Record inflation, trouble on Wall Street, a hemorrhaging bond market … And a wave of corporate layoffs to start off 2023 …
Podcast: Clues In The News – Inflation, Interest Rates, Stocks, Bonds, and Layoffs Read More »
Interest rates are soaring higher and faster than we’ve seen in recent history … With affordability plummeting and investors’ bottom lines and cash flow eroding, it’s no surprise that many are becoming more than a little hesitant …
Podcast: The Elephant in the Room – What Rising Interest Rates Mean for Real Estate Read More »
There’s no shortage of news happening out there … But while we all see the headlines about things like inflation, the economy, the price of oil … What many fail to realize is that these macro-insights have real implications for those investing on main street.
Although we know there’s a lot more to real estate than just housing, it’s a HOT topic right now … and for good reason.
Last time we delved into the housing bubble talk that’s been percolating lately … especially from Wall Street, who seems to be blind to their own bubbles.
Why inflation destroys the uninformed … Read More »
Even casual observers of real estate and financial news have been hearing a lot of talk about rising housing prices and the potential for a bubble.
The housing bubble… Read More »
It’s probably an understatement to say the financial news is conflicting and confusing at best … and perhaps distracting and misleading at worst. To make matters worse, mainstream financial media and most alternative media don’t look at events from the perspective of Main Street real estate investors. But we do. So let’s take a look
Clues in the news are pointing south … Read More »
The person who chases two rabbits catches neither … Another week and a thousand sub-plots and angles to the COVID-19 story and how all this might affect real estate investors. In a run-of-the-mill market gyration, those are usually fun and relevant rabbit-trails to go down. But there will be plenty of time for that later.
Which rabbit to chase? Read More »
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 »
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 »
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US home construction drops 30.2% in April as virus rages Read More »