Over the last two weeks, the major indices finally recovered from six-weeks of consecutive declines. Last week the indices struggled to end in positive territory despite growing concerns about trade tariffs and the outcome of this week’s FOMC Federal Reserve […]
In real estate, the three key factors to assure success in owning property are: location, location, location. Regarding the US economy and continued growth, the three keys are: JOBS, JOBS, and more JOBS. Yesterday, the JOLTS report (Job Openings and […]
The US stock market has recently taken a reprieve from its decade-beating first quarter rally. The risk of not going through these cycles of price assimilation is escalating stock prices reaching levels that few investors are willing to buy at. […]
In December 2018, Freddie Mac’s Economic & Housing Research Group released a shocking report about the status of American residential housing. In short, the US is getting further and further behind the increasing demand for housing with an annual shortage […]
As investor portfolios continue to appreciate, a similar percentage decline on larger account balances is much more impactful. After the Great Recession in 2009, most retail investors and 401(k) participants had modest account balances (those that had any account balance […]
Nyle’s son, Caleb, loves baseball and Nyle has been coaching his teams for years. Last week Nyle proposed to Caleb that if he threw less than 50 pitches in three innings in the next game he would reward (bribe) him […]
Today, the Conference Board released their monthly Consumer Confidence report with the below chart indicating a solid recovery of retail sales and consumer confidence from December’s low. The sharp fall in both retail sales and confidence is directly related to […]
