by Athena Paquette | Jan 14, 2018 | Blog, Featured
On Thursday, the PPI came in down 0.1% with the core rate also down 0.1% which is normally interest rate friendly (remember bad economic news means lack of a threat of inflation which means rates stay low and vice versa). On Friday – the CPA was up 0.1% which is...
by Athena Paquette | Jan 14, 2018 | Blog, Featured
Jane was referred to me by her son to do a financial plan so she could see if she would be in good shape to retire in 7 years. After discussing the lifestyle she was aiming for, we discovered that she could buy a home – her first! – after 30 years of being...
by Athena Paquette | Jan 8, 2018 | Blog, Featured
The first week of the year was a short one with little economic news but good economic news. On Wednesday the ISM had a stronger number than expected: 59.7& up from 58.2% for November. This is great sign of a stronger economy, and therefore bad news for fixed...
by Athena Paquette | Jan 8, 2018 | Blog, Featured
James had been out of work for 1 1/2 years – since 2016 – and was having trouble making his mortgage payments. He requested a loan modification so he wouldn’t lose his house, so his credit union gave him a 40-year instead of a 30-year loan and put all the...
by Athena Paquette | Dec 17, 2017 | Blog, Featured
While most experts thought that they would raise the prime rate, some feared that they may not be giving us a potential for runaway inflation. So let’s go over the data in this week’s week-in-review. Tuesday the Producer Price Index (PPI) was up 0.4% and the core rate...
by Athena Paquette | Dec 17, 2017 | Blog, Featured
Discover how this young, newly married, engineer and his wife bought a two cash flow producing properties. No they didn’t get an inheritance and no one gave them the money. They did it on their own.
