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Grief - What Is It Good For? and Lessons From Two And a Half Men

grief Gary Carmell Roneet Carmell

First of all, I would like to thank everyone that has expressed their condolences, sadness, thoughts, and feelings about the loss of my beautiful wife Roneet. The outpouring of support and emotion has been extraordinary and so gratifying and, at the same time, quite understandable because of what a very unique and special person she was.

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The Power of Partnerships - When 1+1=3

Here is another one of my periodic videos that I made to convey some of the key points of my book. This one conveys the power of partnerships. Enjoy!

[Video Transcription ] In my book, The Philosophical Investor Transforming Wisdom into Wealth,

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The Economy, Charlie Ellis and Lessons from Losing at Ping Pong

Ping Pong Economy
In May of 2015, when Jacob was scheduled to move out, I wrote this blog. His moving out was good for the economy as it results in one more household formation which, fortunately, has been growing quite nicely.

[2015] On the other hand, I will miss him although he won’t be moving too far away.

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China and a New Cold War - Prioritizing National Security over Business and Investors

China Cold War

In some ways, I can understand investors looking through the threat of tariffs on multiple fronts by President Trump as just his standard negotiating tactic to strike a better deal. Despite very derogatory statements directed towards our strong allies and trading partners of Canada,

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T.R., Dana Delany, and the Power of a Platform

Dana Delany Teddy Roosevelt

Kudos to Heidi Garland who handles my social media. She is quite in her postings on my behalf on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. I never know what interesting tidbit she might be posting. Of all the platforms, Twitter is the most ephemeral as tweets are sent and they tend to have a short shelf life to them.

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Hurricanes & Markets: What Happens to Stocks and Bonds?

Hurricane and markets

Hurricane Michael created unfathomable devastation to Florida Panhandle beach communities. What was particularly insidious was how fast it formed and deprived people of precious time to evacuate. This picture is one representation of the fury of Mother Nature and the wrath she brought down.

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Treasury Note Yield: Could I Be Wrong? A Humbling Week

Treasury Note Yield

Talk about a humbling week. Last week I was making the case that 3.11% on the 10-year Treasury note yield and possibly as high as 3.16% were the key levels that I did not think would be breached. This chart shows how wrong I was.

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Single-Family Housing: No Bubble But There Is A "But"

housing

It has been our belief at CWS that housing in totality has been undersupplied. This does not mean that apartments may not be over-supplied in certain metro areas, particularly in the urban core. This is the case because these properties are often very dense and result in the delivery of a lot of units at one time that can often result in rent discounts to entice people to rent at these communities so developers can expedite getting out of their construction loans and/or be in a position to sell their properties.

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The Mortgage and Housing Crisis - Is History About to Repeat Itself?

Are We Opening Pandora’s Box to a New Housing Crisis?

With the regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announcing that the Government Sponsored Agencies will probably start purchasing loans with 3% down payments, it’s understandable that people would be concerned that we’re opening up Pandora’s Box again to a new housing crisis precipitated by terrible lending practices.

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Election Aftermath Fiscal Data What Will Be the Bottom Line?

Fiscal Policy

For the last few years, the Fed has been telegraphing that monetary policy cannot do all of the heavy lifting and that fiscal policy had to play a role as well. The market seemed to agree with the Fed and is also the reason that the market very rarely believed the Fed’s dot plot of the future path of interest rates.

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