Today's Market Notes - Russian Edition
As with all things, patience is the name of the game in the long run. Below are three notes about today.
Today's Market Notes - Russian Edition
As with all things, patience is the name of the game in the long run. Below are three notes about today.
Rising and Falling Rates in Relation to Real Estate Prices
“A 1% decline in real interest rates should lead to a spike in home prices in certain cities in the U.S. ranging from 19% to 33%.” -Bloomberg (Feb...
Russia vs. USA
It’s been a long slow slog for Russia. Seeing investors saying “let’s buy the dip.” But before that, Russia has some serious structural problems they..
5% Pullbacks and Russia
Since 1927, the S&P 500 has experienced a pullback of five percent approximately every 70 trading days (about every 3 ½ months.)
Cooling of Housing Market
Three charts from an article in Bloomberg that shows the housing market may be cooling from higher rates, higher prices (making homes less..
Zero Real Rates
Yes, rates have climbed from their lows, but let’s hope we don’t look back on this and think that locking in a zero real return (1) for 30 years was..
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Continue to Grow
Lower cost, increased liquidity, better transparency, greater tax efficiencies, often more diversified, and for indexed ETFs there is no “drift” of..
Take a Strategic Approach to Your Retirement Planning Today
Thinking about retirement? The average retirement age in the United States, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, is 63 for women and 65 for men...
“Be Prepared” for Hiking the Investment Trail
Samuel A. Kiburz, who serves as Scoutmaster for a Boy Scout Troop in Punta Gorda and Chief Financial Officer for Crews Bank & Trust, sees several..