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Commercial Real Estate
A New Component of Diversification: Amortized V. Non-Amortized
It is common to hear that “diversification is key” when building a portfolio. However, most financial advisors fall short when they attempt to implement this strategy. In most investors’ minds, this means investing by purchasing a mix of tech stocks, medical stocks, and energy stocks. This is a very short-sided definition of diversification as all [...]
Shockingly, Housing is Double Dipping…
Well, it looks like the Case-Shiller Index along with the mainstream media are finally going to have to take a sip of the reality sauce and accept that that housing is entering a double-dip. The Case-Shiller National Index hit a new recession low as the 2011Q1 reports show a 5.1% year over year decline. Cities [...]
5 Reasons Housing Will Double Dip
1) Housing Prices are still too high based on Income When I hear people saying, “The housing market will come back. It’s capitalism.” I agree with them completely. I guess, my questions are: When and why? Prices don’t just rise and fall “because it’s capitalism.” One of the huge factors in determining prices is based [...]
Commercial Real Estate: What the media isn’t telling you!
Commercial real estate is a different ball game compared to the residential market. Not only do the institutions and individuals in this sector of real estate have more of a “big boy business” attitude, the amount of money involved when things go wrong is staggering by comparison. And things have gone wrong…very wrong. Here is [...]