Tag: King Solomon
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Are Zombies Haunting the Housing Industry?
Zombies are everywhere these days. And while these undead creatures remain confined to the world of entertainment, the growing inventory of zombie properties is certainly real, poised to cast its own dark shadow on the housing recovery. King Solomon certainly doesn’t mention zombies in his Proverbs. But he does admonish people about behaving unjustly toward…
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Technical Tools Support Investors
Among the key pieces of advice offered by King Solomon in his Proverbs is the exhortation to seek wise counsel when necessary. “Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence preserver thee,” he says in Proverbs 2:11. In today’s’ world, technology offers ways to get counsel and support far beyond what the monarch had in mind, as…
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Can Government Policy Sink the Housing Recovery?
King Solomon was a ruler dedicated to the application of wisdom and common sense. His words in the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes reveal his belief that rulers need to act for the benefit of the people. But some critics say that today, the US government is doing just the opposite with decisions by Edward…
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Homeowner Assistance Gives Investors a Helping Hand
Justice and fairness re key virtues in King Solomon’s proverbs, and these qualities are at the center of his sayings about right living. “I walk on the way of justice,” he says in Proverb 8:20, “In the midst of the paths of judgment.” Walking in the way of justice and equality in today’s world of…
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New Federal Props for the Housing Market
“The fruit if the just man is the tree of life,” says the wise king Solomon in Proverbs 11:30. In proposing a new round of homeowner support programs designed to give the housing industry an even greater boost, the federal government is planning new steps to shore up the housing recovery – a move toward…
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No Closing Cost Mortgages: Long Term Benefits?
King Solomon’s words on wisdom and the virtues of living prudently also emphasize the importance of looking not just to immediate gain, but also toward long-term benefits. “Substance got in haste shall be diminished,” he says in Proverbs 13:11, and these principles can equally be applied to today’s world of investments and mortgage lending. Rocked…
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Investing Abroad: Opportunities Bring Challenges
King Solomon was no stranger to investing outside the boundaries of his kingdom. The Books of Kings and Ecclesiastes tell us that he sought materials for his great temple from many neighboring kingdoms and countries, and he entertained rulers of these lands in royal style, building connections through investment, trade and marriage. Foreign investment has…
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Is It Time for Mortgage Rates to Rise?
A well-known passage from the Book of Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time and season for everything under heaven. This reminder about the continued cycles of life and the inevitability of change also applies to today’s investing climate, where trends and processes also operate on cycles large and small. One such cycle involves…
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A Nation of Renters? Not Necessarily
Among the wise words of King Solomon’s proverbs are many exhortations aimed at young people, urging them to behave prudently, listen to the wisdom of their elders, and lay the groundwork or a prosperous life in the service of God: “My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy…
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The Wisdom to Know the Difference: Finding Good Investing Advice
Discernment – the wisdom to know the difference – is the linchpin of King Solomon’s proverbs about right and pious living. He lays this out most clearly in Proverbs 2: 3-5: “If thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence, if thou shalt seek her as money and shalt dig for her…