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Shares of Radian Group Pop Higher Following Sale Of Financial Guaranty Subsidiary
Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 9:31am | 162Read More...Shares of Radian Group Inc (NYSE: RDN) were trading higher by more than 7 percent Tuesday morning after the company disclosed it will sell its Radian Asset Assurance subsidiary to Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO) for $810 million in cash. "While Radian Asset has been an important part of our...
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What Finance Experts Are Saying About Mortgages
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 4:48pm | 648Read More...The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury experienced high volatility Wednesday when it traded down at 1.86 percent before moving back above 2 percent. The movement was due to weak retail sales and manufacturing data, as well as falling prices in equities and oil. Weirdest day ever in mortgage...
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Exclusive: LendingTree CEO Talks Past Quarter, Future Growth, Position
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 9:13am | 469Read More...Shares of Tree.com (NASDAQ: TREE) are up about 3.5 percent after the company reported better than expected second quarter earnings last week. Sales are up 12.6 percent year over year, while earnings per share jumped from a $0.18 loss to a $0.23 gain. Non-mortgage sales makes up less than 20...
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7 Tips To Help Pay Off Debt More Quickly
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 4:19pm | 634Read More...The typical American has some unpaid credit cards, medical bills and other kinds of debt. Even those who consider themselves relatively debt-free probably have mortgages, car loans or student loans outstanding. No surprise, then, that millions of Americans are constantly looking for new ways to...
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Toxie, The World's Most Unlikely Pet
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 11:56am | 486Read More...This week, Benzinga spoke with NPR's David Kestenbaum and Chana Joffe-Walt, who told an interesting story about the life of an unlikely pet: Toxie. “Toxie was our pet toxic asset at Planet Money,” Joffe-Walt revealed. She said that no one really understood what toxic assets were even though they...
