American Principle Bank financial results

October 29th, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Finance

It looks like American Principle Bank reports its 3rd quarter financial reports for everyone to see. how well did they do? According to Marketwatch, American Principle Bank had record levels of loans as well as other outstanding losses which has caused this bank to lose for another consecutive time. With a loss of $196 thousand [...]


Top Yielding Money Market Mutual Funds

August 2nd, 2008 2 Comments   Posted in Finance

What would you say about investing in a money market mutual fund when a high interest savings account pays out more? Well according to one certified financial planner with SGS Wealth Management, based in Dallas, Shashin Shah says because of your tax bracket. What does this mean for you? It means that taxes won’t eat [...]


Citizens Community Bank Earnings

August 1st, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Finance

Is Citizens Community Bank a good bet for investors and those opening a checking or savings account? Personally I would think so, but don’t put 100% trust in that. Citizens Community Bank shared their progress report with their second and year to date earnings. According to marketwatch.com “Quarterly net income was $8,434, a decrease of [...]


Money Market Fund Rates

July 27th, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Finance

If you are not familiar with a money market fund then I will explain to you what they are, then we will cover what money market fund rates are and why we keep tabs on them. Lets begin with the definition. Money Market funds generally are a type of mutual fund which has a net [...]


Bank of America stock buyback

July 24th, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Finance

Bank of America, the largest Bank is in the United States says it is going to buy back some shares. Over the next 12 to 18 months, it says it is going to buy back approximately 75 million shares. This of course has brought the stock up and also helped investors put a little faith [...]


What is a certificate of deposit?

July 23rd, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Finance

If you are wondering what a certificate of deposit it and how investing in one can get you a handsome return at times then lets examine a few things. In short it is a savings certificate that allows the investor like you to be able to make a return when the certificate matures. There are [...]