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06/12/2024

$AAPL finally broke out and leaps higher on strong volume and its AI strategy … other leaders continue to move higher 📈🥷👇

12/15/2022

Real estate 📈
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It may seem counterintuitive to have real estate on this list. When the Fed raises its benchmark interest rates, mortgage rates tend to go up as well, so shouldn’t that be bad for the real estate market?

While it’s true that mortgage payments have been on the rise, real estate has actually demonstrated its resilience in times of rising interest rates according to investment management company Invesco.

“Between 1978 and 2021 there were 10 distinct years where the Federal Funds rate increased,” Invesco says. “Within these 10 identified years, US private real estate outperformed equities and bonds seven times and US public real estate outperformed six times.”

It also helps that real estate is a well-known hedge against inflation.

Why? Because as the price of raw materials and labor goes up, new properties are more expensive to build. And that drives up the price of existing real estate.

Well-chosen properties can provide more than just price appreciation. Investors also get to earn a steady stream of rental income.

But you don’t need to be a landlord to start investing in real estate. There are plenty of real estate investment trusts (REITs) as well as crowdfunding platforms that can get you started on becoming a real estate mogul.

Is there more pain ahead?

10/31/2022

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/31/what-an-inverted-yield-curve-means-for-the-economy.html

When shorter-term government bonds have higher yields than long-term, known as yield curve inversions, it’s one signal of a future recession.

10/28/2022

Friend of mine Len asked what I thought about the markets right now, my answer "I think we are capitulating - tech especially - earnings will be revised down with lower hurdles next quarter and tech will fire staff and cost cut to turn their P&Ls around. Fed goes to 5% on the discount rate per BofA. I think we get a bear market rally - opportunity to sell into the rally and go short again ... until the Fed is done. If the Fed lightens their stance - we will rally. If the Fed holds its course - we continue to churn. Midterms which create gridlock in DC will help markets - stop the blank checks - and spending by the Dems (also causing inflation). I think we are making the turn - but it is a cruise ship - not a speed boat. I have been doing debit spreads on beaten down tech. Cash, Energy, Staples, Healthcare, and short-term (short duration treasuries) of 2 years or less. CASH IS KING."

10/20/2022

October 20, 2022 ...since November 2021 I have been cautioning investors on the market as the Federal Reserve moved from DOVE to HAWK meaning they would begin syphoning liquidity from the global markets by raising interest rates aggressively to fight inflation. Same thing is happening around the world. Moreover the Russia/Ukraine conflict/war has also paused globalization and pushed more division amongst global nations. Add to that the strength of the US Dollar (the Greenback) which has been on a terror and taking its toll on global multi-national corporations in the US (reduces revenues abroad as currency changes). Don't fight the FED! As the Fed continues its war on inflation, financial assets will continue to suffer; stocks, bonds, crypro, real estate et al. MORE DOWNSIDE AHEAD. UNTIL THE FED SIGNALS THEY ARE DONE, DON'T PUT YOUR CAPITAL AT RISK. IS KING.

10/20/2022

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/51636165

10/20/2022

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/20/feds-harker-sees-lack-of-progress-on-inflation-expects-aggressive-rate-hikes-ahead.html

Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker on Thursday said higher interest rates have done little to keep inflation in check, so more increases will be needed.

09/23/2022