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Wild homes of the future that are for sale now

01.29.2012 · Posted in Real Estate Investing

We may not have flying cars yet, but a new residential construction project going up in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., may make you think otherwise. The Porsche Design Tower will feature an elevator to lift owners — and their cars — to their front doors in seconds ...

Foreclosures keep pushing house prices lower

01.28.2012 · Posted in Real Estate Investing

The ongoing wave of foreclosures continues to drag home prices lower. Foreclosure-related properties, which made up roughly one in five home sales in the third quarter of  last year, sold for an average 34 percent less than homes that were not  “distressed sales,” according to the latest data from RealtyTrac, a housing data research ...

Do You Need to Be a PHD to Trend Follow & Trade for a Living?

01.27.2012 · Posted in Commodoties Investing and Trading

I am at a fantastic investment conference in Miami Beach this week, the Alphametrix. I am there to find and meet face to face commodity trading advisors I am interested in. I have been trend following my own programs for now 18 years however I feel it is important element to diversify with other ...

JPMorgan CEO says foreclosure deal threatened

01.26.2012 · Posted in Real Estate Investing

JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said President Barack Obama's decision to expand investigations into home lending and sales of mortgage securities could stop settlement talks with the states over foreclosure practices. "It has a pretty good chance of derailing it," Dimon said in a televised interview with CNBC from Davos, Switzerland ...

Fed Keeps Interests Low At Least Until Late 2014

01.26.2012 · Posted in Forex Trading

The Fed delivered a dovish policy statement in January, stating the Fed funds rate will stay at exceptionally low level 'at least through late 2014'. There were two other notable changes made at the meeting. First, the Fed released interest rate projections of participants. ...