

Originally published February 2021. That I have worked and lived on three continents has given me the chance to create amazing relationships with many different people and cultures, and more importantly, to develop the ability to put things into perspective and...
What I’ve learned about Latin American investors

Remembering the truly forgotten, 20 years later
There’s a faded silver cup on my bookshelf. If you look closely at it, a faded imprint reads ‘eSpeed: We Are Markets’. I received it at a securities industry trade show in the summer of 2001 after a friendly conversation with a gentleman at a booth...
Remembering the truly forgotten, 20 years later

Existing single-family home sales rose in July but condo sales fell
Sales of existing homes rose 2.0% in July, to a 5.99 million seasonally adjusted annual (see top of first chart). Sales are up 1.5% from a year ago. Sales in the market for existing single-family homes, which account for about 88% of total existing-home sales, rose...
Existing single-family home sales rose in July but condo sales fell

Southeast growth powers real estate and economic dominance
Overwhelming evidence points to the growth of the Southeast region CBRE’s recent US Development Opportunities 2021 report showed that, statistically, the region has been dominant and is forecast for continued growth over the next several years, with Atlanta, Orlando,...
Southeast growth powers real estate and economic dominance

Is our current inflation temporary? Look at the numbers
Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, has said that the current uptick in inflation is temporary and he expects inflation to subside in 2022. Despite rising inflation, the Fed is not in an inflation-fighting mood....
Is our current inflation temporary? Look at the numbers