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I Ran The Numbers And They Work!

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The 2010's was a rough decade for managed futures in nominal terms. I had enough previous experience with managed futures to understand the concept would work. Part of how they positioned the concept before the fund launched was a chart similar to this one. The S&P 500 was up 244% and managed futures went nowhere.

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Existing-Home Sales Fall for 12th Consecutive Month; Lowest Since 2010

Advisor Perspectives

This is the lowest level of sales since October 2010 and is worse than the Investing.com forecast of 4.10 The latest number represents a 0.7% This morning's release of the January existing home sales showed that sales fell slightly to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.00 million units from the previous month's 4.03 decrease YoY.

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At the Money: Is War Good for Markets?

The Big Picture

Full transcript below. ~~~ Previously : Hirsch’s WTF Forecast: Dow 38,820 (September 28, 2010) Super Boom: Why the Dow Jones Will Hit 38,820 and How You Can Profit From It (April 12, 2011) ~~~ Jeffrey Hirsch is editor of the Stock Trader’s Almanac & Almanac Investor Newsletter. For both following both wars. Following both wars.

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U.S. Demographics: Largest 5-year cohorts, and Ten most Common Ages in 2022

Calculated Risk

The table below shows the top 10 cohorts by size for 2010, 2022 (released recently), and the most recent Census Bureau projections for 2030. And below is a table showing the ten most common ages in 2010, 2021, and 2030 (projections are from the Census Bureau, 2017 ). Note the younger baby boom generation dominated in 2010.

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National Association of Realtors Is Imploding

The Big Picture

By my crude estimates, a substantial number of U.S. March 14th, 2010) Brilliant Amazon Reviews: David Lereah’s RE Books (April 26, 2011) The post National Association of Realtors Is Imploding appeared first on The Big Picture. Lousy behavior tends to expand when an organization perceives itself as irreplaceable.

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HVS: Q1 2024 Homeownership and Vacancy Rates

Calculated Risk

This survey might show the trend, but I wouldn't rely on the absolute numbers. The Red dots are the decennial Census homeownership rates for April 1st, 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. Once again - this probably shows the general trend, but I wouldn't rely on the absolute numbers. percent for rental housing and 0.8 in Q1, from 65.7%

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Update: The Inland Empire

Calculated Risk

This graph shows the unemployment rate for the Inland Empire (using MSA: Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario), and also the number of construction jobs as a percent of total employment. The second graph shows the number of construction jobs as a percent of total employment for the Inland Empire, all of California, and the entire U.S.

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