Wealth Preservation

Wells Fargo tells new clients they need $1 million in balances for certain mortgage refinancing

Wells Fargo is now requiring new customers to bring at least $1 million in balances if they want to refinance a jumbo mortgage, up from a previous level of $250,000, according to people with knowledge of the policy.
The change came in a July 1 overhaul of lending guidelines that broadly lowered barriers to the product for existing customers, while making it far harder for new ones to qualify, said the people, who declined to be identified speaking about the move.
“They don’t want to take somebody else’s balance sheet and put it in on theirs,” said one of the sources. “We’re very busy and they wanted to slow down the number of loans coming in.”

Asia Pacific stocks mostly higher as Fauci warns of surge of coronavirus cases in U.S.

Shares in Asia Pacific mostly traded higher Wednesday morning.
White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Tuesday that parts of the U.S. are beginning to see a “disturbing surge” of Covid-19 cases.
Fauci did also say, however, that states with growing coronavirus outbreaks may not need to do an “absolute shutdown.” More than 2 million people in the U.S. have been infected with the coronavirus so far, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

Elon Musk calls for Amazon breakup after Covid-19 skeptic claims it censored his book

Elon Musk on Thursday tweeted that he thinks it’s time to break up Amazon.
“This is insane @JeffBezos,” Musk said, tagging the Amazon CEO. “Time to break up Amazon. Monopolies are wrong!”
His tweet was directed at former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos after Berenson published a screenshot showing that his upcoming book about Covid-19 doesn’t meet Amazon guidelines for sale.