Category: Blog Articles
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Home Prices & Mortgage Payments In Real Dollars
Jason Hartman begins the show today talking about compound interest and how it makes a huge difference in your portfolio and investing. He brings on in-house economist Thomas to talk about housing payments adjusted for inflation. They both look at Jason’s first property as an example then discuss negative yields and cyclical markets. Investor 0:00…
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Top 10 Highlights In The Market & Economy 2019
Jason Hartman chats with in-house economist Thomas on todays episode. The two discuss the top 10 things that are happening in the US and abroad that are making the most impact in 2019 including- the US/China trade war, interest rates, the Mueller Report, millennial household formations, and more. Investor 0:00 After I started going to…
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5 Detours That Led a Wall Streeter to Waffle House, With Jason Hartman
Jason Hartman of Platinum Properties Investment Network has had a long, fruitful career in real estate investment. He’s experienced a lot of things in his time as an investor… but nothing quite like the story of James Adams. James Adams was a major player on Wall Street. Then, the Recession hit. Overnight, his world as…
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The Fed’s QE3 and the Bank-Stock Connection
The Federal Reserve’s third round of Quantitative Easing, that massive stimulus program intended to boost the economy in the years following the housing collapse of 2008, officially ended in October 2014. But as the dust settles, some financial experts point out that it may have been banks and stocks that benefited most. The much-publicized housing…
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Can Big Banks Be Trusted With Pensions?
The biggest players in the US banking industry have been on the hot seat ever since the housing collapse of 2008 exposed a number of misleading, predatory and downright illegal practices perpetrated both at home and abroad. Now, as another round of penalties come down on five of the country’s leading financial institutions, one senator…
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China’s New Silk Road Challenges the West
The Silk Road, that ancient and mystical trade route that brought Asian silks and spices all the way to Europe, has long been the subject of story and song. But now, a new initiative by the Chinese government aims to revive the Silk Road’s storied route in a bid for Eurasian supremacy that both challenges…
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Artificial Intelligence Changes the Finance Game
As far back as 1990, financial experts were predicting that in the not too distant future, investment and money management would be aided by sophisticated computer technologies. Flash forward a couple of decades, and that future is here. Robotics experts predict that by 2025, robots and other kinds of “smart” digital technology will have achieved…
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Still On Top in Home Loans?
Ever since the great housing collapse of 2008, legislators and regulators have tried to scale back – or even eliminate – federal mortgage megalenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But as new regulations n private lenders, the agencies everyone loves to hate just keep on ticking. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collectively account for the…
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The Digital Revolution: A New World in 2025?
Computers that move at the speed of the human brain. A world where every human being can know anything, anywhere, any time. Data streaming through a trillion sensors to connect the whole world. Though these things sound like part of a science fiction movie about the far future, that future is now. Experts from a…
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Will Robots Steal Your Job?
The Second Machine Age has arrived. Tech experts now predict that by 2025, robots will have reached the level of human intelligence – and they’re poised to claim at least a third of the jobs done by humans. Economists and job seekers have been worrying about the steady encroaching of machines into the working world…