Are more propeller blades better? Jeremy Kinney, a curator at the National Air and Space Museum, shares his thoughts. A sailor hoses down the propeller on a P-3 Orion during an aircraft wash on the flight line at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington.
There's the silly, the foolish and the completely harebrained. And then there's the adjustable rate mortgage -- ARM for short. Like unprotected sex or one more drink, it always seems like a good idea at the time. In an environment of only low and lower rates, an ARM has looked like a good idea for many years now.
The top mortgage lenders enjoyed the fruits of their labors in 2015 as the jumbo-mortgage market reached new highs. With mortgage rates in 2016 remaining low and even dropping in some areas, it's supposed to be another good year for this market.