US Economy Outlook 2024 Are we to believe the weak GDP and economic forecasts for 2023? And how about 2024? The reason forecasts and predictions miss so often, is that forecasters don’t consider politics and news media manipulation. The macroeconomic outlook is colored by politics — China, Saudis and Biden. Know one talked about…
Housing Market Forecast With the economy cooling, mortgage rates at above 6%, FED unease about inflation, and the debt ceiling crisis, it’s not surprising the homebuyer’s view of the short term housing market is not good. Since home prices rose 3.5% again in April, despite crippling mortgage rates and consumer fears, we can forecast better…
Forecasts for the 2024 for the Stock Market Smart investors are beginning to look ahead to the 2024 market forecast to gauge the merits of investing in 2023. It’s when to buy the dip. Forecasts are up and down depending on FED and political decisions, and with the global economy as well. Here we look…
Stock Market Forecast for the Next 5 Years After 2022’s disappointing stock market performance, 2023’s performance is much better. At least it is for the S&P and NASDAQ indexes. The Dow Jones and Russell 2000 has skidded of late. Investors venture into 6 month, 5 year, and 10 year research for guidance on what to…
Ontario’s New Housing Growth Bill — The End of the NIMBYs People across the US and Canada have been suffering through a nightmare without complaint for too long. That nightmare is ridiculously high home prices and rent prices, painful taxes, and a severe lack of housing stock. The high prices are creating a host of…
Tesla Stock Tesla is the world’s premier electric powered automobile manufacturer and has built a very strong brand reputation among auto buyers who prefer a new era of environmentally friendly, clean energy powered vehicles. Tesla is reputed to own 68% of the EV market. The company also manufactures rechargeable batteries, solar panels, and solar power…
Will the Housing Bubble to Burst in 2023? With inflation numbers soaring, GDP numbers falling, unemployment falling, and Fed interest rate hikes rocketing, there’s not too many positives for the US housing market forecast in 2023. Most housing market experts concur that prices could fall and there’s little reason to believe in a recovery in…
News Roundup for a wild Real Estate Market as we head toward 2023! The 2022 housing market rodeo isn’t over yet. There’s a lot happening in US housing markets, and there’s plenty of uncertainty for homebuyers and home sellers, about where housing markets are heading in the next 12 months. It’s going to be a…
US Housing Market January Home sales across the US took a surprising upturn in January 2022 rising 6.7% from December which exceeded NAR’s forecast. It seems homebuyers are eager to lock in a lower mortgage rates now than risk much higher rates later. Given the price of homes in some cities, waiting to buy a…
EIA Predicts Big Price Drop in Brent and WTI Oil EIA, the US Energy Information Administration made it’s predictions for future oil prices and surprisingly, they believe oil prices will fall. In their latest price forecast, a shocking one, they predict the price of Brent crude oil will average $75/b in 2022 and $68/b in…
Florida Housing Supply Dries Up The Florida housing market remains one of the hottest housing markets in 2022 despite a continually diminished listings of Florida homes for sale. The lack of housing construction is a topic I’ve been writing about for years. It’s due to government policies (NIMBY) resistance to new housing development and it’s…
How High Will Oil Prices Go? We’re all astonished at the high rising price of oil this fall, yet it seems oil traders are moving beyond a $100 a barrel price forecast to a revised one reaching $200 a barrel. Some energy buyers were resorting to natural gas instead, but they’re buying at the energy…
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…
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…
US Home Prices Wondering about where home prices are headed? Is now the time to buy, and is selling now wise too? How high could US housing prices reach? Below we see the price forces and stats from real estate data sources such as NAR, NAHB, FRED, Redfin, Corelogic, Statista, Trading Economics and Reuters. The…
US Cities with the Lowest House Prices You might say there is still an affordable housing migration going on. People are moving to find cheaper housing in their city or in other cities across the US. As international travel opens up, we may even find more people selling their home and moving internationally. With respect…
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…
Bing Search Engine Optimization Any discussion of Advanced SEO and web traffic almost always dominated by Google, but we should pay more attention to Google and Duckduckgo. Although Google provides much more search traffic, with advanced techniques Bing.com can provide some excellent quality visitors and perhaps higher engagement rates. When Google pays out revenue on…
Best Auto Insurance Quotes Auto insurance rates just keep climbing in 2020, and I’ll bet you’ve done little about that. Even with fewer drivers on the road during Corona Virus, most are paying old rates while insurance companies are seeing low accident claims. If you’re working at home all week or only commuting for a…
Corona Virus Vaccine Stocks The search for a Covid 19 Vaccine for the world’s 6 billion inhabitants continues and we’ve got some great news as vaccine testing trial results are very positive. Hundreds of billions are being invested in vaccine development globally. A large number of BioTech companies are vying to win the world’s biggest…