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2008 

The New York Times called yesterday "Whiplash Wednesday", a term which best describes action in the stock and bond markets amid extremely high volatility which is not likely to subside soon. The Dow spanned a nearly 600 point range, being down sharply in the morning but closing up nearly 300 poin...
01/24/2008
The pro-government candidates are absolutely fixated on finding a connection between B&B and the Stop Campton Hills PAC.  Their time would be better spent trying to find a copy of the Village budget so we would all know what this Village is really costing all of us.  Their PAC (Political Action C...
01/24/2008
Saint Patrick's Catholic Grade School is the highest rated grade school in the diocese of Rockford.  Of course, I'm president of the school board, and therefore, I'm biased.  However, I was a graduate of saint patrick's myself and probably had no business to go on and be a great success, but for ...
01/23/2008
Yields fell across the curve on Tuesday as stocks plunged, expectations of a recession rose, and the Fed cut the Fed Funds and Discount rates by 75bp, the largest single cut since 1982. While most of the move in Treasuries occurred before the Fed's 8:20am EST announcement, volatility continued th...
01/23/2008
OK...not to be some kind of freak here, but I'm totally connected with Christ this year.  It's awesome quite frankly.  My business is at a record pace, not just for this market, but for any market.  I am working on some insanely huge commercial deals, my wife, for whatever reason still digs me af...
01/22/2008
Release Date: January 22, 2008 For immediate release The Federal Open Market Committee has decided to lower its target for the federal funds rate 75 basis points to 3-1/2 percent. The Committee took this action in view of a weakening of the economic outlook and increasing downside risks to growth...
01/22/2008
Fasten your seatbelts...Yields fell a touch on Friday with the curve steepening. The UofM consumer confidence index rose unexpectedly but remains well below its averages. Yesterday, US markets were closed but global stock markets were open and plunging. The global meltdown continued overnight and...
01/22/2008
Carol is a great client of mine.  We clicked immediately she eventually became even better friends with my partner, Kim.  Over the years, Carol has decided to get into real estate investing.  She had bought a home that she thought would be a quick and easy buy and sell, that she ended up owning f...
01/21/2008
I hate to say it, but I really am somewhat of a bitter loser when it comes to losing with things that I'm passionate about.  I was so sure....that the Packers were going to win that I was already looking at Super Bowl 42 tickets way before gametime.  Needless to say....I may even be one of those ...
01/20/2008
Giants in the frozen tundra of Green Bay at Lambeau Field tonight.  Gametime conditions according to the NFL today on CBS says that it's 1 degree with a kickoff windchill at 25 below zero.  As stated earlier, my mom and dad are going to the game.  Just spoke to them and they are psyched.  At 69 a...
01/20/2008
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