Non-Traded REITs
Enter Phase II of the real estate cycle
It has been a good year for real estate investing, and we believe the outlook for 2014 is favorable as well. The global economic recovery appears, at last, to have legs; interest rates...
As the Fed heads into its December meeting, bond managers will once again warn investors to prepare for the potential of QE tapering and a rise in interest rates. While the waiting game continues, it’s time we take a close look at risk-free...
In a paper for last week’s IMF annual research conference, William English (head of the Federal Reserve Board’s Monetary Affairs division) discussed current monetary policy strategy, with a focus on threshold rules and forward guidance. The paper...
Each year about half the country gets to experience a "sudden wealth" event in the form of a tax refund. While not necessarily a financial windfall for most, this annual occurrence can create some awfully strange and counterproductive...
It’s no secret that today’s market is an uncertain one. Investors are searching for secure investments that offer high returns as well as diversification. These benefits, along with an attractive return on investment, can be...
As we noted in part one of this series, since its passage, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been a near-constant source of discussion and debate. Largely lost in the shuffle has been the sizable impact that the bill will have on high-earning...
At Smead Capital Management, we love to acknowledge financial journalists who really demonstrate an understanding of the underlying truths associated with high-quality and long-duration common stock investing. The latest on the subject of &ldquo...
President James A. Garfield survived an assassin’s bullet in 1881, only to die several months later of complications from the infection that developed from his doctors’ probing his healing wound with their unclean hands and instruments...