Most mortgage professionals are skeptical about Mortgage Blogging. To most, it looks like a waste of time. If you’re in this camp, don’t feel bad. I was too for 2 1/2 years. In the video below, Mark Madsen and I set out to explain the benefits of Mortgage Blogging. …
7/22/09 – Nightly Business Report, PBS – NYU Professor Nouriel Roubini’s Outlook on the Economy Transcript from PBS : Wednesday, July 22, 2009 SUZANNE PRATT: Joining me now with his thoughts on health care and the economy is Nouriel Roubini. He is the economics professor at NYU’s Stern School…
The global recession may end towards the end of 2009 rather than sooner and the global recovery in 2010 will be anemic and well below trend as leveraged and income/profit-challenged households, firms and financial institutions are constrained in their ability to borrow, lend and spend. Meanwhile a perfect storm…
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will testify before the House Financial Services Committee at 10 AM (semiannual Humphrey-Hawkins testimony on monetary policy). Prepared testimony below the video links … Here is the CNBC feed. And a live feed from C-SPAN . Prepared Testimony: Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
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The sixth episode focuses on gaming, a surprisingly fun way to save money. Along the way, I highlight tons of my favorite games to play with others that maximize bang for the buck. Total time: 10:50. Listen In! Other options for enjoying The Simple Dollar Podcast include: Listen to…
I stayed a little late after work to record a quick video I hope you’ll enjoy. By the way, I used Camtasia Studio 6 to record my screen motions along with the Microsoft Life Cam to record the voiceover. It was pretty easy. Until recently, we used Viddler to…
As I’ve mentioned before on here, my family did not have a lot of money growing up. My parents were always able to make ends meet and keep dinner on the table, but there was never really a sense of getting ahead. Instead, there was always a sense of…
This brief video will walk you through, soup to nuts, the best way (at least the best way in my humble opinion, feel free to chime in if you have any better ways of doing this) to embed a hyperlinked image into your Outlook Email signature. It seems silly…
Yesterday we talked about “Marketing Grenades” – A way to get noticed by your target market. Today the conversation steers to how to get realtors to respect you… Quickly. See, many loan officers focus their marketing efforts on trying to lure the agent in with promise after promise after…