Archive for January 8th, 2014:

Mortgages Will Be Higher this Year, but Don’t Panic

Date: Jan 08 2014
Filed under: Mortgages, Housing Market, Home Buying, Home Loans, Interest RatesDavid Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Donna Fuscaldo The Federal Reserve's announcement that it will begin to taper its $85-billion-a-month bond-buying program in January could translate into a lot of money lost ...Read More »

Stocks mixed ahead of Fed minutes

Date: Jan 08 2014
Wall Street is looking ahead to the central bank's release of minutes from its Dec. policy meeting. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/jMA4kKTaRcY/ Read More »

How to Cure Your Post-Holiday Financial Hangover

Date: Jan 08 2014
Filed under: Holiday Shopping, Debt, Credit Cards, Budgeting, SpendingAlamy By Geoff Williams Ask anyone you know, and everyone seems to have a cure for a hangover. Some of the more traditional fixes include aspirin or ibuprofen, lots of water, coffee and lots ...Read More »

When For-Profit Prisons Become the Crime

Date: Jan 08 2014
Filed under: Outsourcing, Government SpendingAP/Charlie Litchfield According to Idaho state law, defendants found guilty of the crime of false imprisonment can be punished by as much as a year in prison, or a fine of up to $5,000, or both. One ...Read More »

ADP: Private firms add 238,000 jobs in December

Date: Jan 08 2014
Private employers added 238,000 jobs in December, more than economists forecast. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/Dte3aw54Yjc/ Read More »

Ask Matt: Wanna score on mergers? Get in line

Date: Jan 08 2014
Average investors need a crystal ball to predict future buyouts. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/eSoK85qHaH0/ Read More »