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Another. interest rates lower today. theres that. if were worried about interest rates -- >> dont worry. days like this push that down because encourages people back into the stocks. want to go broke safely? by a ten-year treasury note at 2.6% and hold that for ten years and see how that works out. >> if youre in the market for a house you can get a loan, now at in other four and a third. >> we have a market that has been artificialie -- a number of days down and when you talk to traders as we d...

Because the fear of what the fed will do this week. the dow industrials down last week. 1.7%. the nasdaq and s&p also lower. >> that stinks. >> frazzled nerves now will weather all of this can last. nasdaq and dow and s&p 500 up. sunny weather all year and bound to snow and rain sometimes, right? the final fed meeting is this year. ben bernanke will hold the keys to this rally. he could announce the fed will taper back the 80 billion a month bumping into the market. a ten-year treasury note is r...

Worry if the government will pay the treasury note if the debt ceiling deal isnt done. big banks use the t bills to park short term cash if they want to stay more liquid and a disruption in the market could have huge repercussions for the entire credit market leading to a big spike on the interest rate we pay on credit cards and mortgages and car loan stos theso there is a real world affect. >> not to mention the overseas markets. lets talk about the games theyre playing on capitol hill becaus...

This i think is the end of it. the senate isnt expected to take it up and the white house is not on board with this. >> all right, so thats one issue. the other issue are the loans. weve been hearing this bubbling about what the senate may get done that theyre trying to pass a bill they believe the house would like. what happened? >> reporter: its done. how often can congress say all right we finished it up but its pretty much finished because the senate passed this overwhelmingly and what youre...

Networking extra fast on this is because a lot of students wont be affected until they go into the fall term. now, what exactly are they working on as we speak? harry reid is going to try to put this one-year extension. thats going to go down. theres a bipartisan bill in the senate. that essentially is a sort of compromise as to where students would pay a little bit more, there would be a cap at 8.25%, which is different from the gop bill in the house, which has no cap in terms of tieing it to a...

Coming in legally. so, everybodys committed to that and again, i think the package that weve come up with will be comforting in that area. >> mm-hmm. okay. we are going to switch to the student loan situation, because we have a situation going on there we have congress, which failed to prevent rates from doubling for the subsidized stafford loans. are you confident at all that congress is going to be able to fix this retroactively? >> well, i think so. and again, we -- it doesnt have to be retro...

Craft some sort of compromise so that they can act before the rates increase from 3.4% for 6.8 in july. a number of democratic senators who are opposed to the idea of tying the rates to the treasury note, they seem acme kabl or that they would go along with that kind of plan. but capping the rates, thats nonnegotiable for them. >> lets go back to the farm bill. they didnt deliver the votes they were promised. republicans were way short opposite their own bill any way it seems. what happened in t...

Its boosted house prices. its kept mortgage rates down. everybodys nervous when the fed stops buying up all these bond, the economy might not perform all that well and stocks are going to look a little expensive. so thats why youre seeing stocks sell off. thats why youre seeing mortgage rates go up. the ten-year treasury note is rising. the highest its been in a couple years. think of ben bernanke as a drug dealer, hes taking the drugs away from the economy. >> everybody coming down from that hi...

She was best known for hollywood films featuring synchronized swimming in the 40s and 50s. you we go to cnbc. >> its a big day for walmart. they hold a shareholders meeting in arkansas. the ceo says sales should pick up. consumers are becoming more confident and learning to budget better while splurging on special occasions. mortgage rates rise with 30 year fixed averaging 3.91%. they tend to track yields on the treasury note. the fed may hold back on the stimulus efforts. apple is expecte...

Year treasury note. what they dont agree is the percentage of points to add on top of that. meantime, how do too yo studeno about planning and increased higher education costs will you can get a loan or not? >> students and families need certainty looking ahead to the coming school year about is your interest rate 3 about .4% or 6.8%. a big difference. equals a thousand dollars extra in student debt for every single year of school. you are right there is an underlying problem of college costs th...