Stock Market Forecast The US banking crisis is revealing cracks in the financial system that’s creating increasing concerns for investors around the globe. While optimism has been strong and pointing to a turnaround within 6 months, quantitative tightening (credit squeeze) combined with fast rising interest rates is souring the outlook. And there’s more as you’ll…
Housing Market Forecast 2023 The whole point of a housing market forecast is to help buyers find an ideal time to buy, and for sellers, the best time to sell their house. The economy and stock market are performing reasonably well, with interest rates peaking and unemployment numbers falling to new lows, wages steady. Is…
Stock Market Forecast for the Next 6 Months Investors sitting on the sideline are feeling the fear of missing out already as the first half of 2023 unfolds. It’s a difficult time for forecasters and picking stocks is nothing short of gambling. Still, if the market is flat, investors big and small will be looking…
Compare Lowest Home Mortgage Rates Mortgage rates are rising fast and could go much higher yet. The chart showing the mortgage rate forecasts is a bit frightening. Any refinancing you need, should likely be done now at 6% instead of 12% in the years ahead. On a $300,000 loan, the extra cost would be expensive….
Top Trending Stocks Should watching the top trending stocks be part of your everyday investment and trading activities? Every rise in stock isn’t critical, but some rises reflect major company/product/market breakthroughs that send the company to another level of profitability. Which stocks are going up or down? Which sectors are growing or falling? It’s important…
California Real Estate Market Forecast August 2022 saw buyers jump back into the California housing market to capitalize on some lower mortgage rates, however with the Fed rate hike, that brief interest rate respite may have ended. The demand raised sales and home prices temporarily, however pending sales are down 39.1% from last year. The…
Los Angeles Housing Market How many homebuyers in Los Angeles are asking when LA home prices will fall? Is the LA housing bubble finally about to burst? Buyers in LA still hold out hope for home prices to ease and plenty of properties will soon be listed in 2022. Although inventories are growing, it is…
Top 30 Post Pandemic Stocks to Buy This pandemic will fade off into history. It’s ruined the economy, but the US economic outlook and stock market forecast will brighten each and every month this year. The next 3 months might be grim, but as the stimulus kicks in, vaccinations grow, and people return to their…
Facebook, Amazon, Google, Netflix, Apple With stock volatility, rising interest rates, and an economic recovery underway, are the big tech FAANG stocks the choice for risk off investors? While NASDAQ did well last year, it may be the Fed stimulus and low interest rate policy that created those big gains. When Cathie Woods says tech…
Boston Housing Market Typical of most housing markets in the US, the Boston housing market is constrained due to a lack of houses for sale. 2021 was a record sales year, however of late, supply is squeezed and activity appears to be easing. Buyers too are concerned that mortgage rates might be on the rise….
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…
San Diego Home Prices Keep Climbing Pandemic or not, San Diego real estate is a much desired thing. House prices in the city of San Diego June rose to an average of $1,080,000 while it was $1,114,122 within San Diego County (up 29% from 12 months ago). The median home price countywide in June was…
Finding Houses for Sale We half way into 2021, and home prices don’t look to be losing their upward pace. In fact, even as new listings grow and sales plummet, house prices keep climbing past record heights. If you’re hoping to buy a home this year, you’ll need to be very strategic in your home…
Dallas Housing Trends So much has gone in Texas in the last year, yet as the pandemic misery recedes, we’re in for more change in 2021 and 2022. Texas overall is perhaps the hottest housing market in the US, is looking very good despite what Biden is doing with oil and at the border. With…
Denver Colorado Housing Market Denver’s residential real estate market outlook is very typical of any US housing market. Yet migration trends in the last 14 months are making Colorado cities some of the hottest real estate markets this spring. It’s good news for buyers in the Denver region, as active listings are growing. The latest…
Atlanta Housing Market Report Atlanta was ranked 18th of the nation’s major housing markets for price growth in February, but in March home prices jumped almost 16% year over year, showing Atlanta’s real estate scene is coming alive. Atlanta Realtors Association reports a solid month for residential home sales via the MLS. Remax has slightly…
Russell Index Forecast The Russell Index 2000 perhaps spectacularly in the last 6 months. The index has outperformed the S&P, NASDAQ and Dow Jones. Is going to be an even better year for the small caps on the S&P, NASDAQ, and Russell Index? The fear was that the Feds stimulus would lag, vaccines would be…
New York Real Estate Market January’s sales and price numbers for the state of New York were impressive given what NYC has been through the last 12 months. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers have exited the state citing high taxes and high prices and limited quality housing supply as too much to bear. They’ve…
Home Prices will Rise this Fall The housing market is the darling child of the economy right now as low mortgage rates combined with changes in employment are driving home sales. Up in Canada (Toronto and Vancouver) July saw record home sales as Realtors are seeing boom times for sales again. And in many regions…
Manhattan Real Estate The news right now about the New York real estate market couldn’t be worse. The state is reeling from a plague of bad events that could conceivably topple the state and city governments. The work at home, Corona Virus exodus from Manhattan doesn’t seem to be stopping, and with the fall season…
