Although there may be some debate about the true origin, cause, and date of the COVID-19 virus … there’s no doubt about its presence and impact today. And just as the health crisis began quietly, before exploding onto the scene, so it may be with the subsequent financial crisis. After all, if you’re not both an epidemiologist and paying […]
And now the REAL contagion begins Read More »
This year has seen its highs and lows … and the hits just keep on coming. Coronavirus, civil unrest, unemployment … an endless parade of bad news. If it’s all starting to wear you thin … listen in! We’ve seen our fair share of calamity and catastrophe. While what is happening right now is unprecedented,
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The Fed created over $85 billion per month of new dollars … and Uncle Sam spent over $800 billion … to “save” the economy from the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. To take on the COVID-19 crisis of 2020, the Fed has been creating over $80 billion PER DAY … and Uncle Sam has already
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Here’s another installment in the continuing saga of Crisis Watch 2020 … Last time, we discussed the scope and sequence for the mutation of the current health crisis into a potential dollar crisis. If you haven’t read it, try to fit it into your hectic sheltering-in-place schedule. We think it’s important to have context for the deluge of data,
Real estate and the economic pandemic ahead Read More »
During the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, the Fed created over $85 billion PER MONTH of “new” dollars … and Uncle Sam spent over $800 billion to “save” the economy. And now they’re doing it again. To take on the COVID-19 crisis, the Fed has been creating over $80 billion PER DAY … and Uncle
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Another exhilarating edition of Ask The Guys … your great questions and our questionable answers. This time, we tackle topics about going from tiny to mighty … how to use credit lines strategically BEFORE they disappear …. how to prepare NOW for the investment problems and opportunities likely to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic …
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US home construction drops 30.2% in April as virus rages Read More »
Even as building slows, the Fed is pumping purchasing power into housing. Short supply plus increased purchasing power could put upward pressure on prices. Of course, it all hinges on demand … will buyers be willing to take on a mortgage in such an uncertain jobs market? After all, even a zero percent mortgage payment
Grim warnings from Powell and the Fed push rates on home loans to new low Read More »
If you’re tired of hearing about the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis … get over it. We’re on the front end of a series of cascading crises that will likely affect every investor on the planet … including YOU. Pretending it’s not happening … or blindly trusting the great and powerful wizards behind the curtains … or pulling the
The next stop in the coronavirus cascading crisis tour … Read More »
Another not-so-subtle clue in the news … Fed chair Powell warns that commerical real estate values could plummet because of crisis … if “financial system strain’s re-emerge”. Notice Powell makes a distinction between the economy and the financial system. Health crisis > Economic Crisis > Financial System Crisis (credit markets and banks). The economy needs
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