Flood Warnings Matter

            Marble Falls        Sitting in the KABF studio in Little Rock about 3 PM, I heard beeping on a colleague’s phone on the other side of the room.  Seconds later, my phone went crazy as well.  We were being warned about the possibilities of flash floods in the area.  Earlier in the afternoon, there …

Nontraditional Loans and Barney Frank

            Pearl River      As it becomes harder to get loans to buy homes, borrowers are increasingly looking for alternatives, including non-traditional, unguaranteed, noncomforming mortgages.  The Wall Street Journal notes that in 2025, such loan originations rose from less than 1% in 2020 to almost 6% of total mortgages in 2025.  Should we worry?  Maybe, they …

Adani Bait and Switch

            New Orleans,       We don’t regularly follow all of the times that billionaires and those who want to be are investigated or charged by the US or the Security and Exchange Commission for stock dealings, but we have kept our eyes on the cases involving Gautam Adani, reportedly now the richest man in India.  …