by Athena Paquette | Mar 5, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
As you know, the first Friday of the month means we got the JOBS report. We added 242,000 jobs to the employees and the unemployment remained at 4.9%. Some say this is not the true number of those actually unemployed, because the number does not include people who...
by Athena Paquette | Jan 30, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
Another rocky week in the markets gave us more downside to the stock market and see-saw action in the fixed rates. The biggest news was that the Federal Reserve decided to leave rates as is, or in other words not raise them again, given the world economy’s weakness....
by Athena Paquette | Sep 5, 2015 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
JOBS JOBS YAWN… The Labor Dept. announced the monthly jobs report today with a big yawn from the investor community. They reported 173,000 jobs were created, but expectations had been that the number would be 218,000. Historically, this number gets revised, so the...
