You can’t blame them. People who have been recently creamed in the stock market to the tune of $7 trillion are desperately looking for some way to recoup their nest egg. Understandably, many are leery about re-entering stocks when their scorched pants are still...
The cacophony of advice about where to put your money coming at you from all sides can sometimes be deafening. We know that. That’s why we try to be the Joe Friday of investing. Remember the character from Dragnet? “Just the facts, ma’am.” At Empowered Investor, we’re...
There was a major change to US economic policy relating to the dollar in 1971 under President Nixon. Actually, the trouble began in 1970, as the Vietnam war continued to grind along and the US was running a trade deficit for the first time that century. The idea that...
Federal monetary policy over the last eight decades has been a model on how to destroy a currency. From a high in 1933, the purchasing power of the American dollar has dropped by 94% in the past 76 years. Accidental? Let’s just say that this was the only ending...
In our daily pursuit of real estate investing excellence, let’s take a short detour through the concept of Tenant In Common (TIC). As you might guess, a TIC scenario is when more than one investor owns a single property. There are so many problems that can arise in...
