The big inflation will be in the emerging markets like China when a revaluation happens due to them being as competitive as North America. It wont even be an inflation but a revaluation. They will be caught in technology and housing ownership will be widespread. Soon they will have their own Boeing. After that they… Read More »

The Value of Mutual Funds/ETFs In a Portfolio Warren Buffett has said that the person who does not want to worry about the stock market should be 90% in Index ETFs to the United States Stock Market (Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Russell) and 10% in short dated T-bills (Treasuries). This advice has value in… Read More »

  I believe this graphic from Zillow is good just in the sense that it says there is a “sizable increase” in rental burdens for people this year.   Did San Francisco really go up 13% last year?  Probably not but 5 – 7% is reasonable, be skeptical but be aware that the trend is… Read More »

As you can tell from the graph Average Wage Growth has been muted at 2.0% and Real Median Household Income has went down from $56,000 USD to $52,000 USD from 2009 to 2014, a roughly 7% drop. Furthermore, employment as a function of population (a ratio) has went down meaning the unemployment rate is a… Read More »