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Now that Albert is gone the Cardinals look forward to Spring 2012 in Jupiter Florida with a fresh start!

Albert Pujols

Albert is an Angel, however if you ask many fans of the World Champion Cardinals, the devil made him do it. The devil on his shoulder was the king's ransom the Angels gave him to leave the greatest baseball city in America. He is quoted as saying it was never the money! Hmmm....... Sorry I am not buying it.

One thing for sure, I am looking forward to taking my family to Roger Dean Stadium this spring for Cardinals baseball without the overhang of, will Albert sign, what will we do if he doesn't, blah, blah, blah. The overhang last year was apparent daily and I for one am glad it is over. Best of luck to you Albert. Time to move on for us. We will take our 11th World Series Championship along with all the players that want to play for the St Louis Cardinals and work towards number 12 in 2012!

Mortgage Industry continues shake out as NMLS deadline approaches.

As we tick towards the end of July, more and more mortgage industry professionals are leaving the industry. It is surreal to see people in the industry 20-30 years choosing to leave or being forced to leave due to the new licensing requirements. It is a great feeling to feel this breath of fresh air blow and it seems like those of us that are left are preparing for a ramp of pent up demand ready to bust out as the economy continues to improve. It is slow and steady improvement from the dark days of September 2008 for sure but improvement that will be substantive!

Silver blasts Higher

Silver continues to race higher and will soon blow past it's all time high of $50 per oz. When will the ride stop? As we continue to ruin our credit rating with the bickering back and forth by our politicians it doesn't seem like anytime soon. Trying to explain to most why our dollars buy less and less gold and silver isn't easy. The ultra low interest rates are one main reason. As the precious metals continue higher, the calls for higher rates will get louder and louder. Even higher rates will not stop this move in the metals in my opinion. There is more to the story!

Lumber Market is telling us the market for housing and construction continues to pick up steam

I was looking at my charts today and I noticed that the lumber market is continuing to rock higher. I predicted this in my blog last November which you can see by clicking on this link, lumber blog. Here is a chart that is very impressive.