Forecast for the 2024 Stock Market 2023 was a choppy uncertain year for the markets making investors and business managers nervous about the road ahead. Their courage and optimism is about to be paid off handsomely in 2024. Many analysts are down on 2024, burdened by the higher for longer them by the FED. They…
Los Angeles Housing Market June’s sales data for the Los Angeles housing market doesn’t really tell us anything new, however prices jumped in June which may lead us to believe the market has some health. The exodus of people and businesses have hurt the LA economy, yet as interest rates drop, that trend may stop…
Russell Index Forecast Russell Small Caps 2023/2024 If you’ve missed out on buying the megacaps like Google, Apple, Tesla, Microsoft, Nvidia and others with their mountainous rises this year, there’s still hope to make big gains. While the Magnificent 7 tech stocks soared this year, they might be peaking. The small caps are market laggards…
Zillow Real Estate Company The company known as Zillow enjoys having the real estate website with the most traffic. That would surprise most home buyers and sellers, but the truth is, Zillow has deliberately built a very strong presence in the real estate market and has embraced the Internet to serve buyers and sellers. The…
US Real Estate & Housing Market Reports The housing market has experienced fluctuations in recent months, with varying sales and price trends across different regions in the United States. It can be confusing with conflicting data from year over year conflicting with monthly changes. Taking a wider perspective on what’s happening in the real estate…
Bitcoin Still on Many Investors Radar Are you considering buying Bitcoin this year, during the coming dip? You might want to investigate now given investors have gained the scent. Some analysts believe it’s headed for $200,000 or perhaps $500,000. Is that likely? If there is an economic recovery and bull markets, and if money market…
Rosy Forecast for Apple Stock Gene Munster of Deep Water Asset Management believes Apple is headed for a $4 Trillion valuation. And so far in 2023, Apple’s stock price is up 15%. He believes Apple is set to soar further another 10% consistently over the next 5 years. Tech (NASDAQ & S&P tech) has soared…
Next Generations of Millionaires and Billionaires? I’m sure you’re well aware that opportunities to grow wealth are rare and difficult. They happen so fast, and by the time we’re aware, they’re gone. That’s why preparation, research, open awareness, and reliable, objective advice is so important. That next opportunity is almost here. Acknowledging the possibility of…
Zillow’s Hottest Cities List According to Zillow’s latest report on home prices, cities in the upper midwest accounted for 6 of the 7 cities with the largest home price gains in May. They found that Columbus, Cincinnati, Detroit, Richmond and Milwaukee saw the highest price gains. West Coast cities bucked their losing trend in home…
Are Home Prices About to Rocket? Everyone is waiting for interest rates to fall. That’s because those rates are what’s stopping the housing market specifically. High rates harm a lot of industries, but real estate is worst hit. It will recover quickly when rates go down. It’s those unwelcome interest rates that are preventing most…
Growing Market Supply is the Economic Boost we Need The United States economic output and spending volume isn’t impacting the world like it did in the past. And you can’t spend your way out of a recession. That’s been proven. Instead, only supply side growth economics can generate the turnaround desired for the US economy….
Stock Market Forecast Now While there may be a cyclical uptrend in the markets that’s intriguing investors, they may want to hold on and back away from their FOMO buying impulse. Certainly, the mood this Tuesday morning is good. S&P and NASDAQ futures are up again, however the Dow and Russell index are down. Their…
Austin TX Real Estate Austin Texas with its amazing climate, interesting culture and low taxes and cost of living has been drawing hoards of new residents for several years now. It’s driven prices up and made listings scarce, but while prices have stayed elevated, new listings and total homes listed for sale has rocketed. Homes…
Could the Housing Market Crash or at least Turn Down Hard? There are plenty of homebuyers still wondering when home prices might fall back to affordable levels. And too, they ask if a housing market crash is possible. Most economists and housing experts of recent believe there won’t be a crash. If terrible things were…
When Will the Money Markets Collapse? In the wake of US banking turmoil, investors are nervous about where to put their vast amounts of pandemic stimulus money. That risk and volatility has pushed trillions out of banks and into Mega Cap equities and money market funds. Funds in money markets are seemingly more stable with…
Exxon: The World Leader in Oil Production Exxon, (formerly ExxonMobil), is a renowned multinational energy corporation which has established itself as the icon of the oil industry. As one of the most widely purchased and powerful energy stocks, perhaps trading up 20% forecasted value, it’s a staple in most large fund manager’s portfolio’s. If you…
5 Year Forecast for the Housing Market What does the market crystal ball indicate about the 5 year outlook on the residential real estate markets across the US? Experts seem pretty certain home prices will fall this year, but almost none of them want to project beyond 2023. But homebuyers aren’t interested in 2023 anymore,…
Luxury Living & The Rise of Roof Top Swimming Pools Life in a high rise building is very different from ground level dwellings. And it’s not always easy for condo developers to sell new tower condos or get them leased. And construction is expensive so it might as well be worth it. Developers know they…
Stock Market News The emerging storyline is about the US national debt and trillion dollar interest payments which it may default on. It’s a huge threat to everyone and what makes it threatening is that the Democrats appear unwilling to curtail out of control spending, as their incoming tax revenues fall. The lower taxes is…
S&P 500 Forecast As perhaps the best performance indicator of large-cap US equities., the S&P is regarded as the “real stock market” by many investors. Compared to the Dow, the S&P is estimated to be 170 times larger in value. The S&P 500 is a collection of large-cap stocks, the best of the market which…