Or he could change accounting rules, giving banks a time out from the relentless, capital-killing mark-to-market rules that require financial firms to price their assets in an environment where no one wants them.

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Call your local representative from a financial institution, such as GE Capital or Bank of America, and ask them to price a typical eighty- four month lease scenario with both five and seven year depreciation schedules.

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Orchid Island Capital Inc, which was already expected to price this past week, is a financial company that invests in residential mortgage backed securities.

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Long championed as a source of both capital protection and upside appreciation (especially during the financial crisis and resulting recession), the price of gold has declined while equity markets surged to five-year highs.

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Chris Bertelsen, chief investment officer at Global Financial Private Capital, says the slump is an opportunity for investors to pick up stocks at a good price and lock in high dividend income.

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For its part, Moody's said its review was based on "growing concern" about MBIA's new business prospects and financial flexibility, given the sharp deterioration in its share price, which makes it difficult to raise new capital, if needed.

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