Bonds have been in a free-fall since Powell spoke on Wednesday, which means that interest rates are zipping higher.
Rates & Houses
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Compound Return Magic
The first property I ever bought in my life was a small house – – I think it’s called a “patio home” since it’s a freestanding structure, but it’s a part of a bunch of homes on a large plot of land. It was way back in 1989, and I was recently down there in Sunnyvale and drove by it.
Albatross
I was looking at old posts of mine, and I stumbled upon one in which I was examining overpriced properties around here. Here was one of them, which has been sitting, unpurchased, for five years now:
Real Estate Short
I present to you Pennsylvania Real Estate (symbol PEI) with a suggested stop-loss price of $3.55:
Not Just the American Dream
Here’s an interesting little graphic from our friends over at Statista – – it shows a variety of countries and how their citizens vary in terms of renting or owning their residence. It looks like Russia does The American Dream way better than America does.
