Where Do You Invest When the Bull Market Hits its Peak? Stock market experts like Charlie Wien says “I don’t think there’s a lot of upside from…not a lot more value than current level.” As you can see from the graphic, he acknowledges that a recovery could extend profitability because earnings continue strong. However, he…
Toronto Condo Market The Toronto housing market continues to accelerate as the pandemic eases. Although the 416 area code sees growth last quarter and in September, it’s the 905 area code that is seeing big increases in condo prices. Toronto’s condominium market fared poorly during the pandemic as few wanted to risk high density living…
Unemployment Rate in the United States The Covid 19 pandemic interrupted a very positive reduction in the unemployment rate in the United states. 8 years of strong growth during the bull market stock market was crippled by the shutdowns. Now in late 2021, the economic recovery is beginning to deliver stronger job growth (4.8% unemployment…
Small Finance Bloggers Fight Back! It’s a big challenge for investors to find useful, timely stock market information that isn’t tainted by corporate agendas and profit motives. This license to misdirect and mislead is significant, and even the loss of reliable cues in information is enough to send warnings to investors. An accurate stock market…
Homeowner Equity Looking Irresistible Corelogic, a provider of premium housing sales statistics reports that in the 2nd quarter of this year, homeowners with mortgages (63% of all properties) watched their equity grow by 29.3% year over year. Collectively, in the nation, it was an equity gain of over $2.9 trillion, and an average gain of…
Is There Any Chance Home Prices will Fall? The top question from buyers isn’t about how to save and qualify for a home mortgage, or how to win a bidding war, or how to choose a Real estate agent. The top question asked is “when will home prices fall?” The rationale is simple. They want…
Elon Musk and Tesla’s New Home in Austin Texas Austin Texas: Today, Elon Musk did what he indicated he might do, move his amazing company’s headquarters location from Palo Alto to Austin Texas. He moved himself to Austin in 2020. Musk announced at the company’s shareholder meeting on Thursday at Tesla’s vehicle assembly plant in…
List of Bitcoin Stocks Bitcoin is the investing world’s most speculative and volatile asset, a cryptocurrency not based on real, intrinsic value but rather solely by the hope of what it could be worth. Some investors are hoping to either buy Bitcoin outright and other investors perhaps wiser, to invest in companies that have exposure…
China Economic Predictions It’s a challenge to describe the Chinese economy given it is a capitalist market built on top of a communist system. The country is now at a cross roads and must decide whether it can handle a free, open relationship with the rest of the world. Today’s topic is China’s effect on…
Investing and Global Diversification If you scan the 5 year forecast or 10 year forecast for US stock markets, you might conclude that US price and earnings growth doesn’t look as inspiring versus China, Vietnam, Brazil, Germany or other markets. But those investors thinking of investing internationally in Mexico, Japan, Australia, Viet Nam, Germany, Korea,…
Sell My House Now! With home prices peaking and beginning to flatten, and with the economy showing some weakness, quite a few homeowners are wondering if right now is the best time to sell their house or condo. Selling your house fast for cash has always held connotations, but recently, the business model of companies…
Housing Supply – New Listings NAR reports a dip in new home listings this week, however in many cities, new listings were rising. See NAR’s latest report below on those cities with the most new listings. New listings were up substantially this year vs last. In Florida in June, new listings rose 21% and in…
Where is Canada’s Economy Headed? A new report on Canadian GDP has more people taking a closer look at the Canadian economy and perhaps reconsidering how they’ll vote in this coming snap Federal election. StatsCan says Canada’s GDP shrank 1.1% in the 2nd quarter of 2021 and has dropped by .4% in July. According to…
Crash the Markets in October? Traditionally, the stock market hits the skids in October. Some of the biggest crashes were fall season events. The Bank Panic of 1907, the Stock Market Crash of 1929, and Black Monday 1987 all happened in October. There are plenty of reasons to believe typical investors can be spooked easy, especially…
Calgary Housing Market and Update The residential real estate market across Calgary is similar to most housing markets including Toronto, Mississauga, Vancouver, Kelowna and Montreal. Housing sales in the last 13 months, and in particular the first half of this year were up sharply. The question is whether sales and prices will continue rising or…
The Best Reopening Stocks to Buy Although the Delta variant is causing big problems in Florida, Texas, Mississippi, California, New York and other states, the rest of the US is recovering from the Covid pandemic. The economy is about to grow as we finally get to shop, travel and be entertained. The question isn’t whether…
Buy and Sell Bitcoin Volatility I watched a video news report about a guy who was broke and then made $5 million on Bitcoin and Crypto. He started with $90 and then went on to buy and sell on Bitcoin volatility (buy low, sell higher) until he amassed his fortune. He’s all smiles. Why is…
Real Estate Vs Stock Investing With the stock market so hot of late reaching yet new highs in valuations, are you considering divesting and buying something else with your recent fortune? Or will you stick with the stock market forecast and buy Tesla, Bitcoin, or some Faang stocks and do something risky? If the…
Stock Prediction for Investors Any investor would love to have a crystal ball to make well timed, well chose stocks picks. Those with the data and forecasting tools have a big advantage, and those who are close to the newsmakers can achieve an unparalleled performance in stock picking. And with the stock markets continued volatility,…
Don’t Expect a Buyer’s Market in 2022 Without much support, other than cheap interest rates, the US housing market has soared for more than a decade, including the ultra rapid price rise in the last year. It’s made a few very wealthy and a lot of Realtors, home sellers, real estate investors, and rental housing…