Five key ways the tension in Eastern Europe will impact leaders and their organizations, everywhere. Read more here.
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A friend sent me a link to this video of U.S. VP Kamala Harris. Draw your own conclusions about her style of presentation to world leaders. I can safely say I was not impressed
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This video is particularly telling and instructive about how journalists approach stories. They do so with skepticism. They ask for proof, which may come in the form of official documents. They don't just take the government's word for it.
All of us remember only too well the weapons of mass destruction mess two decades ago. It was used as a pretax to start a costly war in the middle east.
This is legitimately crazy. Click here to watch
— Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) February 3, 2022
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This story screams “David versus Goliath,” only not in the holy land thousands of years ago, but rather on Wall Street recently and with a twist. Read more here.
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While recent fears of rising interest rates sent securities prices tumbling in May, that shouldn't be a problem for direct investors in commercial real estate, experts say. Read more here.By SIMON CONSTABLE
Available exclusively in print, a look back at a saga that ended 25 years ago.
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About half way through the February 2, 2022 broadcast Frank and I discuss crypto.
Photo by Aleksi Räisä on Unsplash
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One month into 2022 and Wall Street losses mount. Worse still, the remaining 11 months of the year likely won’t be pretty for Wall Street investors.
Through Friday the SPDR S&P 500 exchange-traded fund, which tracks the S&P 500 index, was down 3.6%, while the Nasdaq index had lost 6.9% over the same period, according to data from Yahoo! Finance. Read more here.
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Do investors need to worry that the recent slide in the stock market will continue?
Maybe not, if you believe that stock prices are falling because investors see imminent increases in the cost of borrowing money. Read more here.
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Investors should rightly be concerned about the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Read more here.
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Exchange-traded funds continue to upend the investing world. Read more here.
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Ukraine controls much of the market for the grain. Read more here.
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One of the common worries about making direct investments in real estate is the concern that the money can be locked up for years at a time. Now, New York-based fintech company Cadre is changing that.
The company has created a secondary market which pairs investors who wish to exit Cadre estate deals mid-cycle with eager buyers. See more here.
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Austin is more than the Live Music Capital of the World.
The Texas capitol has become a preferred place to live and work, experts say. For these reasons, among others, it has earned a top place in the heart of some savvy real estate investors. In fact, the outlook for Austin’s metropolitan area is so good that commercial real estate expert Cadre includes it in the “Cadre 15,” their top U.S. real estate markets with the strongest potential for risk-adjusted returns. See more here.
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There’s a lot more to Charlotte N.C. than southern charm when it comes to direct investments in real estate.
Low-cost living, favorable demographics, and a slew of employment opportunities have transformed the city into a magnet for businesses, residents, and savvy real estate investors. See more here.
New column debut exclusively in print at The Wall Street Journal. #Grexit Flashback to the euro crisis in early 2012
New column debut exclusively in print at The Wall Street Journal. #Grexit Flashback to the euro crisis in early 2012
— Simon Constable (@RealConstable) January 10, 2022
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In the face of hybrid work and employee burnout, cultivating good workplace culture has never been more important. Here’s how to get it right.
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A fat dividend and a robust pivot toward clean-energy products should make United Kingdom–based diversified miner Rio Tinto a good bet for investors. Those with a hefty appetite for risk could see total returns approaching 30% within 12 months, experts say. Read more here.
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Leo Tolstoy, Wheat Expert and Author
Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Poor winter weather conditions combined with already-low global inventories could send prices for wheat higher by up to 19%, experts say. War in Eastern Europe could catapult them further.
“Europe, Ukraine, and the U.S. face some very unfavorable weather that will really set off a supply shortage concern,” says Shawn Hackett, president of Hackett Financial Advisors. Read more here.
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27.12.21, Москва, 11:25 Всех, кто надеялся на спокойный 2021 год на товарно-сырьевых рынках, ждало разочарование. Этот год был богат на сюрпризы, приводившие в замешательство даже самых опытных участников рынка.
Read more here.
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Forget worries that the stock market is overvalued, at least for the time being.
Sentiment is what drives prices in the SPDR S&P 500 exchange-traded fund, which tracks the largest U.S.-listed companies. Right now that sentiment is getting far more bearish, new research shows.
And that alone should be a reason to buy stocks. Read more here.
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News that Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro will visit the Islamic Republic of Iran soon could hardly be more symbolic. That’s because few countries are so well paired when it comes to economic mismanagement.
If the visit augers even more “cooperation” between the two countries, then observers should expect both countries to shrink further into oblivion. Read more here.
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This year’s mega-bubble in lumber prices likely won’t stage a repeat performance next year. The problem is the economically sensitive housing sector is set to have a slowdown as interest rates and inflation squeeze would-be homebuyer wallets.
The result will be falling lumber prices, experts say. Read more here.
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Investors seem to have offered little but a shrug to the threat of military conflict in eastern Ukraine. That’s surprising given the growing rhetoric out of the Kremlin.
Thursday Russian troops began a series of military drills near Ukraine’s border less than a day after Russian president Vladimir Putin said NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) should “go to hell,” press reports say. Read more here.
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Anyone wanting a calm commodities market in 2021 would have been disappointed. It produced surprises that would have shocked even the most jaded market veterans.
Wheat, coffee, sugar, lumber, and energy prices all shot up. Perhaps most shocking was that the price jumps were driven by different factors. It wasn’t all upward: gold puzzled some investors, as prices slumped even while inflation surged. Read more here.
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