Mortgage and Real Estate Blog
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Active Stock & Option Trader, Professional Analyst.
With over 18 years of active trading experience my goal is to provide you with trading ideas designed to fit your style of trading and risk tolerance, with a focus on generating consistent monthly profit. My Best Wishes, $$$, ET.
Greetings, Today we are going to take a look at the real estate sector that year to date is up 6.5%. Before we begin here let me provide you with a link to the upcoming conference in Orlando Florida on March 5-6 that features guest speaker Steve Forbes, as well as over 40 industry experts. Real Estate Strategies. We are not going to look at any home builders here but instead will look at some of the largest commercial real estate companies and REIT's. Real Estate Investment … [Read more...]
Greetings, First a big congratulations to the NY Giants for their come from behind, 21 - 17 victory over the Patriots on Sunday. As I watched the game I had the thought to write about it from a traders point of view, so I took note of the game and here is what we came up with. Hope you enjoy the article and maybe even find a trade you like. There is no doubt the Super Bowl is big business with ad time on NBC Sports biggest day running at $3.5 mil. for a 30 second hit. I … [Read more...]
Greetings, Last week we talked about the price action we saw on silver and called a "strong buy" on SLV . I am writing to you here again today after a week that saw gold & silver advance 5% on better than average weekly volume, today we will take a closer look at the mining industry. The mining sector as a whole has started the new year with a 13% advance and many of the stocks we will talk about today are leaders in this industry group. We know that we can always get a better … [Read more...]
Greetings, We have recently received several emails from traders asking about silver and if now may be a good time to enter a trade, so today we will take a closer look at this metal from a trader and investor point of view. Silver has been a hot commodity over the last several years and since 2008 has traded from below $10 a ounce to almost $50 in April 2011, since then however silver has been in a correction as it digests a 3 year, 400% move in price. In May of 2011 and again in … [Read more...]
Greetings, By now we have all heard of the tragic accident of the Costa Cruise Line and its parent company Carnival Cruises (CCL) last trade $29.60, down 13.6% on Seven times the average daily volume. The loss of life and the lawsuits that will follow combined with what may be a total loss of the $650 million dollar ship will leave this company with some stiff headwinds going forward as they try to start over with one less ship and perhaps a brand name that is slightly … [Read more...]
It’s nearly springtime again, and a new home-buying season is upon us. Maybe you have been searching for your perfect home for a while. You have likely stumbled across properties in your search … [More]
Think about this for a moment. If I told you that you could purchase a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath single-family house for $145,100 in the Chicago area that appraises for $160,000, with only a $100 down … [More]
How can I improve my credit score? Why is my credit score so low? Is that a good credit score? What credit score do I need in order to qualify for a loan? How does that affect my credit … [More]
Can I say what everyone else is thinking? Why did it take so long to extend the deadline for the homebuyer tax credit? As a mortgage originator, I've seen the emotional pain that our current … [More]
On August 19, HUD issued FHA Mortgage Letter 11-29 announcing its changes to FHA loan limits for the period from October 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. For the Chicago area, the limits for 1 to … [More]
Active Stock & Option Trader, Professional Analyst.
With over 18 years of active trading experience my goal is to provide you with trading ideas designed to fit your style of trading and risk tolerance, with a focus on generating consistent monthly profit. My Best Wishes, $$$, ET.
