http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Richard+Stoyeck Real Estate Richard Stoyeck Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=418624&ca=Real+Estate A mere glance at the leading financial papers in America would have you believe that real estate has bottomed, and is already on the ascent again. If you were to listen to the commentators or talking heads, they want you to believe that housing prices have bottomed, and are working their way up agai... Advice Richard Stoyeck Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=416772&ca=Advice Most people when they think of surviving an airplane crash say to themselves, an airplane crash, you got to be kidding, it’s death when an airplane crashes. Not so true, in fact, actually about 80% of all air plane crashes are not fatal at first. They wind up fatal because passengers make mistakes i... Finances Richard Stoyeck Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=411542&ca=Finances Credit Cards – Consumers Win As of August 2009, there are new rules in effect for credit cards. So make sure you are aware of them. Somehow a Democratic Congress was able to force the banks to capitulate and accept these new regulations. Although watered down, they protect you the consumer, and not... Finances Richard Stoyeck Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=409766&ca=Finances Let’s say you have an overseas bank account, and you are trying to hide money from the federal government. You are now between a rock and a hard place. For years, you could depend on foreign banks keeping your account a secret from all interested governments. For decades our government tried to pier... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Richard Stoyeck Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=376976&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Don’t kid yourself, if you have Swine Flu, you can have the best doctors in the world taking care of you, but the name of the game is Flu Prevention, and the question is how do you resist getting the Swine Flu or any other flu for that matter? You need to get the germ into your body in order to cont... Finances Richard Stoyeck Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=134999&ca=Finances They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. It’s hard to believe, but subprime lender New Century which is experiencing potential bankruptcy type problems from its subprime lending portfolio decided that the way out of its problems w... Food and Drinks Richard Stoyeck Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=170195&ca=Food+and+Drinks Until recently Zheng Xiaou was head of the State Food and Drugs Administration for China. He was arrested in May, and charged with being responsible for the sale of six different medicines manufactured in China. These same six medicines were fakes. The sales took place during Zheng’s six years as th... Finances Richard Stoyeck Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=170197&ca=Finances Both the hedge fund and private equity industry had free rides during George Bush’s Administration when the Congress was safely in Republican hands. All that changed in November 06 when the Democrats swept the Congress, and with the change in control came new Democratic responsibilities to address t... Finances Richard Stoyeck Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=170199&ca=Finances Wow, it’s just starting and it’s not going to stop. Basis Capital is an Australian hedge fund. They run about a billion dollars under management. What you have to keep in mind however is that hedge funds use LEVERAGE, big leverage. The average hedge fund manager in the United States is using 6 times... Politics Richard Stoyeck Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=170202&ca=Politics The Intelligence apparatus of the United States is required to publish what is referred to as the National Intelligence Estimate. It is a distillation of the major intelligence issues facing the United States as seen through the eyes of some 17 different intelligence organizations. One of the purpos...