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The Everything Debt Bubble
The everything debt bubble? I can see how the public debt increased so rapidly in 2020 from the COVID-related payments, but why did...
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Housing Wealth Transfer
We are +14% above the 2006 peak in housing prices on an inflation-adjusted basis (meaning in real wealth terms). From a nominal wealth...
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3-Legged Stool of Investing
We talk about Safety, Liquidity and Return as the 3-legged stool of investing. CASH is a version of sitting on the sidelines with your...
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Understanding Cycles and Maximizing Your Liability Asset Gap
Things move in cycles, and one of my favorite Macro econ gurus is Marco 42 - Darius Dale. He has studied what works well in each market...
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Understanding Market Structure Cycles
The market moves in cycles, rates move in cycles, the sun and moon move in cycles... Knowing where you are in the cycle is key.
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Interest Rate Increases and Market Strength
Interest rate increases are often a sign of market strength... in the past the increases slowed the market, but the market easily...
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A Look at the Impact of the Financial World Changes
Wonderful look at what's happening right now with the financial world, and the financial world does impact just about everything we do...
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Focusing Wealth in the House
If you've followed my work, you know that I crossed the balance sheet because I felt I could have a bigger impact on consumers growing...
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A Borrower Perspective
Just for fun, how did you see your borrowing experience?
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Long-term Unsustainability of Purchasing Houses Purely for Return
We teach that your house is an investment - it has properties that reduce your cost of living indoors over time (like appreciation of...
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The Reality of Investment Returns
When you invest, you are used to seeing a chart like this - this shows investments returns since 1926. Note the reason we invest in...
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PIN/FIN Challenge for Your Personal Financial Journey
NIFE has released new consumer financial education. Aren't you a consumer? Click and take the PIN/FIN Challenge to see how you are doing...
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The Significance of Longevity in Investing
The rule of 72, where we divided the investment RETURN by 72 to see how long it will take to double. In our prior example chart, the...
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The Actual Distribution of Investment Returns
The actual distribution return of investment returns from 1926 to the present is... In other words, there are no straight lines in the...
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