bill: what obamacare might cost you. you re about to hear a lot about the following information. the administration unveiling what americans can expect to pay under these new exchanges. the plans are broken down into four levels. you ve got your bronze, your silver, your gold and your platinum, but the costs vary widely between each plan and between each state. news director for the tea party news network and matt mccall is president of the penn financial group. good morning to both of you. good morning. bill: okay. i want to show our viewers, all right, let s take the silver plan. that s like the second of four steps. be you re single and you re 27 years old, you make about $27,000 a year, you will pay $145 months after tax credits. stop there, guys. if you were 27, are you going to sign up more that? i might sign up for that at 27, but many me personally, no, because i was pretty darn healthy at 27, i m pretty darn healthy at 37
say. matt mccall, penn financial group, what do you say about this? boy, she was pretty good at this, huh? she was good at it. if you re a good criminal, we don t know about it because you re not getting caught. i look at this in numbers way. $79,000 three years, 50 different identities. break it down she is not making that much money per identity and not doing that good after job. shows a bigger picture here. the fact she has 50 stolen identities, eight different states, eight different state agencies being duped by this person. i can t believe she is that smart and that intelligent. no intelligent person will be doing something like this in my mind. shows there is a breakdown really in our state agencies. anything run by the government these days, i feel like it is so easy to happen. how many people are doing the same thing as this woman unfortunately? martha: that is what really strikes me. when i looked at the story originally, the amount of time and effort on her point went in
and 60s. casey wian reporting live this morning. after record highs on friday, investors are wondering how much higher the markets can go. christine romans, do you know is this. i ve been asking this question for a year and every time i worry they can t go any higher, they do. corporate profits are at record highs. so are stocks. worker pay is flat. so keep that in mind. but if you have a 401(k) or i.r.a., you re feeling the corporate enthusiasm. take a look at where stocks have been. just this year, dow up 14%. nasdaq up 12%. s&p 500 up 13%. and you know i asked matt mccall from penn financial group, i said, look, is now the time to get in at highs. should you use that old wall street saying close your eyes and buy the highs. this is what he said. a lot of individual investors are still on the sidelines.
that s high compared to historical levels. before the recession hit, unemployment rate was 4.5%. the economy isn t growing as fast as economists expected it to. you re also taking home less money. recent data from the commerce department shows personal income fell by 3.6% in january. that it s biggest drop in 20 years. matt is the president of penn financial group. jonathan is president and ceo of miller samuel, real estate appraiser. low mortgage rates, drops in foreclosure. s&p shiller index shows prices jumped 9.3% over the last 12 months. that is the biggest annual gain since may 2006. you say we are looking at the report thing and not in a recovery there. what is driving what i call happy housing news, last six to
there are three things that can grow you money your job, your house, and your investments. new numbers show home prices in february rose at the fastest annual rate since 2006. if you re invested in the market, you re doing well, too. the s&p 500 hit a record high this week. and the dow topped 15,000! and in addition to those better than expected jobs gains, first-time claims for unemployment benefits hit a five-year low. but there are some worrying signs as well. the unemployment rate fell to 7.5% in april, but that s still high compared to historical levels. before the recession hit, the unemployment rate was 4.5%. and the economy isn t growing as fast as economists expected it to. you re also taking home less money. recent data from the commerce department shows personal income fell by 3.6% in january. that s the biggest drop in 20 years. matt is the president of penn financial group. ronna is the assistant editing