John Crudele
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﷽ Fannie Mae not doing enough to help with mortgages during coronavirus crisis
As I mentioned a few columns back, people are goingꦅ to have trouble paying their mortgages under “forbearance🉐” plans. They won’t be able to come up with, say, three months’...
White House official's unemployment prediction purposefully missed the mark
Everybody must have done this when they were a kid. You are doing poorly in a class, so you warn your parents th🌜at you are doing even worse than you...
Federal Reserve's policy-making committee won't have much to do at upcoming meeting
The Federal Reserve’s policy-making committee meets this week, and there’s really not much left for it to do, other than to re♒peat previous messages about being there if the country...
Why driving for a livi𝓀ng is tougher than ever -- thanks to Uber
Dear John: As you know, driving for a living has always been tough. But now, it’s tougher than ever. I had a small service, but as Uber came in, I☂...
Herꦗe is Winner 10 of the Nano Hearing Aids giveaway
𓃲 Readers: As I mentioned a few weeks back, Nano Hearing Aids — nanohearingaids.com — was giving away 24 pairs of hearing aids through this column. The company is in🔯 the...
🔴 Barbershops -- and golf courses -- should reopen 🐎
Dear ꧟John: I need a haircut. How about opening barbershops for two people at a time? J.M. Dear J.M.: I’m with you on this. My hair hasn’t been this long...
🍃 Insurance companies need to be the ones 🦩to help small businesses out
ও The insurance industry is blowing it. In my April 9 column, I proposed that insurance companies be used as the conduits for getting government money to ba✅ttered small businesses like...
𓃲 The 2016 election scandal waiting to bre꧅ak
The virus isn't the only thing going on in Washington that Wall Street and investors need to pay attention to. T🍷here is another Black Swan about to take flight that...
A s💃hocking waౠy to put historic oil price drop in perspective
Got a big swimming pool that’𓆏s empty and you don’t plan to use? Well, here’s a money-making idea that your town and neighbors will hate. Fill it with crude oil....
Is unemploꦐyment really as deadly as coronavirus?
If Trump opens up the economy, there could be a spike in cases of coronavir๊us and a rise in deaths unless there is some medical breakthrough. Already, 41,000 people are...
Veterans 🍒are entitled to free hearing aids through the VA
Read🌠ers: As I mentioned a few weeks back, Nano Hearᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚing Aids — nanohearingaids.com — was giving away 24 pairs of hearing aids through this column. The company is in the...
Insurance money for homeless disabled veteran pꦯroves evasive
൲ Dear John: My brother passed away in February 2018 and for two years I have been stalled by the insurance company in my efforts to obtain the insurance mon⛦ey. I...
Why coronavirus jobs crisis isn't as bad as it may seem
The past four weeks bear this stark distinction: Twenty-two million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment insurance, w🧸iping out 21.5 million jobs that had been created in♏ this country...
Bad news on the economy all we're likely to see — for now
On Tuesday the stock market rallꩲied nicely because people — at least market commentators — perceived that there was good news about the virus. And they ignored the bad news...
The problem with m𝐆ortgages during coronavirus
Let’s say you own a house and have a mortgage. And you’ve been laid off, ꧒furloughed, had your pay cut or your hours reduced at work because of the coronavirus...
More lucky winners named in Nano Hear🍎ing Aids ꦬgiveaway contest
Readers: As I mentioned a few weeks back, Nano Hearing Aids — nanohearingaids.com — was giving away 24 pairs of hearing aids t💯hrough this column. The company is in the...
Can you help me get my correct 1099 info from U🍸ber?
Dear John: I’ve driven for Uber the last few years, and in the past, when it gave me my 1099 tax form, my “gross earned income” was the ꩵexact amount...
'Dreaming' reader gets help with complex mortgage issue
Dear John: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I hesitated writing to you for fear I was dreaming. Today I got a call from PHH Mortgage. The woman ♛mentioned you,...
There may be some relie🎉f for the hospitality sector amid coronavirus 𒐪
First, the good news for some workers in the hospitality busꩲiness. In fact, this might be the only good news you can find these days in that industry. A relatively...
The economy will recoꦉver from coronavirus — b💫ut it will take patience
Everybody, take a deep breath and hold it. Now do it again. And again. Let’s relax for a few m𝓀inutes and see if we can make the case in our...