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Share of Mortgages Among U.S. Banks Continues to Decline
Big U.S. banks used to hold the lion’s share of mortgages, but competition from online lenders such as Quicken have narrowed profit margins and changed the landscape. It’s…
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China Considering Dramatically Increasing Imports from U.S.
The crux of the trade war between China and the United States has been the massive trade deficit between the two countries. China has now offered to fix…
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Palladium Surpasses Gold for First Time in Years
With palladium surging over the last 5 months, increasing in value by 40% over this relatively brief period, it has now surpassed gold in value and may go…
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Promising News on Trade Front Spurs Stock Markets
Encouraging news emerges on both sides of the trade battle between the U.S. and China. China appears ready to talk, while the U.S. may be relenting a little…
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Fund Giant BlackRock Feels Market is Rebounding
Larry Fink, BlackRock’s CEO, believes that the lows we saw in December may be the bottom, for now at least. He sees the current rebound as a vote…
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U.S. Stock Indexes Advance for Second Straight Day
Positive news from two large U.S. financial institutions served to offset some concerns in the sector from yesterday and further suggests we are in recovery mode. Only a…
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Crude Oil Rebounds Amidst Promising News from China
While many marveled at the tremendous growth that we have seen in the Chinese economy in recent times, we knew that this sort of growth rate could not…
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Brexit, China, and Netflix Weigh in on Wall St.
While some may have thought that the Brexit vote had real potential to move markets, it is the currency market and not the stock market that gets moved…
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Is the Stock Market Really So Overvalued by Any Measure?
Whenever we are in a mature bull market, and we get indications that it may be over, it’s a given that valuations will be out of line. How…
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Bitcoin Holds on As Security Fears Intensify
Bitcoin has come down a lot from its highs, and is in the midst of a very significant correction. Some new security fears have emerged that will test…