Even with oil prices now around $95, and commodities across the board dropping amid bearish economic prospects, a lineup of analysts still see another bull run by year’s end.
BRICS members call for cross-border payment in BRICS currencies to challenge the U.S. dollar. The BRICS—an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—held a summit on June 23.
Well, that should have been a wake-up call. The 30-year mortgage rate soared by 24 basis points recently to 6.18%. So the latter now stands at well more than double the 2.65% rate which prevailed just 18 months ago in January 2021, and at the highest level since the tail end of the Great Financial Crisis in 2009.
Inflation has turned from transitory to pernicious, with some economists even raising the specter of a 1970s-style wage-price spiral.
Geopolitical risks are on the rise in a system with no slack, and that, according to Goldman Sachs commodities research chief, Jeffrey Currie, strengthens his thesis that the case for commodities has rarely been stronger.
Last time, we explored the growling evidence that in spite of a tame Consumer Price Index (CPI), real-world inflation is becoming “a thing.” This is notable because it’s happening at a time when “velocity” … how fast money (or more accurately, “currency”) circulates … is slow due to lockdowns their fall out. In Part 2, …
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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 …
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 …
Agriculture and Farmland Money growing on trees. It’s fun to imagine … But what if you really couldgrow money with the power of plants? In our view, agriculture land and agricultural commodity investments are one of the hottest alternative real estate investments out there right now … For good reason. Unlike other markets, agriculture is …