By now, you’ve probably heard the Federal Reserve will likely cut interest rates in September. In explaining the thinking of the board, Chairman Jerome Powell cited: A hiring and quits…
As we head into the last month of the year, here is where we are in markets. 1 Since January 2022, money market funds and cash have outperformed the S&P…
Upside downBoy, you turn meInside outAnd round and round The 1980 hit single "Upside Down" by Diana Ross may have been about a cheating lover, but it can also be…
Anyone who has driven through our home state knows the phrase “miles and miles of Texas” is an understatement. To travel between our major cities is to spend at least…
At the end of each year Americans learn the magnitude of their national economy's growth over the previous twelve months. This number, the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), functions like…
I always feel like somebody's watchin' meAnd I have no privacyI always feel like somebody's watchin' meIs it just a dream?"Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell (1984) The 1984 hit “Somebody’s…
In nearly every purchase of a capital asset there exists a metric to judge what value has been received at the time of purchase. In the commercial real estate market,…
World War II was a transformative event for our nation in many different ways. Some of the societal norms that existed before the war never returned. The national transition from…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7EJMyL6htw There is a bear in the woods.For some people the bear is easy to see.Others don’t see it at all.Some people say the bear is tame. Others say it…
Frank Sinatra’s 1958 hit personifies how the public romanticized airline travel in the late 1950s. The 1950s are considered to be the golden age of air travel. However, the cost…