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Annual Valuation Notices The Assessor revalues all property in King County each year and sends out revaluation cards in April, finishing sometime in August, depending on location and/or property type. These new valuations will be...

Fortis Group University: IRA Investments

Dec 08 2012

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There are three types of retirement accounts (Traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEP IRAs) with different contribution, tax and distribution characteristics. We will discuss each of these three and show their differences and the pros/cons of...

Fortis Group University: Basic Investment Terms

Dec 08 2012

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To help educate investors on some basic trading definitions, below is a brief summary of the terms traders use on a day-to-day basis. Market Order. An order sent immediately to the floor for execution without...

Will the Central Banks cancel sovereign debt?

Oct 15 2012

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The FT (Financial Times) today has a dynamite article with the abovementioned title by Gavyn Davies, Chairman of Fulcrum Asset Management. As the title suggests, Mr. Davies speculates that the vast holdings of government debt...

Housing Market Update: Don’t Pop the Champagne Yet

Mar 30 2012

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Following is a noteworthy piece published in The Fiscal Times yesterday. We think it’s worth a read. A new string of grim housing data confirms what economists and analysts have long predicted: the housing market has...

Short Sales and Your Credit

Nov 24 2009

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Effects of short sales: 200-300 point reduction on your FICO score, depending on the borrower. Inability to obtain a mortgage for at least 24 months. Effects of late payments: 30-60 day late payments: an “isolated...