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Average 30-year mortgage rates dropped for the sixth week in a row to 5.02% according to BestCashCow/Informa data. That's down from the high of 5.20% in early April.

In a recent interview, Tom Doe, the CEO of MMA provided his thoughts on the municipal bond market. This includes his belief that Jim Chanos and others are overblowing municipal bond default concerns. He also discusses the BAB market, the outlook for munis in May, and how Moody's and Fitch's rating recalibrations will impact the muni market.

After remaining steady for the past three weeks, average savings rates and cd rates dropped over the past week. Perhaps more significantly, the top savings rate tumbled.

Last week's extreme volatility in Treasury prices, equity prices, sovereign contagion and rescue, and employment generally swept by the municipal market. By not changing much, municipals were left appearing substantially cheaper versus Treasuries, and perhaps riskier versus the for-now bailed out European sovereigns.

When markets go up, things are good. Traders are happy, people feel wealthier, and euphoria blooms - except for the dividend seeking investor. Here's why rising markets are bad news for income seeking investors.

DuPont is yielding 4.2% in dividends. After more than doubling earnings in Q1 2010, how does this compare historically and what are the risks going forward?

The bond markets are in a wild state of flux right now, but who's got the safest? The answer will surprise you.

Two of Brazil's biggest banks call a bond sale off--does this have deeper implications?

William J. O’Neil, an investor, developed the CANSLIM method for stock screening and investing. His goal in doing this was to allow the non-professional investors to get better results from their investments without having to put in the time or effort that is required of a professional investor.

If you are willing to take a calculated gamble and invest in the stock market then growth investing may be for you. Growth investing is the practice of taking a small company that has the potential to shake the market up or revolutionize a market which in turn will create large growth in a short period of time paying off for you in a very large way.

Not everyone has the time to research the stock market thoroughly enough to make solid stock purchases, and for novice share traders, wadding into the stock exchange can be a frightening thought. However, by running with the Dogs of the Dow strategy investors of all skill levels can make a solid investment based on one simple formula that has been paying out almost 18% returns every year end for the last twenty years making it the closest thing to a sure thing that exists in the stock market.

The world's leading branded consumer products company Proctor & Gamble (PG) generates so much money that it could afford to double the dividend without much sweat.