April Diehl's Blog

Social media for busy professionals Online social media networks are becoming very important to the people we want to reach. For the week ending March 13, Facebook was reported as the most visited Web site in the U.S. This was the first time it surpassed Google for an entire week!  No wonder more...

Economic Calendar for the Week of March 29 - April 2  Date Time (ET) Release For Consensus Prior Impact MMar 29 08:30 Personal Income Feb 0.1% 0.1% Moderate MMar 29 08:30 Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Feb 0.3% 0.5% HIGH MMar 29 08:30 Core PCE Feb 0.1% 0.0% HIGH TuMar 30 10:00 Consumer C...

This Week's Forecast INFLATION, MANUFACTURING, JOBS... Everyone will be waiting with bated breath for Friday's Employment Report, when even pessimistic observers are predicting the recovery's first serious increase in payrolls. Markets will be closed for Good Friday, although the Federal governme...

>> Market Update  INFO THAT HITS US WHERE WE LIVE  February existing home sales were down for the third month in a row, but the 0.6% drop was less than expected. We had severe winter weather putting a damper on things and we're still seeing the hangover from sales pushed into October and November...

Breaking News Increase in Upfront Premiums for FHA Mortgage Insurance FHA loans with a case number assigned on or after April 5, 2010, will have a 2.25% upfront mortgage insurance premium. This is a .5% increase. Case numbers are generally assigned when there is a contract with a property address...