by Athena Paquette | May 14, 2017 | Blog, Featured
Thursday the April PPI came out at a well above expectations number of an increase of 0.5%. Friday the April CPI (consumer price index) was up 0.2%, and the retail sales were up 0.4% – overall not great news for the bond market as good economic news. News that...
by Athena Paquette | May 6, 2017 | Blog, Featured, Uncategorized
On Monday we found out that personal incomes rose 0.2% while personal spending went down 0.1%, not good for economic growth. The Institute of Supply Management announced that the manufacturing sector contracted to 54.8% from the 57.2 in March, far below economists’...
by Athena Paquette | May 6, 2017 | Blog, Featured
I recently was referred a veteran who was active in 1975. She never used her VA benefit to buy a home, and now wanted to use it because of the ZERO down payment and no closing costs feature (VA NO NO, as it’s called). Her husband is a second generation owner of a...
by Athena Paquette | Apr 29, 2017 | Blog, Featured
Attn: You’ll want to read this one through till the end I hope that the first quarter of the year has gone well for you. As you may already know, the Fed did raise the prime rate, and some parts of the economy look stronger. The stock markets are at all-time highs,...
by Athena Paquette | Apr 23, 2017 | Blog, Featured
I have to admit that in all my years of investing, I have never bought a note. I have originated them or created them “from scratch” but never bought an already existing note. That being said, I have now bought my first note. So this is the tale of the first note, and...
by Athena Paquette | Apr 16, 2017 | Blog, Featured
To know if you are eligible you would send for a VA certificate of eligibility. Most lenders will do this for you. You will need to present your DD214 (discharge paper from the VA) and sign a form requesting this. The VA now has an Automatic Certificate of Eligibility...
