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By Gavin Magor On November 30, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Nobody likes paying for insurance. That’s doubly true for insurance that doesn’t even cover YOUR life or property! But without one kind of coverage – called “private mortgage insurance” – many...
By Mandeep Rai On November 29, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Two weeks ago, I wrote an issue whose thesis was simple: Big profit opportunities were there for the taking in retail stocks given better earnings reports and easy-to-beat, lowered expectations.
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By Remi Lukosiunas On November 28, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Times are good for banks right now. The industry is booming, loan losses are low, and profits are strong. But it wasn’t too long ago that banks were failing left and right, the government was...
By Mandeep Rai On November 22, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Presidents get to deliver State of the Union addresses. But analysts like me have to settle for a bit less. With that in mind, consider this my “State of the Market” issue.
Let’s start with a...
By Remi Lukosiunas On November 21, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Just like banks, credit unions are growing these days … and doing so safely. That’s because favorable regulatory changes, overall economic stability, and low unemployment are boosting loan demand...
By Jon D. Markman On November 17, 201702:00 PM Eastern
The opioid epidemic ravages small and large towns across America.
And it has largely been intractable both to law enforcement and to the medical community. Until now.
This week, the...
By Gavin Magor On November 16, 201707:00 AM Eastern
If you’re at least 65 years old, you’re eligible for Medicare — the federal health insurance plan for people who worked in the U.S. and paid taxes for at least 10 years. The program includes a...
By Mandeep Rai On November 15, 201707:00 AM Eastern
When the going got tough in the markets last week, investors went shopping … in retail stocks! That tells me a profit opportunity could be brewing as we head into the key holiday season.
It’s no...
By Remi Lukosiunas On November 14, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Last week I wrote about increasing bank profitability in an era of reduced regulatory scrutiny. I also pointed out how some banks have grown their net income quite impressively over the last...
By Mike Larson On November 10, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Just over a year ago, Donald Trump was elected the president of the United States. I called it “An epic bombshell. A massive shock to the system. [And] a wake-up call for the political elite in...