BofA settlement comes back to bite homeowners
On today's Breakfast with Benjamin menu: BofA settlement bites homeowners. Plus: Warren Buffett feels compliance pain; a mortgage shop tries financial advice; fewer stocks participating in the bull market run; and stocks that could benefit from the ALS ice-bucket challenge.
- The flipside of Bank of America’s giant mortgage settlement now looks like a giant tax bill for homeowners. Thanks for nothing, DOJ. 2 million homeowners at risk
- Warren Buffett gets all tangled up in the ever-expanding compliance web. Missed filing deadlines lead to $896,000 in penalties
- Mortgage shop makes aggressive push into financial planning. Pay close attention to the types of products being pushed. A three-year strategy
- Fewer S&P 500 Index companies are participating as the bull run pushes ahead. This kind of separation is rarely a good sign for markets. ‘A sign to temper optimism’
- A handful of stocks on the receiving end of the ALS ice-bucket challenge. BIIB, AVNR, ISIS, SNY, BMY
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