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Jim Grant: The Endgame for the Bull Market in Bonds

By James Grant, Barron’s President Trump’s Tuesday morning ultimatum that the “boneheads” at the Federal Reserve do something to materialize […]

By Oxstones | 02 Oct 19 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Real Estate, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Hotels, storage units and 13 other types of real estate you can invest in

Ever dream of owning real estate but don’t want to finance, manage, or maintain the property? Consider a real estate […]

By Aidualc | 27 Sep 19 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Everything you need to know about NYC’s affordable housing lottery

Believe it or not, it was only seven years ago that the city’s affordable housing application process went digital. The website, NYC Housing Connect, launched […]

By Aidualc | 25 Sep 19 | Also posted in North America, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Wave of Hispanic buyers boosts US housing market

Hispanics are experiencing the largest homeownership gains of any ethnic group in the U.S., a turnaround for the population hardest […]

By Aidualc | 23 Sep 19 | Also posted in North America, Real Estate, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Longshot bet on ancient Chinese bonds could pay off thanks to trade war

President Donald Trump’s next move in an increasingly fraught trade war with China could be one for the history books, […]

By Aidualc | 18 Sep 19 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

CBD farmer trials blockchain supply chain app, says it’s better than Excel

CBD farmers are flinging themselves at blockchains like pigs at a trough of Yuletide leftovers.  Treum, a ConsenSys funded blockchain […]

By Aidualc | 11 Sep 19 | Also posted in Commodities, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Disruption has come for toilet paper

There’s a joke in Seinfeld in which George Costanza thinks he’s come up with this amazing conversation starter: that toilet paper hasn’t […]

By Aidualc | 09 Sep 19 | Also posted in Commodities, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

2019 Mid-Year Rent Report — The National Average Rent Ends the First Half of the Year at $1,465

Mid-year national average rent sees a spike as peak rental season is in full effect In true seasonality fashion, June brings […]

By Aidualc | 05 Sep 19 | Also posted in North America, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

The Most Valuable Agricultural Commodity in Each State

From the fertile farmland of the Great Plains to the volcanic islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, each state has been […]

By Aidualc | 04 Sep 19 | Also posted in Commodities, North America, Statistics | Comments (0)

Report: High-Opportunity Neighborhoods in NYC are Losing Affordable Housing

Many property owners in New York City’s higher-opportunity neighborhoods are converting their subsidized properties to market-rate when their affordability restrictions […]

By Aidualc | 02 Sep 19 | Also posted in North America, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)