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Is This Time Different?

Mr. Clipping Chains — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:41:13 +0000

From a market perspective, history has always favored the unfazed, the patient, the forgetful. Drastic action in times of great uncertainty is almost always the wrong move. Time and again—just like now—people convinced themselves of imminent disaster. And in nearly all cases, they were wrong. Financial writers and hardened optimists are right to remind us: …

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Is My Rent Too High?

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0000

In normal times, rent prices, like most everything else, slowly yet surely increase at about 2-3% per year. This is inflation. But in terms of the housing market, these aren’t normal times. In the pandemic era, as demand surged in supply-restricted markets, both sale and rent prices soared, with year-over-year inflation rates at 30% or …

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Is the Real Estate Investment Boom Killing US Housing Affordability?

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Find me a person who can talk and you’ll find someone with an opinion on the housing market or real estate investment. And most of those opinions—even from happily settled homeowners—bear the tones of suspicion at best and downright defeat at worst. Housing prices have skyrocketed a staggering 34% nationwide over the past two years. …

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This is the Wild Ride We Signed Up For

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 16 May 2022 06:00:00 +0000

To date, 2022 has been a bad year for the stock market. As long-term investors, this is the wild ride we signed up for. Listen to the Wild Ride in Podcast Form We like to think that we are immune from the kind of worry and distress that befalls so many investors in the tough …

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2020: An Unusual Year We Won’t Forget

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:51:00 +0000

So…2020. To say this year has been unusual, trying, or downright depressing at times would be…well…a start. On any given year, some of us will suffer. All of us will face tough times to some degree. This year, well, we all took one on the chin. But with so much change, certainly there were some …

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There’s No Way I’m Investing in this Economy!

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:41:00 +0000

On August 18, 2020, against all odds, the S&P 500 hits a new all-time high. Almost exactly six-months prior, the voices of consternation—from all corners, mind you—are inciting fears of Depression-era financial instability in the global economy. Well-minded folks are selling equities for gold and cash, and the more troubled are lining up at the bank, six feet apart, to withdraw their money. Much of the devastation of the pandemic hasn’t changed, yet the stock market is back on top. Or is it?

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A Decade In Review: Reflection and a Look Ahead

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0000

The holidays mark a unique time of the year — a time of reflection. Perhaps this is the only time when we are more likely to consider where we’ve come than where we are going. As we mark the end of a decade, I feel an even stronger sense of reflection, and I’m sure you …

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