April 3, 2018 Now that April’s Fools Day has passed, we can get down to some serious business. And the first order of business each month is the release of the employment report. Each report seems to have a special meaning with regard to the economy, and this month the job numbers will be no […]
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March 27, 2018 Like the first two months of the year, March has been a very interesting month. From an economic perspective, the two “headline” events included a very strong employment report and the Federal Reserve Board announcing that they were raising rates for the fifth time in just over two years. And while these […]
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March 20, 2018 The Federal Reserve Board’s Open Market Committee meets today and tomorrow. While the vast majority of the world will be going about their business, thousands of financial analysts will be on the edge of their seats trying to determine what the Fed’s direction will be. Like all Americans, they are concerned that […]
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March 13, 2018 The wild year has continued with regard to volatility in the markets, political headlines and, sadly, national tragedies. Through it all, we have seen three patterns emerge. First, the volatility has been focused mostly in the stock and bond markets. Stock gains were some of the strongest in memory in January and […]
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March 6, 2018 The minutes of the Federal Reserve’s January meeting were released the week before last. These minutes indicated that the Fed is comfortable that an expansion with “substantial underlying economic momentum” could sustain additional increases in interest rates this year. This statement was of no surprise to the markets, as rates have been […]
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February 27, 2018 There are many questions which have arisen because of the movements in the stock market and interest rates. For example, how high will interest rates need to go in order for investors to start thinking that they can achieve better returns than the stock market? That seems far-fetched because the stock market […]
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February 20, 2018 Several weeks ago, we spoke about the negative effects of economic growth. The two factors we cited were higher interest rates and higher oil prices. Now we are starting to see the markets react to this new reality. Many are blaming rising interest rates for causing what we can now call a […]
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The Queens NY Real Estate Market Continues to boom Below is a list of the top 10 biggest real estate sales deals in Queens, New York during the Fourth quarter of 2017: 1. 711 Seagirt Ave, Far Rockaway, NY 11691 Purchase Price: $135 Million Sale of 916 residential units and eight commercial units in Far Rockaway. 2. […]
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January 30, 2018 As we have mentioned previously, it has already been a busy year with major storms, wildfires that turned into mudslides, a new tax plan and the in-fighting in Washington seemingly getting worse. And that is just the first month of the year. We end the first month and start the second month […]
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