Recent news has been dominated by the decision on the part of Standard and Poor’s to downgrade the credit rating of the United States government, due to their persistent budget deficit and lack of progress in pulling government spending under control. In response to...
Don’t be too positive about the recent rebounding of the battered US housing market. That’s the message in a new US News and World Report article on the foreclosure crisis, which still grinds on as lenders and courts settle pending cases and which continues to devour...
Recent debt problems in the United States and across the world at large have brought the notion of a “gold standard” for the currency back into vogue. The allure of a gold standard is easy to see, since it means that there is a commodity backing for the currency. Many...
Is it too late to begin investing in income property? Retirees and those close to retirement ask this question, concerned about the need to generate a retirement income with a long-term investment in rental real estate. But as the employment picture remains cloudy for...
Although the US housing market appears to be rebounding after the real estate bubble burst in a big way in the years between 2008 and 2011, the “American Dream” of homeownership may have changed forever. New housing statistics reported by Forbes indicate that the US...