Don’t Let Rates Get You, Lock It Posted By : rateempire
When interest rates begin to go up on mortgages, having your rate locked in can really protect you until closing.

Can your Mortgage be your Savings Account? Posted By : rateempire
It is becoming increasingly popular to use a mortgage in lieu of a low-interest savings account. Is this a good idea?

Cage match: The president vs. the CEOs
Market manipulators won’t go down without a fight against President Obama’s reform plans for Wall Street.

Editorial Statistics

Fuel Posted By : Steven G
When it comes to business and finance there is a big problem with the ethics of the men and women behind big oil and the government officials that have been elected to keep the well being of the country in check. This article is about the high costs of fuel and some corresponding issues.

Mortgage Loan Basics: Interest Only Loans, Pay Option ARM Posted By : rateempire
To understand loans and mortgages we need to understand loan limits first. If your loan amount exceeds the amount below, you will qualify for a Jumbo Loan, which carries higher interest rate.

Option Compensation and Industry Competition

Compensation policy has become one of the most important ingredients of corporate governance. In this paper we take a new look at the issue, by contrasting the use of options with that of stock. We do this by integrating the repricing or resetting aspect of options with that of industrial structure. We show that industry competition may play an important role in dictating which form of compensation is optimal. When aggressive competition for key professional staff is an issue, the flexibility of options may actually become a disadvantage and therefore pure stock compensation may survive as an equilibrium. Thus compensation trends may be partly explained by trends in the nature of the competitive environment.

Google, energy shares lead market higher
Weakness in General Electric weighs on the Dow, but techs and gains in energy and gold stocks give the market a boost. Eleven Dow stocks report next week, and the Federal Reserve will meet on interest rates. Exxon Mobil is 5% of the S&P 500.

Give and grow rich with charitable deductions
Remember, it’s always better to give than receive. The glory of charitable donations is that you give and receive at the same time.

The market will turn before the economy
We’re off to a tough start in 2009, but stocks will turn even as economic bad news rolls in. That’s why now is not the time to run away.