Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-13-2006, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 51
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
06-26-2006, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 58
Re: Anyone have a job related to real estate?
I deal w/ appraisers all the time and, most are idiots. There are a few good ones that know what they are doing. The problem i have is that the way appraisers generally appraise has more to do w/...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
05-22-2006, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 84
Re: break down a loan for me
At the beginning of the loan you are paying mostly interest. Each and every month as you pay down some small portion of the principal, the principal goes down and the next month you are paying...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
05-19-2006, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 212
Re: 400K Houses in Miami
The 70k condo units in Miami under development is misleading. A lot of these units are proposed and have not even been approved yet. A number of projects have also been cancelled. A much more...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
05-15-2006, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 212
Re: 400K Houses in Miami
I don't think that an inverse fund works all that great. I looked at some analysis of an inverse interest rate fund that would have gone up if interest rates went up (the opposite of a bond), and...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
05-13-2006, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 212
Re: 400K Houses in Miami
Looks about right. I could show some great crappy 500k or 600k ones as well. For certain anything under 325k or so is going to be:
1. An old house.
2. In a bad neighborhood.
3. A 1+ hour...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
05-11-2006, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 69
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
05-03-2006, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 140
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
05-03-2006, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 132
Re: My Personal Finance Plan
my student loan is fixed for 20 years at 2.85%, so I've made the decision to just never pay it off early.
I think your allocation is totally fine for a 3 to 5 year horizon. You might want to...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
05-02-2006, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 236
Re: Critique My Portfolio
This portfolio doesn't make a lot of sense to me. It is totally polarized between extremely safe and fairly risky. HOw about:
20% Cash
30% Total Stock Market Fund
20% Total international Fund...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-30-2006, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 83
Re: Where to put emergency funds?
MM accounts invest in commercial paper not short treasuries.
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You are correct that it is not FDIC insured, but the risk of it going broke is next to nothing. It basically invests in...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-28-2006, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 83
Re: Where to put emergency funds?
A high yield savings is probably your best bet...
Unless by Emergency you mean:
1) OMG, the cops are coming after me and I need $10k cash to jet right at this second, or
2) OMG, Iran just...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-26-2006, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 63
Re: Savings or MMA?
The 6 withdrawl/month limit is for Savings accounts. Anything that is called a "Savings" account has this limit. The government requires that you keep a certain percentage of all deposits in...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-26-2006, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 140
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-26-2006, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 228
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-25-2006, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 228
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-23-2006, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 98
Re: Cashflow 101
Everything i've ever read written by this guy leads me to believe he is a total fruit.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-23-2006, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 140
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-23-2006, 10:24 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 50
Re: Going to start building up my credit rating
in hindsight what i'd do is get one card at a large major banking institution like BofA, Wachovia, Wells Fargo, etc. that you plan to keep forever. Then get a 2nd that has the best deal you can find...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-23-2006, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 140
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-21-2006, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 43
Selling/Buying Risk
I was reading the below quote today in an article and it got me to thinking if there was a way to take advantage of the lower than normal spread between treasuries and all sorts of inferior debt. ...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-20-2006, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 227
Re: CFA Exam?
This is my understanding as well. I'm actually a Finance Manager at a large Real Estate developer. My background is in investment banking and private equity. I really don't think it adds a ton of...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-19-2006, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 183
Re: Alarming
So, question... given your assumptions, what's the proper course of action. You seem a bit ambiguous as to what to actually do.
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-19-2006, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 231
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-19-2006, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 231
Re: Beer drinking competition......I need advice
We did Century club in collge. 100 1.5 oz. shots in 100 minutes. I have a lot of really big drinker friends, only 4 of 15 of us finished it without puking. That's 12.5 beers in 100 minutes. I...
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