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This past week there was no net movement regarding the 10-year yield. Okay let’s shift back to the second part of Understanding Opportunity Zones. Understanding Opportunity Zone Investments - Things You Need to Know (Part II) In the previous e-blast,…

This week's note has lots of important information.  I suggest taking the time to get through the write-up on Opportunity Zones at a minimum.   This was an interesting week.  You will notice in the graph below that the 10-year yield…

With the 10-year yield continuing to move toward the bottom of its recent range, let’s just get into some other things for this week. Below you will see a link for AREAA’s transportation event; and then also a couple of…

This past week, we saw the 10-year yield drop back down toward the bottom of its range since early this year (see graph below).  I have been keeping an eye on this to see which way it will break once…

With interest rates again staying relatively unchanged, let me just jump into a quick review of the Reuters article below.  This article really does a great job of summarizing the challenges faced by the FED; and why we are experiencing…

With interest rates seemingly unchanged for the week, I want to jump right into my commentary. Silicon Valley Snapshot In all my readings this past week, only two articles grabbed my attention enough to share.  One was on job growth…

The 10-year yield continued to stay in its low range this past week.  At this point, interest rates are not affecting many decisions to buy or sell. Efficiencies Revisited With that stated, I want to revisit a topic that I…

I have heard a lot of talk about bubbles in both the real estate and stock markets recently.  It sounds like the same challenge of trying to time the markets (which rarely is successful).  Investing, for the most part, is…

The biggest news this past week is that the government reopened for business.  Now this may just be a three-week reprieve; so, who knows how the various markets will react.  This morning, I can see the stock market is down…

The 10-year yield continues to remain low even with the various FED rate increases this past year.  Now going forward, there seems to be a lot of talk about reducing the number of FED increases.  Apparently, the FED does not…