In his speech last Wednesday, Federal Reserve President Jerome Powell outlined the decision and rationale of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to lower its Discount Rate by 0.25%. Typically, Central Bankers lower rates to provide incentives for institutions to […]
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 […]
Former President Obama was regularly cited stating the rallying cry of “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs” as the Unemployment Rate approached 10%. Fast forward to today, and the wonder from my CEO clients is “Workers, Workers, Workers.” There just are not enough […]
Last week, we released our Q3 Economic Update and Market Outlook video, where Anton and I sat down for a brief 13 minutes to discuss *drum roll* the economy and market! I love the process of filming the video as […]
As with almost every complex design, there is just one thing that can either enable its brilliance or instantly cease its functionality entirely. For instance, an intricately designed mainframe computer with billions of programmed lines of code and exclusive hardware […]
Did you know that more than half of Americans have less than $1000? Is this because as humans we are wired to place more value to today than tomorrow?
