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August 15, 2008 at 8:49 AM #257454August 15, 2008 at 8:49 AM #257498(former)FormerSanDieganParticipant
Today’s Wall Street Journal had a good article about how enforced low interest rates are an underhanded way of helping banks by helping their spreads–the difference between their cost of funds and their lending rates. It has added directly to their profits of late, and it does so by taking it out of the hide of the few remaining Americans who actually save up for purchases, retirement, etc.
This is why one might consider (not for the money needed next year, but for long-term investment) starting to nibble at select bank stocks.
I fully expect one or two more panic sell-off periods for financials, where someone with cajones will make a ton of money. Eventually, borrowing money at 2% and lending at 6-8% has to reach the bottom line. That is if they can survive losses on RE loans.
August 15, 2008 at 8:49 AM #257546(former)FormerSanDieganParticipantToday’s Wall Street Journal had a good article about how enforced low interest rates are an underhanded way of helping banks by helping their spreads–the difference between their cost of funds and their lending rates. It has added directly to their profits of late, and it does so by taking it out of the hide of the few remaining Americans who actually save up for purchases, retirement, etc.
This is why one might consider (not for the money needed next year, but for long-term investment) starting to nibble at select bank stocks.
I fully expect one or two more panic sell-off periods for financials, where someone with cajones will make a ton of money. Eventually, borrowing money at 2% and lending at 6-8% has to reach the bottom line. That is if they can survive losses on RE loans.
August 15, 2008 at 9:01 AM #257265jimmyleParticipantI put my money in a 9-month 3.9% CD at my credit union. Hope that the mutual funds that I sold won’t out perform my CD during this time.
August 15, 2008 at 9:01 AM #257447jimmyleParticipantI put my money in a 9-month 3.9% CD at my credit union. Hope that the mutual funds that I sold won’t out perform my CD during this time.
August 15, 2008 at 9:01 AM #257464jimmyleParticipantI put my money in a 9-month 3.9% CD at my credit union. Hope that the mutual funds that I sold won’t out perform my CD during this time.
August 15, 2008 at 9:01 AM #257509jimmyleParticipantI put my money in a 9-month 3.9% CD at my credit union. Hope that the mutual funds that I sold won’t out perform my CD during this time.
August 15, 2008 at 9:01 AM #257556jimmyleParticipantI put my money in a 9-month 3.9% CD at my credit union. Hope that the mutual funds that I sold won’t out perform my CD during this time.
August 15, 2008 at 8:08 PM #257727montanaParticipantA big chunk of my down payment for a house is parked in a Capital One Online Savings Account offered to Costco members which is 100% liquid and current yielding 3.75%.
August 15, 2008 at 8:08 PM #257916montanaParticipantA big chunk of my down payment for a house is parked in a Capital One Online Savings Account offered to Costco members which is 100% liquid and current yielding 3.75%.
August 15, 2008 at 8:08 PM #257928montanaParticipantA big chunk of my down payment for a house is parked in a Capital One Online Savings Account offered to Costco members which is 100% liquid and current yielding 3.75%.
August 15, 2008 at 8:08 PM #257976montanaParticipantA big chunk of my down payment for a house is parked in a Capital One Online Savings Account offered to Costco members which is 100% liquid and current yielding 3.75%.
August 15, 2008 at 8:08 PM #258019montanaParticipantA big chunk of my down payment for a house is parked in a Capital One Online Savings Account offered to Costco members which is 100% liquid and current yielding 3.75%.
August 19, 2008 at 9:33 AM #258697jimmyleParticipantSince taking my money out of mutual funds and stocks and put it in a CD I have avoided losing an additional 5%.
August 19, 2008 at 9:33 AM #258886jimmyleParticipantSince taking my money out of mutual funds and stocks and put it in a CD I have avoided losing an additional 5%.
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