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We’re in a spectacular bond market rally. It just knocked the yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasurys down from 5.021% to 3.95%. And this week, markets celebrated the news that the Fed is looking to lower interest rates next year. But it’s much too little, much too late to save the commercial property loan market. […]

Real estate is one of the greatest wealth-building asset classes out there. And real estate investment trusts (REITs) have made it easy for everyday investors to build their own stakes in the sector. Plus, many come with sizable dividends. But with more than 200 REITs available on the major stock exchanges… and commercial real estate […]

We’re back again with your Monday Takeaways. The big trend from last week continues… Higher, higher, higher! On Friday, we got a great jobs report. GDP grew more than 5% last quarter. And all of that good news has had an overwhelmingly positive impact on stocks. But there is one important thing investors should be […]

Betting against one slice of the $21 trillion commercial real estate (CRE) market has made a handful of savvy traders wealthy. I’m talking about investors who anticipated the decline of shopping malls, which were hammered by the shift to online shopping and then laid to rest by pandemic shutdowns. But now there’s an even bigger […]

Everyone knows there’s money to be made in real estate… You buy and hold it and make a fortune. Right? Not always. What most people don’t know is that there’s actually more money to be made – and a lot faster – when property values crash. That’s the lesson we learned from the 2008 residential […]

The trend is our friend, folks. The personal consumption expenditures price index – that’s the Fed’s favorite inflation metric – came in at 3.5% for November… down from 3.7% in October. The trend is down… which is sending stocks higher. That’s why I think we’ll see some profit taking in December. The markets may get […]

The crypto market has an image problem. Because there are thousands of cryptos available… and most of them are not worth the ones and zeros they’re printed on… the crypto-curious have turned away from the sector. That’s no good… because it’s causing many investors to miss the crypto sector’s biggest opportunity today… Security token offerings. […]

Bitcoin’s had a big year. It’s up 130% on the year… far outpacing the tech-heavy Nasdaq’s nearly 40% gain. But I’m far more interested in what powers Bitcoin… The blockchain. Blockchain is the future… and it’s already here. And it’s going to be much bigger than Bitcoin. It’s driving massive innovation across many sectors. So […]

The stock market has some big momentum heading into the end of the year. We’ve seen four straight weeks of market gains… and the Nasdaq alone is up 10% in November. Will it be smooth sailing from here? Here’s what I’ve got my eye on… and what you should be watching this week… From the […]

Plato said that necessity is the mother of invention. I can’t argue with that… and I would say the necessity of finding better, easier, smarter and different ways of making money has spawned some of the greatest inventions ever. Having been a trader and investor for over 40 years now, I can tell you that […]