Size matters?

photo credit: collisionality Transparency is not just a buzz word anymore but something expected, ... who is online and socially connected - and blogging. Before become independent brokers, Steve and I watched ... the value of the big broker in today’s environment. Historically, the large firms have had three [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 17:28:16

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Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 09/15/08 “ICH” Bank of America is buying Merrill Lynch for $45 billion, ... The news of Wall Street’s Sunday night massacre has already send foreign stock markets into a deep ... it like this: “All of the independent broker dealers are going to disappear. In March it was Bear Stearns [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 18:53:57

These Are All Good Signs

The Rocky Mountain News reports from Colorado. “More than one out of four homes in the Denver area placed under contract in May failed to close, ... , feels that the average seller is desperate to sell,’ McGee said.” “Independent broker Gary Bauer [more...]

Date: 2008-06-07 18:33:13

Australians Prefer Property Over Shares: Survey

Australians say they will have far greater confidence investing in property than in the share market during the coming year, a national survey has found. An online poll conducted by Australia’s leading independent mortgage broker Loan Market Group found 40 per cent of respondents said buying a property was their financial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 23:17:03

AIG rescue hopes, Morgan Stanley earnings, ease markets

AIG rescue hopes, Morgan Stanley earnings, ease markets 16 Sep NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Growing expectations of a U.S ... came a day early and handily beat expectations. Its shares jumped 8 percent in after-hours trading. Both companies reaffirmed their faith in the independent broker-dealer business model despite [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 22:00:22

US Economy: Rudderless and Reeling From Direct Hits - A raid on private pensions? By Paul Craig Roberts

Dandelion Salad By Paul Craig Roberts 09/16/08 “ICH” We were promised a “New Economy” of high-tech tradable services to take the place of the ... offshore. All that’s left is finance, and it is crumbling before our eyes. Independent broker-dealers [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 21:40:07

Icap eyes indie film distribution market

Icap, the world’s largest inter-dealer broker, has set its sights on Hollywood and the $12bn market in independent film distribution as it seeks to reduce its reliance on bond and forex trading. The group, founded by Michael Spencer, has been hit by slowing volumes in its key markets amid heavy deleveraging of balance sheets at banks and hedge [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 05:36:26

It’s Not As If There Was No Warning

A report from the Washington Independent. “To great fanfare, ... “‘The ceiling has not changed that much,’ said Nicholas Lagos, broker in Arlington. ‘We still [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 14:35:31

ANALYSIS: Big winners of the past were losers in 2008

By ELLEN SIMON, AP Business Writer As 2008 ends, you may feel like the year’s biggest loser is you. If you have a job, it probably feels shaky ... , french-manicured San Diego real estate brokers, Rolex-wearing Greenwich hedge fund managers. High diesel prices as the year began ran independent truckers off the road. Soaring summer commodity costs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 02:03:49

Trading Fraud

Winning The War Against Fraud By Andrej Lavrenc - Independent commodity sourcing agent, and CEO of Raw Polymers Ltd. Win The War Against Fraud Buyers, sellers and brokers all share a common enemy: the scammer ... of future earnings disappearing as clients lose faith and move on to more reliable brokers. The good news [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 01:08:03

Low Mortgage Rates to Spur New Wave of Defaults

Mr Mortgage is a 20-year mortgage banking veteran, specializing in wholesale and correspondent sales and sales/operations management and bringing ... as an independent finance and real estate sector analyst, consultant and ‘risk enlightener’ to investment ... month start to finish process. Fall-out will be extreme over the near-term as brokers and [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 12:00:56

Independent Study Shows Trulia as #1 Lead Generator

Independent Study Shows Trulia as #1 Lead Generator Wed, Nov 19, 2008 3 Comments While at NAR in Orlando, Trulia partner, ... technologies to bring real estate companies a single dashboard for controlling their online marketing strategy ... that some of the 600K listings sent to Trulia were already being displayed from other broker listing sources [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 20:55:11

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