Signs of trouble continue to show up in the world’s largest, most liquid government-securities market as government bonds logged their worst week in years and the U.S. central bank’s interest rate hiking cycle gets under way.
The U.S. bond market reeled further on Tuesday, extending Monday’s declines after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s aggressive rate hike comments drove yields on short-dated Treasuries to one of their biggest daily jumps of the past decade.
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George Gammon from The Rebel Capitalist joins us for an engaging discussion about the important relationship between macroeconomics and real estate investing. It’s good to keep an eye on the bigger picture of what’s going on in the world … it can all have an impact on real estate. After all, what good is it
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A brand-new year brings with it both anticipation and apprehension. Both are emotional responses to the unknown. There are MANY things we could discuss in this year’s opening missive … … tariffs, trade wars, a new Congress, the Fed, interest rates, the stock market, the bond market, gold, oil, taxes, Opportunity Zones, and on and
Taking on the New Year … Read More »
Here are some thoughts for real estate investors in the wake of Donald Trump’s “stunning upset” in the U.S. Presidential election… The 2016 election has obviously been very polarizing. We’re just a couple of real estate guys trying to figure out how policies, economics and the mood of the market create challenges and opportunities for
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Overview The Fed FINALLY raises rates for the first time in nearly a decade. Now what? How does a Fed rate increase impact real estate and real estate investors? In this episode, Robert and Russ discuss the short term and big picture impact of the Fed’s long awaited move…and what it might mean for real
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Oil matters to real estate investors. And not just for the obvious impact on the price of gasoline and your tenants’ budgets. It’s MUCH bigger than that. Let’s take a look… On November 13th we saw this headline: Crude Oil Getting Slammed This caught our attention because we’ve been watching oil for many reasons. First,
Is This Why Oil Prices Are Down? – Thoughts For Investors Read More »
We continue our summer soiree into all things economic with a triple set of interviews from Freedom Fest. This time we’re talking bonds, dividends and wealth management from a banking perspective – and how all that relates to real estate investors. Not as exciting as how to evict a non-paying tenant, but here we go….
How does the first ever downgrade of Uncle Sam’s credit rating affect your interest rates…or does it? Inquiring minds want to know! Since S&P conveniently issued the downgrade right in the middle of our August and the Economy series, we already had a lot to say on the topic. Of course, if you read our
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