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Acacia Federal Savings Bank is offering a 1.5% APY checking account with a minimum balance of $5,000.

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Tips for Understanding Your Local Housing Market

Buying or selling a home in your local housing market takes research, but how do you understand your local housing market? Here are some tips to help you out.

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Last night, the House passed the most sweeping Student Loan legislation in decades - we'll discuss how this effects students.

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The shock waves from the recently passed health reform bill are still making their way around the country and the investment world, but one item that may be of interest to readers is how the investment income tax will work. According to... Read →

It sounds like a lead-in to bad science fiction, but the so-called "anti-flippers" are making the most of several downed markets at the same time.

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Love it or hate it--and according to the polls it's mostly hate it--the health care bill will be law soon. But what's going to be the bottom line impact for companies? For Caterpillar, it's a lot more than you think.

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The municipal market continues to defy mean reversion, although last week modest spread widening did occur as the Treasury market unspooled some pricing strength up front and as opportunistic institutional holders took a chance to realize some gains. Still, the net effect was very limited and tax-exempts outperformed a flattening Treasury curve. There are still more things at work in our sector’s favor.

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Last week the Fed reaffirmed its commitment to keep rates low and that seems to have opened the floodgates for banks to lower rates. Average CD rates were down significantly over the past week, with some terms showing declines not seen... Read →

Tips on spending your tax refund - investing in yourself and the markets!

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Tonight, the House of Representatives voted 219 to 212 to pass health care reform. The bill, which has caused deep rifts across the political spectrum is the most sweeping and influential piece of legislation in years and will impact over... Read →
Yields on some corporate bonds are now lower than US Treasuries, a very rare occurrence that indicates investors are beginning to perceive cash rich companies as safer places to stash money than debt-ridden Uncle Sam. According to... Read →
Savings rates continue their slow drift down with the average dropping from 1.40% APY to 1.39% APY. Tthe top savings rate remained at 2% (ReadySaver.com from Southern Community Bank). Everbank also continued to offer their promo rate of... Read →

With the stock market rallying about 70% from last year’s low, investors, traders and economists are now thinking (and betting) that the economy is ready to bounce back and that America will see a great expansion in the coming months. Here are the biggest events and indicators you should look for when deciding where to put your money.

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Caution! Retail Investors Are Back

Retail investors piled record numbers of assets into mutual funds over the past 52 weeks. This, coupled with a 17-month high in the market, spells danger for the conservative investor.

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Investing Pearls of Wisdom

Timely investment advice that is sure to produce returns for any investor. Moral of the story: Don't speculate!

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