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Leading Index for Commercial Real Estate Increases in October

Calculated Risk

The institutional component was varied, experiencing growth in recreational and education projects, countered by a decline in the number of healthcare and public planning projects. This graph shows the Dodge Momentum Index since 2002. Commercial planning was bolstered by a solid increase in office and hotel projects. in September.

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Leading Index for Commercial Real Estate Decreased in July

Calculated Risk

July also saw a deceleration in the number of education and healthcare projects entering planning — the two largest institutional segments. This graph shows the Dodge Momentum Index since 2002. Commercial construction is a lagging economic indicator. All commercial sectors pulled back, or remained flat, over the month of July.

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At the Money: Is War Good for Markets?

The Big Picture

So what were the numbers like after World War 1 and after World War 2? Jeff Hirsch : The numbers, it was about just around 500 percent, 517%, 521%, right in the just over 500%. And the Dow didn’t actually hit that number until, uh, it was July of 1992, but the S&P had the 500 percent move-in. Following both wars.

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Question #2 for 2023: How much will job growth slow in 2023? Or will the economy lose jobs?

Calculated Risk

Earlier I posted some questions on my blog for next year: Ten Economic Questions for 2023. Job losses in construction haven't started yet because a record number of housing units are under construction. Here are the Ten Economic Questions for 2023 and a few predictions: • Question #2 for 2023: How much will job growth slow in 2023?

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Momentum stalls as the investors are becoming convinces of the Fed’s resolve

Nationwide Financial

The Investors Intelligence report showed that 45% of retail investors are bullish, a far cry from the 26% in mid-June, and outnumbering the number of bears by 15%. Economic clouds remain over Europe, as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to pressure inflation. between retail investors and institutional investors.

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Breakout Confirmed

Carson Wealth

Recent economic data do not point to a recession. That’s a solid job growth number but a step down from reports through April. This measures the number of people working as a percentage of the civilian population. This still leaves it higher than at any point between 2002 and 2022. And we’re certainly well above that.

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Global Leaders Investment Letter: August 2022

Brown Advisory

The expected competitive forces don’t materialise, and we believe that superior economics can be maintained for a lot longer than our standard microeconomics mean-reversion frameworks would suggest. Behavioural economics has a lot to say about these cycles, we will come back to this another time. Recently governments in the U.S.,