by Gary Gordon | Apr 28, 2022
Many folks wonder why the Federal Reserve needs to be so aggressive with interest rate hikes. After all, 30-year fixed mortgages have topped 5%, making it nearly impossible for homebuyers to qualify. The primary way for a central bank to beat back inflation is to...
by Gary Gordon | Apr 20, 2022
It would be difficult to deny the existence of today’s asset bubble. Not if macro-economic data and stock valuations matter. The stock bubble became particularly egregious in 2020. That’s when the Federal Reserve’s excessive money creation (a.k.a....
by Gary Gordon | Apr 14, 2022
Higher borrowing costs are already slamming the brakes on real estate. For example, a few months ago, one might be able to get a 30-year mortgage at 3%. That mortgage has catapulted all the way up to 5%. The difference between borrowing $500,000 at 3% and borrowing it...
by Gary Gordon | Apr 6, 2022
Rising interest rates? Check. Geopolitical tensions? Check? Inverted yield curve? Check. According to the research firm, CFRA, these factors alone are highly likely to be accompanied by a stock bear. When a recession has developed within 12 months of these items,...
by Gary Gordon | Mar 24, 2022
The 2022 stock bubble is well-documented. Yet, what about the present-day real estate balloon? For instance, home prices are bounds and leaps beyond anything seen in the mid-2000s insanity. To make sense of the true dollars, however, one has to adjust for inflation....
