By Brad Keiser, 6-13-08 My friend Tom and I coach our daughter’s basketball team together. Tom is in the aviation fuel business but is a pretty innovative guy both in coaching and in business. He asked me the other day, “Brad, you are a former banker isn’t there some way for an opportunistic guy to […]

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Just remember — the higher the rate they are willing to pay the higher the risk you are taking. There are exceptions, because of the issues of perceived risk versus actual risk. The same caveat holds true for low rates — just because it is a very low rate doesn’t mean that it is safe. […]

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