Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (March 2 – 8, 2009) “Down, down, deeper and down”. So goes the chorus of a Status Quo song, but it is eerily starting to sound like the stock markets’ anthem. Another week and another plunge of equities on fears about the int...

MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) is set to report earnings Tuesday,  before the market opens.  As the market has slid further, this troubled “guarantor” has gone with it and has again hit new 52-week lows this morning. The prior 52-week range was $2.51 to $19.08, and it hit reached $2.42 this mor...

Last week I did a quick alert on the 30 year fixed hitting high 4's-low 5s and I received an excellent comment from Sandy: "...With all the costs and everything of refinancing, how much lower do rates need to be than what you currently have, before it makes sense to think about refinancing? I a...