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Wildly asymmetric and unsustainable.
BREAKING: The wealthiest 1% of US earners now own 50.1% of US equity and mutual fund holdings.
To put this into perspective, their ownership stood at 40.1% in 1990 and 39.6% in 2001.
At the same time, the next 9% wealthiest households own 37.3%, and the middle 40% own just
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Real estate downturn picking up steam
If we had a dime for all the times people say silly things, like “You’ll never lose money in real estate” or “high-end properties always hold their value.” Not true, never has been. The current real estate correction cycle is … Continue reading
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All’s well that ends well
Margin debt (people borrowing against their security portfolios) has now topped $1 trillion for the first time in history, +25% over the past year alone. Other, lesser, margin-abuse peaks occurred before major bear markets/recessions (grey bars below) since 1995, courtesy … Continue reading
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Housing downturn is bigger economic story than tariffs
As policymakers focus on tariffs, bursting real estate bubbles pose a significantly larger threat in terms of relative economic impact, and that’s now happening in several major economies simultaneously. Homes are the foundation of the household balance sheet and assets … Continue reading
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