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Safeguard Your Retirement in Hard Times
Investment losses, job loss or downsizing, an upward adjustment on your adjustable rate mortgage, and higher prices on everything from gas for your car to rice for the table are only some of the current factors that could derail your financial planning for your golden years.
When your income is not covering all your expenses, it [...]
Posted: September 16th, 2008 under Foreclosures, IRA, Money, Personal Finance, Retirement Savings, US Economy.
Tags: Adjustable Rate Mortgage, Amount Of Money, Barre Vt, Businessweek, Comb, Financial Hardships, Financial Planner, Financial Planning, Foreclosure, Income Tax, Investment Losses, IRA, Milne, Money Management Software, Negative Consequences, Recession, Retirement Investment, Retirement Plan, Saving For Retirement, Uncle Sam, Upward Adjustment
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Fed to Curb Shady Home-lending Practices
The Federal Reserve will issue new rules next week aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices, its most sweeping response to a housing crisis that has propelled foreclosures to record highs. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke of the much-awaited rules in a broader speech Tuesday about the challenges confronting policymakers in trying to [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2008 under Federal Reserve, Foreclosures, Loans, Mortgage Lending, Personal Finance, Real Estate.
Tags: Balanced Approach, Ben Bernanke, Board Meeting, Consumer Groups, Credit Crisis, Current Mortgage, Emergency Loan Program, Fed Board, Fed Chairman, Federal Reserve, Foreclosures, Home Loan, Homebuyers, Incomes, Mortgage Bankers Association, Mortgage Lenders, Mortgage Lending, Policymakers, Record Highs, Subprime Borrowers
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