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Two weeks in, the financial markets have joined the overwhelming consensus of economists and agreed that Brexit was not the grave threat to global prosperity suggested by market volatility in the immediate aftermath of the vote. Equity markets have b
Read moreAs by now thoroughly reported in the global financial press, British citizens voted last week to “exit” the EU. The political significance of Brexit vote will likely be profound, but…
Read moreOnce again recession talk is in the air, this time given loft by the weak May job growth figures. Nonfarm payrolls rose by only 38,000 in May, down from an average of almost 220,000 per month ...
Read moreThough sales transaction volume in the U.S. have declined because of a lack of available inventory, foreign interest in industrial real estate continues to accelerate.
Read articleI’m drafting this newsletter from Las Vegas, where the biggest retail real estate conference of the year, ICSC’s RECon is wrapping up, so it’s only appropriate that I focus this…
Read articleWith investors and analysts digesting last month’s disappointing first quarter GDP estimates and hoping for better in the rest of 2016, attention moved to secondary indicators and global growth estimates….
Read articleDespite broad improvement throughout the economy, not all economic variables inevitably return to prior levels as structural changes altered the economic landscape.
Read articleAttention this week is focused on the anemic, if expected, first quarter GDP estimates, which came in at 0.5%, down from the (revised) 1.4% growth in 4Q15 and the third…
Read articleThe Federal Protective Service, the division of the Department of Homeland Security that is directly responsible for facility security, calculates that it responds to 534,000 “calls for service” each year
Read articleThe arrival of spring seemed to be especially welcome this year. Not because of better weather – after all, freezing rain this week forced the Yankees to postpone their home…
Read moreNow that markets are recovering from a recent funk, it's time to answer this question: Should we have been worried in the first place?
Read moreEconomic expansion can't last forever, and 2016 might not be as bullish as 2015... But Chicken Little needs to chill
Read moreThe Federal Reserve recently voted to raise interest rates for the first time in almost a decade. What does it mean for investors?
Read moreDon't be bound by imperfect analogies when it comes to real estate investment
Read moreWhen someone wants to start investing in real estate, the first question they normally ask is “what type of real estate should I purchase?” Before that question can be addressed, any would-be investor needs to answer this
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