29 Aug
The stock market goes up and all the sages give you reasons why. The stock market declines, and suddenly all the pundits begin asking: “Is this the big one?” “Are we walking over a precipice?” “Will it be like 1929?” NetGain will go out on a limb. The answer to these questions and all the […]
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23 Aug
Anything is possible; however, there are key differences between today’s economy and the economy of 1929 that make such a scenario improbable. Some of those differences are as follows:
The largest percentage of investors in today’s stock market are institutions as opposed to individuals, and the vast majority of these institutions are prohibited from buying stocks […]
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23 Aug
Stock market gyrations have very little direct affect on the intrinsic value of commercial real estate. Indirectly, they have a very real affect on commercial real estate’s intrinsic value. The stock market does have a direct affect on job creation and, as we’ve stated many times before,jobs are the driving force behind commercial real estate […]
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13 Aug
A common thread runs through everything spoken and written about the real estate industry, from conversations to specialized seminars, and it addresses these questions. (1) Who is lending and what is the cost? (2) Who is buying or selling, and what are the price, the capitalization rate, cost per foot, etc. (3) What legal entities, […]
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