{"id":410883,"date":"2010-03-10T07:34:04","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T12:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/2010\/03\/10\/the-garrett-watts-report-march-10-2010\/"},"modified":"2010-03-10T07:34:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T12:34:04","slug":"the-garrett-watts-report-march-10-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/410883","title":{"rendered":"The Garrett, Watts Report (March 10, 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/garettwatts.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"garrettwatts\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/garrettwatts3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"garrettwatts\" width=\"440\" height=\"69\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends<strong>,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>California\u2019s General Obligation bonds yield about the same as bonds from Greece , but anyway, 30-year California G.O.\u2019s are paying 6%.\u00a0 Because they\u2019re exempt from state and federal taxes, higher-income Californians in a 40% combined federal and state tax rate get the equivalent of a 10% yield. Not bad.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Audited financials are starting to come in, and they\u2019re confirming what we saw all year.\u00a0 Top performing mortgage bankers made 90-100 bps per loan.\u00a0 That means that for every $100 million you closed, you should have (and could have) earned $900,000 to $1 million.\u00a0 If you didn\u2019t make this much, you need to look carefully at why you didn\u2019t.\u00a0 Or call us for a FOCIS-<em>plus<\/em> diagnostic to see what you can do to boost earnings per loan.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The top quintile of companies we saw during the year all made over 100 bps per loan, with the top performer making 121 bps. For every $100 million they closed, they made $1.21 million.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>We got a tidal wave of Cult Movie nominations.\u00a0 These were the top vote getters:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"MsoTableGrid\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; background-color: #ffff99; border-collapse: collapse; border-top-style: none; margin-left: 0.95in; border-left-style: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 2in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; border: windowtext 1pt solid;\" width=\"192\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Repo Man<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 2in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"192\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">The Big Lebowski<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Clockwork Orange<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 2in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"192\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Napoleon Dynamite<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">The T.A.M.I. Show<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 2in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"192\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Fletch<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Rock \u2018n Roll High School<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 2in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"192\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Ed Wood<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">True Romance<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 2in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"192\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Repo Man<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Neighbors<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 2in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"192\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Baghdad<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Cafe<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Easy Rider<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 2in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"192\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">The Wanderers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 2in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"192\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Freaks<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Little Shop of Horrors<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px\"><em>Rocky Horror Picture<\/em> <em>Show<\/em> was the runaway favorite, but the rest are not listed in any particular order.\u00a0 <em>The Great Lebowski<\/em> was a big favorite, and <em>Night of the Living<\/em> <em>Dead<\/em> just barely missed. For those of you new to this newsletter, <em>Rocky Horror<\/em> is a musical about an innocent couple that stumbles upon a castle filled with transvestite vampires.\u00a0 This was one of Susan Sarandon\u2019s first movies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What most mortgage company Boards are somewhat clueless about is their earnings broken down into bps per loan.\u00a0 We see companies that did, say, $1 billion last year and earned 35 bps per loan.\u00a0 Although that makes the company a big <em>under<\/em>performer, Directors or outside investors go \u201cGee, how about that, we made $3.5 million. Hot damn!\u201d\u00a0 The reality is that they could have made at least 90 bps, which translates into $9 million!\u00a0 <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Last week we noted that there are <em>200 billion<\/em> stars in our own galaxy, and we asked just how many galaxies there are.\u00a0 In response, someone sent us this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flixxy.com\/hubble-ultra-deep-field-3d.htm\">fascinating video clip<\/a> .\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Watching it makes you wonder about all those things like just how big the universe is, does it have an end, if it ends, what\u2019s on the other side, and, hey, aren\u2019t there some <em>Love Boat<\/em> re-runs on TV right now?<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you think of mortgage companies that use the word <em>Bancorp<\/em> in their name?\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s illegal to use the word <em>bank<\/em> unless you\u2019re a real bank, but using the word Bancorp is legal.\u00a0 We know some very decent people that have Bancorp in their name, but we think it\u2019s deceptive. If you\u2019re not a bank, you shouldn\u2019t use language to imply that you are one.<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>This is depressing: We just read <em>Time<\/em> magazine, the one with Tom Hanks on the cover, and it has only 60 pages.\u00a0 We still have the November 6, 1989 <em>Time<\/em> which featured the breaking apart of the Soviet Union , and that issue was 119 pages. The latest issue of <em>People <\/em>magazine is 164 pages.\u00a0 We don\u2019t even want to know what this says about our culture.<\/li>\n<li>We knew Marion Berry was a crack head, but we didn\u2019t know what a comedian he is.\u00a0 He was recently stripped of his committee chairmanship on the Washington , D.C. City Council for illegallly funneling city money to his girlfriend.\u00a0 Anyway, his response was \u201cYou can take away my committee Chairmanship, but you can\u2019t take away my dignity.\u201d\u00a0 What?\u00a0\u00a0 His dignity? This is the mayor who was caught on tape snorting crack, and he\u2019s defending his dignity? This guy should do stand-up comedy.\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/j23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"j2\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/j2_thumb3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"j2\" width=\"128\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>If you worry that there will be no one left to refinance soon, you should know that about 37% of all people with a mortgage have loans at 6% or higher.\u00a0 That\u2019s $1.2 trillion sitting out there, and yes, many can\u2019t be refinanced, but many can.<\/li>\n<li>And how about good old Suburban Federal Savings ( Crofton , Maryland ) with a 614% Texas Ratio?\u00a0 Does their President ever get a good night\u2019s sleep?<\/li>\n<li>A year ago, everyone thought the world was coming to an end and that stocks were going to zero, but that was precisely when things bottomed out and started to turn around.\u00a0 Here are the top performs of the past 12 months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"MsoTableGrid\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; background-color: #ffff99; border-collapse: collapse; border-top-style: none; margin-left: 1.2in; border-left-style: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 152.2pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; border: windowtext 1pt solid;\" width=\"203\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">345%\u00a0\u00a0 Bank of America<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 153.8pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">119%\u00a0\u00a0 Boeing<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 152.2pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"203\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">277%\u00a0\u00a0 American Express<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 153.8pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">116%\u00a0\u00a0 DuPont<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 152.2pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"203\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">169%\u00a0\u00a0 JP Morgan Chase<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 153.8pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">113%\u00a0\u00a0 Walt Disney<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 152.2pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"203\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">156%\u00a0\u00a0 Alcoa<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 153.8pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">103%\u00a0\u00a0 Hewlett Packard<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 152.2pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"203\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">147%\u00a0\u00a0 Caterpillar<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 153.8pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">96%\u00a0\u00a0 3M<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 152.2pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"203\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">120%\u00a0\u00a0 General Electric<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 153.8pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">89%\u00a0\u00a0 United Technologies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px\">A few others: Microsoft (88%), IBM (52%), Coca-Cola (38%), McDonalds (63%) and Wal-Mart (47%).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When you look at how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have changed things, one of the biggest changes is making refinancing much, much easier.\u00a0 Pre-1986, there was no premium pricing, and thus, there was no such thing as a no-points or no-cost loan.\u00a0 In about 1986, the two agencies started buying loans at prices above par, and the 1-2 point rebate allowed lenders to pay the loan officer\u2019s commission and some of all of the closing costs.\u00a0 Prior to this, a refinance would cost the borrower points plus costs, and as a result, it didn\u2019t make sense to refinance unless you could lower your rate by 2.0 points!\u00a0 Overnight, borrowers could refinance to save an eighth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The New Jersey Nets of the NBA are 7-56 for a .111 winning percentage.\u00a0 If you extrapolate that onto a baseball over a full season, their record would be 18-144.\u00a0 Even the Washington Nationals aren\u2019t that bad.<\/li>\n<li>We were talking to a friend at lunch recently and somehow the topic came up of how much safer the world used to be. We\u2019d read that crime rates have been dropping dramatically, so we looked up some FBI data on murder.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/j13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"j1\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/j1_thumb3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"j1\" width=\"112\" height=\"148\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This chart shows that the homicide rate is about where it was in 1950.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a graph going all the way back to 1910.\u00a0 Look at how close 2008 and 1950 are.<\/p>\n<table class=\"MsoTableGrid\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-top-style: none; margin-left: 71.6pt; border-left-style: none\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 37.85pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: windowtext 1pt solid;\" width=\"50\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">1910<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 39.95pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"53\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">1930<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.5in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"48\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">1940<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.5in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"48\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">1950<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.5in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"48\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">1960<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.5in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"48\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">1970<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.5in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"48\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">1980<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.5in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"48\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">2008<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 37.85pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"50\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">4.6<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 39.95pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"53\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">8.8<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.5in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"48\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">6.3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.5in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"48\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">5.4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.5in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"48\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">4.7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.5in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"48\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">8.3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.5in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"48\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">10.7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.5in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"48\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">5.9<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px\">A lot of why we think crime is higher is that the media plays up violent crimes more than in the past. The 24-hour news cycle means that editors are constantly looking for items to fill the hour, so even smaller crimes of violence get bigger play.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We had a good response to the Steve Dalkowski item, so here\u2019s one more tidbit.\u00a0 At the end of his career he had a season with a really low ERA.\u00a0 Manager Earl Weaver had his IQ tested, and when he learned that Dalkowski had an extremely low IQ, he figured out the problem.\u00a0 Dalkowski just got too mentally flustered trying to handle a fastball low and inside followed by a curve low and away. Weaver told him to only throw one pitch the whole game, all fastballs right down the middle. His theory was that it didn\u2019t matter if the hitter knew what was coming.\u00a0 At 110 mph, no one was going to hit the ball anyway. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardballtimes.com\/main\/article\/delving-into-the-dalkowski-depths\/\">See the attached article for more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>With so many banks re-capitalizing, we remember what Allan Garrett (1917-1992) told us.\u00a0 He said you should never invest when a company does a recap.\u00a0 \u201cAlways wait for their <em>second<\/em> offering.\u201d\u00a0 His view was that most companies underestimate how bad things are and will have to come back to the market at least once more. The guys in the first recap will get diluted, so wait till the second one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you ever wondered which members get to vote for the Academy awards?\u00a0 There are 5,777 people who get to vote, broken down per the following.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"MsoTableGrid\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; background-color: #ffff99; border-collapse: collapse; border-top-style: none; margin-left: 1.2in; border-left-style: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; border: windowtext 1pt solid;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">,205\u00a0\u00a0 Actors<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">340\u00a0\u00a0 Animation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0\u00a0 452\u00a0\u00a0 Producers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">279\u00a0\u00a0 Visual effects<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0\u00a0 437\u00a0\u00a0 Executives<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">245\u00a0\u00a0 Members-at-large<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0\u00a0 405\u00a0\u00a0 Sound<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">234\u00a0\u00a0 Music<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0\u00a0 382\u00a0\u00a0 Writers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">221\u00a0\u00a0 Film editors<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0\u00a0 374\u00a0\u00a0 Art directors<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">200\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematographers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0\u00a0 368\u00a0\u00a0 Public relations<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">151\u00a0\u00a0 Documentary makers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0\u00a0 366\u00a0\u00a0 Directors<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 135pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in;\" width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">118\u00a0\u00a0 Makeup\/hair<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px\">Can you actually get an Oscar for hair?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mike Abdelaaty of Islamic-oriented Bank of Whittier sent us a copy of the Qur\u2019an (Koran) and we finally got around to reading it. It seems very respectful of the Jewish and Christian Bibles, and in some ways, it seems a continuation of both. Prophets such as Moses and John the Baptist are treated with great respect, and it seems to believe in the God of Abraham as well as of Jesus.\u00a0 There is a popular belief that the Koran preaches violence and intolerance, and we have to tell you, we didn\u2019t see any of that.<\/li>\n<li>From micro-cap bank newsletter The Vulture\u2019s Roost: \u201cWhen the FDIC has gotten rid of all its nasty little banks, and the banks that have struggled but didn\u2019t get closed are cleaned up, we think there will be more banks for sale than you can shake a stick at. The Directors and management will be sick of banking. Directors join Boards of banks to hang with their buddies, eat lunch, and fall asleep while management recites its boring litany. They join Boards to be big shots in their communities, but the Directors of problem banks end up being worthless dogs who have lost money for their shareholders and who have to call in the loans of friends. Therefore, we predict that there will be a ton of banks that are ready to sell\u2026.\u201d\u00a0 What\u2019-his-name at the Vulture\u2019s Roost is a sharp bank analyst and a great writer.<\/li>\n<li>And three cheers for tiny Saint\u2019s Mary\u2019s College here in California .\u00a0 They finished the season at 26-5 and are headed for the NCAA championships.\u00a0 Go Gaels!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Combined Ratio is a good way to measure insurance companies, and it seems to be just as meaningful for mortgage insurers.\u00a0 If the number is under 100, you\u2019re making money. If you\u2019re over 100, you\u2019re losing money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"MsoTableGrid\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-top-style: none; margin-left: 0.7in; border-left-style: none\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 81pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: windowtext 1pt solid;\" width=\"108\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 63pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"84\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Genworth<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"60\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">MGIC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.75in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"72\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Old<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Republic<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"60\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">PMI<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-left-style: none; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"60\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Radian<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 81pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"108\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Loss ratio<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 63pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"84\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">186%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"60\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">288%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.75in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"72\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">195%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"60\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">325%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"60\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">242%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 81pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"108\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Expense ratio<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 63pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"84\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">26%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"60\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0 18%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.75in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"72\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0 15%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"60\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0 21%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffff99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"60\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffff99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0 18%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 81pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"108\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">Combined ratio<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 63pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"84\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">212%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"60\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">306%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 0.75in; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"72\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">210%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"60\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">346%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; background-color: #ffcc99; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" width=\"60\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt\">260%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px\">The M.I. companies are going through very difficult times, but the mortgage industry needs them more than ever, and they\u2019ll come back strong.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/garrettwatts.com\/\">Garrett, Watts &amp; Co.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Helping <\/em><em>lenders increase revenues, control costs, and better manage risk.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mike McAuley\u00a0\u00a0 (<a href=\"mailto:MMcAuley@GarrettWatts.com\">MMcAuley@GarrettWatts.com<\/a> )<em><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Corky Watts\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (<a href=\"mailto:CWatts@GarrettWatts.com\">CWatts@GarrettWatts.com<\/a>)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Joe Garrett\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (<a href=\"mailto:JGarrett@GarrettWatts.com\">JGarrett@GarrettWatts.com<\/a> )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?a=lA24XXBZnjA:ZL8o1KrWOWA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?a=lA24XXBZnjA:ZL8o1KrWOWA:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?i=lA24XXBZnjA:ZL8o1KrWOWA:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?a=lA24XXBZnjA:ZL8o1KrWOWA:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?i=lA24XXBZnjA:ZL8o1KrWOWA:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?a=lA24XXBZnjA:ZL8o1KrWOWA:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?i=lA24XXBZnjA:ZL8o1KrWOWA:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe\/~4\/lA24XXBZnjA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends, \u00a0 California\u2019s General Obligation bonds yield about the same as bonds from Greece , but anyway, 30-year California G.O.\u2019s are paying 6%.\u00a0 Because they\u2019re exempt from state and federal taxes, higher-income Californians in a 40% combined federal and state tax rate get the equivalent of a 10% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}