The cost of operating a fund varies across investment categories, investment strategies, and fund sizes. Funds with higher internal costs generally pass these costs on to shareholders through expense ...

The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has announced that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has made changes to the way in which FHA Streamline Refinance loans are displayed ...

Financial ratios are calculations that compare two (or more) pieces of financial data that are normally found in a company's financial statements. Ratios can be invaluable to investors making ...

Within the universe of ETFs too, we can observe certain differences in expense ratios. ETFs that invest in small or international companies tend to have higher expense ratios on account of the ...

The P/E ratio is considered one of the most important financial ratios as it helps analysts compare a company’s valuation ...

Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?Regardless, many mortgage bankers feel that they have more of a chance of meeting the new net worth requirements as set forth by HUD. That is ...

Question: What are “leverage ratios” and how can they be used to better manage a business? Answer: (Part 2 of 2) To be useful, financial ratios most be compared to some standard or norm. One such ...

Chances are that if you’ve been around Federal Housing Administration lending for any amount of time you’ve heard the term, “compare ratio.” But what, exactly, does that term mean and why is it ...

As has been said, there is plenty of blame to go around. Sometimes the press even notices that not all borrowers are above culpability. Texas is hoppin'! Pacific Union Financial is looking to fill the ...

Financial ratios are tools used to assess the relative strength of companies by performing simple calculations on items on income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements. Ratios measure ...