By on December 20, 2010
Phew, we made it. We moved! After a whirlwind 8 weeks of finding a new home, making an offer, getting the purchase offer accepted, completing home inspections (including well and septic inspections), listing our old home, showing that home, getting an offer for it, accepting that offer and surviving inspections on the old place – my wife and I were pretty much spent. [...]
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By on December 2, 2010
The American Stock Exchange, also known as the AMEX, was founded in 1842 as the New York Curb Exchange. It got that name since stock traders and brokers used to stand out on the street by the curb and trade stocks back in the early 1800′s. On October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext (NYX) took over [...]
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By on October 22, 2010
With so much uncertainty in the stock market, and with the possibility of tax increases on the horizon, investors have been allocating funds into tax free bonds (municipal bonds), directly and through tax free income closed end funds. Tax free closed end funds or CEFs have several advantages over investing in municipal bonds directly. Many [...]
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