financial investing

Growing Pains for the Bitcoin

What would King Solomon think of the Bitcoin? That wise monarch, whose words of wisdom about money have guided many to prosperity, lived in a world where money consisted of gold, silver and other...

Internet Tools Let Buyers Take Charge

Last year,  a majority of homebuyers surveyed said they’d used social media and online tools to buy a home – an increase of a third over the previous year. As more and more real estate transactions...

Flip Houses, Get Rich? Not Necessarily

King Solomon advocated a slow and steady approach to crating prosperity. “Go to the ant, o sluggard,” he advises in Proverbs 6:6, because the ant works hard and regularly throughout the seasons to...

Why the Loan Slowdown?

King Solomon, that wise and wealthy monarch, advised the rich to deal fairly and kindly with the “little guy.” “He that showeth mercy to the poor shall be blessed,” he says in Proverbs 14:21....

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: an Uncertain Future?

King Solomon advocates prudence in all things, and that includes patience and discernment about decisions. “Substance got in haste shall be diminished,“ he tells us in Proverbs 13:11, and that’s a...

Employment Gains May Slow the Federal Bond Buyup

“The slothful hand hath wrought poverty,” says King Solomon in Proverbs 10:4, “but the hand of the industrious getteth riches.” Encouraging news on the US employment front means more opportunities...