The power of positive thinking

There is silver lining everywhere – even in the gloomy job report released today. US economy lost 598,000 jobs in January. Still Wall Street opened higher. Here is one of the news headlines: Stocks open higher as worse-than-expected jobs report raises hopes that stimulus will pass quickly. So the unemployment rate has to go up to 7.6% for Congress to approve a 900 billion spending plan that could create just a limited number of new jobs?

In the meantime home foreclosures in Arlington Heights are on the rise again. Check back soon for more details.