Aug 16, 2024 | Housing, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog Housing for 2nd Half of the Year At the beginning of the year we put out a 2024 housing outlook that First Trust published. In that report it talked about how unique 2023 was for housing but also an expectation for home sales to pick up in 2024 with expected...
Mar 29, 2024 | Behavioral Finance, Coronavirus, Housing, Issues that effect todays Market, Retirement, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “Are we Living in the Roaring 20’s?” With all of the negative headlines that are easy to pick up on and read about on the news it can sometimes be lost on us what we are currently experiencing. Coming out of COVID in 2020, net worths are at all time highs,...
Jan 4, 2024 | Housing, Issues that effect todays Market, Uncategorized, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “2024 Housing Outlook” As we kick off another year, I’m filled with optimism. Not because I think everything will be smooth sailing, but because even if we have a tough year, the economy has proven resilient over the long-term and this will be another...
Nov 10, 2023 | Housing, Investing, Issues that effect todays Market, Uncategorized, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “Housing Market Frustrations” Last week I spoke about the complacency we feel in the US economy despite some attractive economic metrics. Yes, unemployment is historically low, yes GDP grew over 4% in the third quarter of 2023, and yes inflation seems more...
Sep 15, 2023 | Financial Planning, Housing, Issues that effect todays Market, Portfolio Diversification, Uncategorized, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “House Rich but Cash Poor” If you are like many other Americans who have owned a house over the past ten years, you’ve seen very nice appreciation and therefore equity build-up in your home. While this shows up on a Net Worth statement, it oftentimes...
Jul 7, 2023 | Financial Planning, Housing, Retirement, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “The Increase in Americans Retiring Overseas” America can be an expensive place. Having personally lived overseas, it’s not to say that other areas are always cheaper, but the reality is that more and more Americans are finding retirement locations...
