Stock Market Forecast for the Next 6 Months The six-month period puts us past the 3 month spring period through the spring and summer and into early September. As this chart from Google Finance reveals, all the indexes have performed well in the past year despite significant headwinds such as high interest rates, high inflation,…
Google Finance: A Great Investment Tool Google Finance is a great place to see real time stock prices, conduct thorough research, and gain insight into stock portfolio performance to help you build better investment strategies. In this post, we take a closer look at why Google Finance should be an active and quick reference tool…
Tips for Better Real Estate Marketing in 2024/2025 Hundreds of thousands of real estate agents are hopeful heading into 2024, given the experts predict a big jump in listings and sales. The sales number forecast is fine, but the listing numbers are the big opportunity. You didn’t have listings, but it looks like sellers are…
Much Better Home Sales Season Ahead for Realtors The US Fed is likely to reduce the central lending rate slightly in July. What goes up must come down, the way it’s done after every recession the FED has launched. The rate decline will be minimal, however it still represents a signal of a trend and…
Top 65 Immersive and Awesome Travel Experiences Across the World to Enjoy in 2024 Looking for an exceptional travel experience, perhaps one specially designed for you? Satisfy your deepest travel cravings many ways on this planet, and why shouldn’t the best be served up just for you? Time to give your travel imagination some room…
Google Stock Price Outlook Google Alphabet is one stock many analysts are giving the green light on. The company’s stock has grown 59% this year and as you’ll read below, analysts believe it has continued upside. Google is looking to cash in on Generative AI but a question remains as to how this will affect…
Best Cities to Buy Real Estate in 2024 Looking for the right cities to buy real estate in 2024? You’ve probably got your favorites in mind, but why not start again from scratch and find cities and towns that you might not have known are real gems? In this phase of your research why not…
Compare Lowest Home Mortgage Rates The talk of the stock market and housing market is all about the FED pivot and when the central bank rate will see its first cut. As the Mortgage Rates Daily chart below shows, mortgage rates have been on the decline and homebuyers and loan refinancers are anxiously hoping for…
Toll Brothers: The Best Homebuilder Stock? It’s too well known that the housing market is undersupplied. Even the affordable luxury market as it’s dubbed is insufficiently supplied. So while you’re scanning for the most investable, lower-risk stocks, there are a few new homebuilder stocks that stand out. One in particular, Toll Brothers Homebuilders has a…
Best Stocks to Buy Right Now Time to look at the best stocks for December. We have some lists from the major stock market investing advisors. Too many of these recommendation consist of safer, large caps but right now, the Russell small caps might be the right choice for most investors. With only a soft…
Stock Market Forecast for the Next 5 Years The 5 year forecast period is still a key timeframe for investors. That number represents cautious, sound and strategic investing, in contrast to day trading and get-rich-quick gambling. In 2023, there was a lot of concern that the markets would crash and underperform for years. With the…
Market Outlook for Next Week The major stock market indexes all rose about 1% last week, finishing off another week in a 4-week winning stretch. It’s safe to say the bull market rally that Tom Lee of Fundstradt bravely predicted is happening and we’ve got 5 more weeks of trading remaining in 2023. If the FED…
Is This Year End Stock Market Rally Real? This week’s strong momentum was surprising but some gamblers really had a hunch where this market is headed. Did information leak out or are they just all on the ball? It was a sharp upturn. It does look real, but let’s have a look at what supports,…
Building Your Dream in Real Estate With the locked-in, unaffordable state of the North America real estate market, and an economic recovery when the FED rate stops punishing builders and businesses, it’s easy to foresee a coming turnaround in the housing market. There are many catalysts for a return of home sales, and one of…
Incoming President Will Create Booming, High Production Energy Market Are you still on the fence about investing in oil and gas? This sector is doing very well and it’s poised to grow substantially. Experts are talking $100 a barrel of oil again, and natural gas is outperforming predictions. As the investment stats below prove, it…
6 Month Forecast for the Economy The outlook for the next six months for the stock market and the economy will require some patience as the FED attempts to dissipate the spending excess of the US government. Inflation may not go away any time soon as demand from consumers persists and the job market stays…
Natural Gas Futures Prices Smart investors pick the best stocks but they also know to invest in a dip. Right now, one investible commodity is in a dip period. It is the last? Everyone might think the dip stocks or commodities are all gone, yet natural gas remains at very low price levels. For investors…
Stages of a Bear Stock Market The exuberance of investors in the summer of 2023 might be waning. The recent big drop in the Dow Jones, S&P and NASDAQ may not be just volatility. Investors are looking ahead to this winter with less confidence. Google searches for stock market crash and housing market crash are…
Natural Gas Vehicles – The Right Solution With the recent news out of Wyoming where a town’s electric buses caught on fire and they can’t get parts for them, it makes sense to review which fuels should be used for all vehicles in the US – whether private or public. Nat Gas-powered vehicles offer a…
US Government Shutdown The theatrics of negotiations between Democrats and Republicans over excessive spending continue at the White House this weekend. A coalition between House speaker and McCarthy (who speaks about himself in press sessions) and the Democrats reached a short-term measure to keep the US government open as did the more recent one with…