At the last minute, some lawmakers blinked and others stood firm, and on New Year’s Day, a deal was struck that averted the nation’s headlong rush over the “fiscal cliff.” Although King Solomon’s...
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The Fed’s Refinancing Initiative: A Prudent Investment?
One of the cornerstones of Christian investing is prudence, a virtue advocated by King Solomon in many of his Proverbs. As the King says, prudence goes hand in hand with knowledge to lay the...
Mortgage Backed Securities: Boosting the Recovery?
King Solomon’s advice on prosperity and money management is always tempered by a sense of justice, as his words in the book of Proverbs reveal. In Proverbs 22:16, the fabled monarch says, “He that...
Mortgage Lending Conditions Favor Prudent Investors
Throughout King Solomon’s proverbs, the theme of wisdom, coupled with prudence and justice, forms the basis for his advice on prosperity and living a rich and joyful life. “If wisdom shall enter thy...
Falling Off the Fiscal Cliff?
One of the key principles of King Solomon’s advice to the one he addresses as his son in his Book of Proverbs is to seek wise counsel to avoid making hasty and imprudent decisions. Although the...
Rising Home Prices: An Economic Upswing?
“Wisdom hath built herself a house,” says the wise King Solomon in his Book of Proverbs 9:1. Throughout this collection of the King’s teachings, houses are associated with stability, wisdom and...
Why is This a Good Time to Invest?
King Solomon prized wisdom and justice above all, as we see again and again in the words attributed to him in the Book of Proverbs and other sources. And he also believed in letting wisdom lead to...
Low Mortgage Interest: Sustenance for the Future?
Among the key precepts of King Solomon’s guidelines for success as revealed by his sayings in the Book of Proverbs, prudence and planning rank with wisdom as the essentials for living a prosperous...
The National Mortgage Database: A Snare for the Unwary?
“He that is aware of snares shall be secure,” says King Solomon in Proverbs 11:13. Ruler over one of the most prosperous eras in the history of the Kings of Israel, the wise monarch advocated wisdom...
Foreclosures: A Measure of the Market
The Bible’s King Solomon was not only a king revered for his wisdom but also for his foresight and, according to some accounts, the gift of prophecy. Certainly the King advocated prudence in all...