. I also am in the market to buy my first home. I have a decent sum of cash saved to put toward a down payment. However, I’m wondering what the smartest thing to do with my savings would be: 1) Pay down some of my variable interest rate private student loans or 2) Apply the savings to a down payment. Essentially, it’s just a trade off between having student loan debt or having mortgage debt. I’m going to buy a house regar
Trading Alerts: Monday, January 24, 2007 (pfblogs.org)
Alberto-Culver (ACV-$23.52) reports earnings on Monday before the market opens. Analysts, on average, are expecting a share-net of $0.26 on revenue of $376.9 million, according to a poll by Thomson Financial. Citigroup analyst, Wendy Nicholson, recently upgraded her rating on the household and personal products company shares to “buy” from “hold” and raised the target price to $28 a share from $25 a share.Black & Decker (BDK-$69.98) announces fourth-quarter results on Monday morning before t