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 […]
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In this week’s perusal of the news, this headline caught our attention … Bank of America declares the “end of the 60/40” standard portfolio Market Watch 10/15/19 We know it SEEMS like a pretty benign article … irrelevant to real estate investors. But au contraire mon frère … There’s actually quite a bit of useful intelligence packed
Bank of America just made the case for real estate … Read More »
In a complex financial eco-system, there are MANY components, dependencies, and inter-dependencies … … any of which can be the catalyst for a seismic economic earthquake. The flip side and basis of real estate’s stability is real estate’s relative lack of liquidity as compared to publicly traded securities. After all, you can’t hit a buy or
Pension problems percolating … Read More »
When you’re an investor … the state of the financial system is always on your mind. The Fed shocked the world when it pushed an emergency infusion of cash into a distressed financial system. In 2008 … it took $85 billion per month to stabilize the U.S. financial system. Today, the Fed is injecting $75
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There’s a lot of talk in the media about tariffs, taxes, and trade … what does all of that really mean for real estate investors? As a real estate investor, you need to understand what is going on economically. What’s happening at an international level can trickle down to your local playing field. To help
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We’re just back from another incredible Investor Summit at Sea™ … and it was EPIC! With 234 people, 2018 was our biggest ever … and many have already reserved their place for next year. Click here to get YOUR name on the Advance Notice List. We kicked off the 2018 Summit with a two-day land conference
Is this the end of easy money … Read More »
The world economic order is under-going massive change right now. We’re literally watching it unfold in the daily news. Yet few investors really understand what’s happening and why … or what they can do to both grow and protect wealth during these historic times. “Those who can’t remember the past are doomed to repeat
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Like waves on the beach or the rising and setting of the sun … the ebb and flow of the infamous “business cycle” is something every entrepreneur and investor must navigate. The marketplace is fluid and dynamic. There are no lane lines or guard rails. More importantly, there is no singular cycle because there is
Waiting for the next recession … Read More »
Real estate investing can be lonely. Very few financial conferences or commentators even talk about real estate … much less endorse it as a wealth building vehicle. So real estate investors huddle together in obscure corners of the financial community … quietly making money and muttering about the trials and tribulations of tenants, toilets and
Real estate wins … Read More »
If you’re old enough, you may remember the old Pee Wee Herman movies … where Pee Wee falls off his bike and with brash bravado claims, “I meant to do that!” Well to no one’s surprise, the Fed inched up their “target” Federal funds rates by 25 basis points. So now, instead of just one-quarter of one
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