Posts Tagged ‘ declining economy ’

Investing in European Banks

Nov 30th, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: Housing, International
Noah Rosenblatt of UrbanDigs.com reports that roughly $355 billion of subprime, alt-A, prime and Fannie/Freddie-backed loans are due to reset in 2008: Our colleague, Dan Denning, reports that a majority of these ARMs due to reset held initial rates that ranged from 6-9%. This represents subprime territory. And the folks ...read more

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Relation of Small-Caps to Consumer Spending

Apr 27th, 2007 | By Christopher Hancock | Category: Investing Strategies
Investors cheered as the S&P 500 Index recently reached its highest mark in six and a half years. Earnings remain strong...we've seemed to absorb the apocalyptic meltdowns in the sub-prime sector with fairly reasonable nerve...and inflation figures look acceptable enough to keep the checkout lines at Whole Foods at least ...read more

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