How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
Scotsman dropped in the middle of a
Forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence
Impoverished in squalor
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
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Long Live the Long Living Trends
I jokingly said to my wife that the following graph is the reason she can purchase a car she has had her eye on.
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Good Intentions and The Lollapalooza Effect
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Gary Carmell
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The old adage is that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. As Ben Graham said, it’s not the bad ideas that do you in, but the good ideas that go too far that can do the most damage. A perfect example of this was the drive for more Americans to own homes,
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Apartments Remain Strong
[UPDATED July 27, 2016] Since 2010 apartments have performed very well across the nation. The following graph from REIS (courtesy of Calculatedriskblog), a real estate research service, shows the trend in vacancy rates for larger apartment communities.
REIS – from 1990 – 2014
It’s clear from the graph that the market bottomed from an occupancy perspective in 2010.
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Quantum Treasuries in a Quantum State?
The discovery of the quantum is one of the great breakthroughs in science. It helped transition our understanding of how natural phenomena work from Newtonian mechanics to quantum physics. In this whacky world of infinitesimally small particles, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle was formulated which postulated that a scientist cannot simultaneously know the position and momentum of a particle because trying to measure either one will affect the results of the other.
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Hamilton, Madison, and Brexit - Part 2
This is part two of my blog post regarding Alexander Hamilton as well as James Madison as he is featured prominently this week. It seems particularly fitting to blog about this given the decision by U.K. voters to exit the European Union. Hamilton and Madison believed that factions were the greatest risk to good governance,
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How Has Public Investment Improved Lives and Well Being?
by Gary Carmell
Posted in Advice, Economy, Investing, News, People, Uncategorized, Wealth
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Gary Carmell
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With this being Memorial Day I thought I would take a slightly different spin to honor this holiday. I, of course, want to thank everyone who has served to help protect our country.
The first people to honor and offer our most sincere form of gratitude is to those in the armed forces who literally putting their lives on the line to defend our country.
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China Export Challenges & U.S. Interest Rates
[Updated – May 4, 2016] As real estate investors, we’re obviously big consumers of capital, particularly debt financing. Given this, it’s important to have a view (hopefully a correct one) regarding interest rates. I look at many indicators to help me gauge where I think rates may be headed.
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My Random Thoughts and Observations This Week
by Gary Carmell
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Rather than diving into deep philosophical exposition and heavy economics, I thought I would go a different direction this week and share some random thoughts and items that have caught my attention recently.
My 14 Random Thoughts
Garry Shandling –
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I Ain't No Senator's Son
by Gary Carmell
Posted in Advice, Economy, Investing, News, Trends, Uncategorized, Wealth
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Gary Carmell
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It is hard for anyone to argue that one’s parents have not been quite influential over the course of one’s life for good and bad. This is especially true for the father-son relationship. In mythology, the father often represents the duality of growth and destruction (harshness and discipline).
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