Nilus Mattive - Financial analyst, editor of Dividend Superstars, and editor of Weiss Research's daily e-letter, Money and Markets.

From the monthly archives:

February 2009

The problem with housing “solutions” …

by Nilus Mattive on February 24, 2009

in Housing Market

I just finished reading this story on CNN about a foreclosure court in Fort Myers, Florida.
The story explains that this foreclosure court is the place where people officially lose their homes. And as you’d expect, it is largely written from a “woe are all these people” angle.
Make no mistake, I do have sympathy for anyone who is losing a home [...]

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As I said in my Money & Markets column on Tuesday, deflation might be here, but select items continue to defy gravity.
Health care costs (or “insurance costs” if you prefer!) fit the bill.
And so do postage rates, apparently.
You might have heard the news a few days ago … the U.S. Post Office will be raise the rate of a First-Class Mail Stamp another [...]

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My latest house hunting experience …

by Nilus Mattive on February 10, 2009

in Housing Market

As you might know, I recently relocated my family from Florida back up to the Brandywine Valley along the border of Pennsylvania and Delaware. 
And while we decided to rent for the first year, my wife and I have been looking around at what’s on the market in our new area.
House hunting has become somewhat of a real hobby [...]

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