The 2025 housing market shifted toward normalization as inventory climb 16.4% and homes remained on the market for an average of 84 days. Despite a structural shortage of 4 million units keeping prices stable, demand has become increasingly selective across a "patchwork" of local markets. Macroeconomic factors, including Federal Reserve interest rate policy and Trump administration tariffs, are introducing new volatility into construction costs and supply chains. With 39% of listings now seeing price cuts, the market is finding a new equilibrium. This analysis explores why today’s softening differs from past cycles and what the new policy risks mean for buyers in 2026.
Read More »What Does E*TRADE’s Sector Data Tell Us About Potential Sector Returns for 2024
E*TRADE's Monthly Sector Rotation report highlights investor movement across S&P 500 sectors. In August, Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, and Consumer Staples saw positive inflows, while Communication Services, Health Care, and Financials faced outflows. Despite concerns about a tech sector rotation, IT continued its strength, driven by stocks like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Meanwhile, Real Estate declined sharply amid rising interest rates and economic uncertainty. Historical trends suggest that top-performing sectors, like tech in 2023, often lose momentum the following year. This dynamic could impact sector performance in 2024.
Read More »Is There a Viable Alternative to the Dollar as the Reserve Currency? (+9K Views)
Within the recent retracement of the U.S. currency there has been endless speculation about the future role of the dollar as the world’s primary reserve currency. Moreover, there has even been conjecture that the dollar will no longer exist at some point in the near future but any case made for the vulnerability of the dollar falls short when it comes to naming alternatives. Words: 631
Read More »Coming Inflationary Depression Means Future Commodities Super-boom (+5K Views)
Mladjenovic explains his contention that we are in for a inflationary depression and, as such, investors should put their money in those things that will benefit from both inflation and strong demand and supply and stay away from where there is a deflationary impact, such as real estate. Words: 825
Read More »The Canadian Housing Bubble Will NEVER Blow Up – Supposedly! Here’s Why
The Canadian housing bubble will never blow up. There’s simply too much “plankton” in the water. It keeps the “food chain” healthy and offers ample nourishment for the “big wales and sharks” and shorting the Canadian housing bubble is useless. Here's why.
Read More »The Average Home “Owner” Is Totally Out of Touch With Reality! Here’s Why (+2K Views)
A recent Gallup survey on expected future returns of asset prices shows that most Americans still think that owning a home is the best way to generate a high return in the future. Nothing could be further from the truth! It just shows how totally out of touch with reality the average American is.
Read More »Where Should You Put Your Money These Days: Equities, Real Estate or Gold?
People don’t know where to put their money. [Those from Europe] don’t trust the euro system -- they think the wheels might come off. They are buying physical gold. They are not buying equities. They are buying real estate and they are buying gold.
Read More »This Hard Data Clearly Says: Real Estate is in Recovery Mode!
Auto sales, consumer confidence, manufacturing, retail sales, exports - you name it - over the last six months, nearly every facet of the U.S. economy has shown improvement and the real estate market is no exception. [Here are 11 irrefutable signs that such is the case.] Words: 800
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