Last week the Fed pumped over $200 billion of freshly printed cash into the repo market. Since then, the Fed’s upped the ante to $400 billion … and counting. For those young or asleep during the 2008 financial crisis … … back then, the Fed provided an infusion of $85 billion per month to keep […]
Now the Fed’s up to $400 billion … Read More »
It’s been a busy week of alarming financial news! Of course, events that rattle financial markets sometimes barely register to real estate investors. That’s because rents and property values aren’t directly involved in the high-frequency trading casinos of Wall Street. So while paper traders frantically scramble to avoid losses or skim profits from currency flowing
The Fed pumps $200 billion into system in THREE days … Read More »
In our last edition we took a look at this chart for clues to where we’re at in “the cycle” … Housing Price Index to Production Wage Index SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE ECONOMIC DATA HTTPS://FRED.STLOUISFED.ORG (The data came from the Fed, but the chart was put together by The Heritage Foundation here) You can see a tight
A divergence in the farce … 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 »
As of this writing, the Fed hasn’t yet announced their economic forecasts or whether they’ll raise interest rates. The talk on the street says the Fed will raise by 25 basis points (.25%). History says a recession is coming … because 10 of the last 13 times the Fed engaged in a rate hike campaign,
Forecasts, fallacies and fortitude … Read More »