Mary Eatock
Back during the Dot Com boom – before it busted – you couldn’t turn on the news without seeing another upbeat story about some housewife or laid-off factory worker who’d made their fortune as self-taught online day traders. Unfortunately for most, that fortune was ethereal and vanished along with millions of dollar in other electronic assets.
Don’t fancy yourself as a day trader, but would still like to dabble in the stock market a bit? There are a number of online brokerages that let you do just that, at a fraction of the fees and commissions a flesh-and-blood broker would charge.
There are a number of discount online brokerages to choose from, each with tutorials on how they work, details on how to sign up, and backgrounders on how to follow the markets. Applying
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Feb
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Eliza Seekamp
The REINZ Property Press Auckland Superstars Breakfast was held at the Ellerslie Event Centre on Tuesday morning, featuring Rohan Thompson from Ray White Royal Oak. Rohan is currently number 2 for Ray White. Other speakers included Craig Smith from LJ Hooker Titirangi, Blair Haddow from Bayleys Real Estate, Matty Ma from Harcourts Albany and Sherran Vause of Crockers Property Management.
After the opening address, the questions turned to the use of technology within the business of a high performing agent. Rohan Thompson commented that technology is an increasingly important piece to the success of marketing and communicating in real estate, but there still needs to be a high face-to-face rate linked with telephone communication. W
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Feb
2
Eliza Seekamp
John O’Brien is a Register of Deeds based in Salem, Massachusetts. Instead of burning witches, OBrien believes we should investigate the people who created the notes and documents that have now destabilized the entire property records system. He also believes those who are guilty of criminal conduct should go to jail and not merely face fines.
The Massachusetts official is turning over nearly 32,000 documents to state prosecutors on the grounds that they may be improper. A
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Jan
1
Harry Bennetts
U.S. builders broke ground on fewer homes in August, evidence that the housing market remains depressed.
The Commerce Department said Tuesday that builders began work on a seasonally adjusted 571,000 homes last month, a 5 percent decline from July and a three-month low. That’s less than half the 1.2 million that economists say is consistent with healthy housing markets.
Single-family homes, which represent roughly two-thirds of home construction, fell 1.4 percent. Apartment building plunged 12.4 percent.
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Jan
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