News and commentary about key developments which affect the global financial system all investors are operating in. History says financial systems reset from time to time. Those aware and prepared prosper. Those who aren’t often suffer losses.
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University recently released a special report on America’s Rental Housing 2020. There are lots of reasons to pay attention to housing … rental or otherwise … even if it isn’t your primary real estate investing niche. Housing is much less a driver of economic health than it is a gauge of […]
Harvard study reveals surprising trends in rental housing … Read More »
Our good friend, multi-time Investor Summit at Sea™ faculty member (who’s back again for 2020!) … and greatest-selling financial author in history … Robert Kiyosaki thinks pensions are the greatest threat facing the financial world today. Of course, it’s not like pension problems are breaking news. The whole crisis has been unfolding for a decade as
The pension problem is about to get REAL … Read More »
If you sometimes feel like a small fish in a very big ocean … it’s because you are. There are LOTS of big, bigger, bigger-still, and downright ginormous other fish … some with very sharp teeth … circling all around you. There are also mostly hidden forces creating powerful currents and waves … speeding you
The horrible housing blunder … Read More »
Housing is the sector of real estate most watched … and worried about … by economists, politicians, journalists, bankers, and investors … from Wall Street to Main Street. That’s because housing, quite literally, hits us all right where we live. We can all relate to it and housing is both an objective and subjective measure of
Housing market conditions create challenges … and opportunities … Read More »
Do you know how five of America’s richest families lost it all? Neither did we … until we saw an article in our news feed promising to tell all. So down the rabbit hole we went. After all, we’re STILL stinging from the 2008 wipe out. So any lesson about landmines on the road to building and preserving wealth is an
WORST investing advice ever … or is it? Read More »
The second decade of the last century are known as The Roaring Twenties. Good times were fueled by abundant currency from the newly formed Federal Reserve … and the resulting debt and speculation which ran rampant. As you may know, it ended badly. The Great Depression ensued … an event which ruined lives, fundamentally changed
The world’s out of control … Read More »
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a LOT going on in the world as we sail into a brand new investing decade … In addition to wars and rumors of wars, a growing number of notable people are publicly expressing concerns … … not just about the economy and financial markets, but the system itself.
The world has gone MAD … Read More »
Even if you’re a die-hard cash flow investor … more intent on collecting properties than flipping them … it’s still important to pay attention to market cycles. After all, though you might not plan to “sell high”, it’s sure nice to “buy low”. Besides, “buy and hold” doesn’t mean you’re not harvesting equity when conditions are
Lessons from a legendary billionaire real estate investor … Read More »
The mother of all private equity firms just issued a warning … Blackstone Group Warns of the Mother of All Bubbles Investopedia via Yahoo Finance – 11/11/19 According to the article, Blackstone’s “… biggest concern is negative yields on sovereign debt worth $13 trillion …”. Remember, the 2008 financial crisis was detonated in bond markets … and the bomb
It might be time to start worrying … Read More »
High housing prices continue to be a concern in many major markets. While there are varying opinions on how to solve the problem, history says … and recent headlines concur … that adding fuel to the fire will be the likely “solution.” Here’s how it works and why it’s likely to create a lot of equity right up until it doesn’t … First, it’s important
Adding fuel to the high housing price fire … Read More »