Entries Tagged as 'Garrett Watts'
March 15, 2010
To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends,
We have a client in the Columbus , Ohio area looking for someone to head up their Secondary Marketing Department. Expertise and experience in pipeline management, in making certain the data is accurate, is more important than the ability to be the world’s greatest expert on where [...]
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Tags: Commentary · Garrett Watts · Mortgage Market
To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends,
We made reference last week to Marion Berry snorting crack, and you wouldn’t believe how many people wrote us that you smoke it and don’t snort it. One who wrote us is a major name in warehouse lending, another one a top secondary marketing executive, and one is a bank [...]
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Tags: Commentary · Garrett Watts · Mortgage Market
To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends,
California’s General Obligation bonds yield about the same as bonds from Greece , but anyway, 30-year California G.O.’s are paying 6%. Because they’re exempt from state and federal taxes, higher-income Californians in a 40% combined federal and state tax rate get the equivalent of a 10% yield. Not bad.
Audited financials [...]
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To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends,
Have you (1) noticed that there are earthquakes happening everywhere now, and not just Haiti and Chile , and (2) did you see the movie2012? Even if you’re the most rational person in the world, it’s hard not to wonder if something’s going on here. By the way, the special [...]
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Tags: Commentary · Garrett Watts · Mortgage Market