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Housing Starts and Recessions

Calculated Risk

Here is an update to a graph that uses new home sales, single family housing starts and residential investment. (I Note that Residential Investment is quarterly and single-family starts and new home sales are monthly. New home sales peaked in 2020 as pandemic buying soared. I prefer single family starts to total starts).

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Ten Economic Questions for 2025

Calculated Risk

economy will likely perform in 2025, and if there are surprises - like in 2020 with the pandemic - to adjust my thinking. in February 2020. 8) Residential Investment: Residential investment (RI) was slightly positive through the first three quarters of 2024. in November 2023, and below the pre-pandemic level of 63.3%

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Genstar Makes Majority Investment in Docupace

Wealth Management

Genstar Capital is making a majority investment in Docupace. FTV Capital took a majority stake in the company in 2020 and will remain a minority investor.

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DoL’s Retirement Security Rule & PTE 2020-02 Amendment: What Advisers Need to Know Now About Giving Rollover Advice After Sept 23, 2024

Nerd's Eye View

On April 25, 2024, the Department of Labor (DoL) issued the final version of its Retirement Security Rule (the "Final Rule"), which imposes an ERISA fiduciary standard "that applies uniformly to all investments that retirement investors may make with respect to their retirement accounts ".

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Recession Watch Metrics

Calculated Risk

This graph uses new home sales, single family housing starts and residential investment. (I Note that Residential Investment is quarterly and single-family starts and new home sales are monthly. New home sales peaked in 2020 as pandemic buying soared. I prefer single family starts to total starts).

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Feds Charge Fugitive Advisor for $10M Investment Fraud

Wealth Management

Atlanta-based Christopher Burns went missing in September 2020 while being investigated by the SEC for allegedly defrauding dozens of clients, and he remains on the run.

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Investing is the Study of Human Decision Making

The Big Picture

Most people believe that investing is the science of generating a return on capital. At its heart, investing is a problem-solving exercise , filled with opportunities that reveal the errors we all make. This should be reflected in how we invest. That is an accurate but incomplete assessment. – “ Future ” demands optimism.

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