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Commercial real estate implosion potporri
Several articles of interest as commercial real estate is now imploding.
Mall vacancies at 10 year high
Vacancies at U.S. malls and shopping centers approached 10-year highs in the fourth quarter, and are set to rise further as declining retail sales put more stores out of business, research firm Reis Inc. said.
Regional mall vacancies rose to 7.1 percent last quarter from 6.6 percent in the third quarter. It was the highest vacancy rate since Reis began tracking regional malls in 2000, as well as the largest quarter-to-quarter jump in vacancies, according to New York-based Reis.
More than a dozen retailers, including…
8Jan2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Falling U.S. Dollar: Taking An About-Face
Investing requires tough decisions. What to buy? When to buy? How much?
But none more difficult than this: Admitting the fundamentals no longer support an investment you own. Or, as the French philosopher Geoffrey F. Abert summed it up over 900 years ago, “It often takes more courage to change one’s opinion than to stick to it.”
And today I’m living proof.
Just three weeks ago, to the day, I declared, “The dollar’s not done.” I laid out my case about Jim Roger’s being wrong.
But I’m officially changing my stance on the falling U.S. dollar.
To be clear, it’s not because I finally saw…
18Dec2008 | Investment U | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Ship – RMS Treasuries
I am not sure where this old saying originated – “a calm sea does not a skilled sailor make.” This old saying is absolutely relevant in the investment world of today. The average individual investor turns to Wall Street investment “professionals” to guide them through these difficult economic times.
Yet most of these so-called professionals are clueless. Why? Because all they have ever experienced in their careers are bull markets in stocks and bonds – in other words, calm seas. They entered the investment business in the 80s or 90s and have seen only good times with very brief interruptions…
8Dec2008 | Oxbury Research | 0 comments | Continued
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