Tag Archive for: inflation

Everything Lags…Making The Media & The Fed Wrong (AGAIN)

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In 1992, the rock band R.E.M. released the annoying song, Everybody Hurts. And, sensitive Gen Xers everywhere played it loudly and proudly on their Sony Walkmans and boomboxes to prove […]Read More

DEFLATION Coming Soon To A Theater Near You!

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Stephanie Pomboy is the founder of a macro research firm called MacroMavens, and she was on this Wealthion Podcast recently, and it was so interesting I had to blog about […]Read More

The Fed Raised Rates And Something VERY UNUSUAL HAPPENED!

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The Fed raised the Fed Funds Rate yesterday by 0.75% and long-term rates actually increased (a lot) after the announcement. This is very unusual for several reasons: The markets had […]Read More

Inflation Drives Interest Rates – Except When The Fed Gets Involved

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As most people know, inflation drives interest rates because investors do not want to accept yields that are lower than the inflation rate because they will effectively be losing money […]Read More

The Fed’s Raising Rates 3/4%! OMG! CoreLogic Predicting 4% Home Appreciation Still!

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The Fed let it be known yesterday that it will definitely raise the Fed Funds Rate by 0.75% on September 21st… and the market yawned. As Barry Habib reminded us […]Read More

Why’s Inflation Higher in U.S.? Scary LinkedIn Indicator! I Missed Something HUGE!

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Today’s blog is a “random show” – hitting a few (really interesting) topics briefly. Something Huge I Missed: Rising Incomes! In my blog yesterday about putting rising housing payments in […]Read More

This Ain’t 2008 – Again

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I Could Rotate My Foot 270 Degrees – So Naturally, I Panicked About 15 years ago, I turned my entire knee into butter while I was skiing at Squaw Valley […]Read More

Fed: “We’re Going to Beat The Shit Out Of You Until Inflation Goes Away”

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Fed Chair Powell spoke today in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in a much-anticipated speech – and it roiled the markets. Here is a brief summary in case readers are interested. CONTINUED […]Read More

Inflation Cools & Rates Plummet; More Inventory ≠ A Housing CRASH

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CPI Inflation numbers came out surprisingly cool this morning – indicating it was flat month-over-month and down year-over-year (it was 9.1% in June but 8.5% in July). 8.5% inflation is […]Read More

Why Major Inflation Is Inevitable – At Some Point (What To Do About It)

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The world is facing massive energy and commodity shortages due to a lack of investment over the last several decades, and it will take decades more to replenish supplies and/or to find alternatives.Read More

Rates Went Way Down Because Rates Went Way Up (AGAIN)

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The Fed raised the Fed Funds rate by 0.75% yesterday as expected, and long-term rates have been falling ever since. I would not beat this dead horse again but for […]Read More

China’s Banking System Collapse Is Terrifying; Why It Matters

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EVERYONE IS FOCUSED ON “FED DAY” – which is the day of the month (today) on which the Fed announces its latest increase in the Fed Funds Rate (expected to […]Read More

If High Rates Bring Down Housing Prices, Will Low Rates Push Prices Through the Roof Again? Inflation Too!

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If higher rates are the sole reason the housing market is softer, will the soon-to-be-here lower rates push prices through the roof again? If that is the case, it is one more reason to buy now to take advantage of today’s slower market, knowing that a refi into a much lower rate is very likely.Read More

Why A Strong U.S. Dollar Is TERRIFYING! (and what it means for real estate)

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The mighty U.S. dollar has been hitting 20-year-highs over and over recently – and I was so proud that I booked a flight to Europe and ran around yelling: “USA! […]Read More