Many people are lulled into complacency when the markets turn green. Of course, the latest optimistic story is that the U.S. and China are “moving closer to a deal.” David Stockman, Former OMB Director under Ronald Reagan painted this picture on December 4, 2019, “No...

No one can see the future.  But when it comes to residential real estate we can put floodlights on the road ahead by studying the buying AND selling behavior of American consumers based on age. It is important to look at both sides of the equation. Buyers have been...

What it takes to be a successful investor these days can be summarized in four words: bigger gambles, lower returns.  It used to be the case that reducing risk was accomplished by holding bonds.  Now the job of risk reduction has simply become more complicated. Former...

Source: Yahoo Finance In a move designed to help slash its huge debt pile, General Electric said it was freezing the pension plan for 20,000 U.S. employees with salaried benefits, according to Fox Business October 7, 2019. The company will also freeze supplementary...

In my earlier messages, I addressed President Donald John Trump’s assertion about the U.S. economy that, “This is the greatest economy that we’ve had in our history, the best.” Let me be clear, it’s not. Trump’s trademark hyperbole consistently takes favorable...