ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
Housing Market Intro and Summary The housing market again seemed to tell a tale of divergent markets between new and existing homes. While new home sales and starts fared well, a large setback in builder sentiment sets the stage for setbacks in April’s new home sales. Existing home sales completely erased the wistful optimism from … Read more
Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University co-create a “buy versus rent” scoring system called the Beracha, Hardin & Johnson Buy vs. Rent (BH&J) Index. Last month, this index crossed a critical threshold for the first time since 2010: U.S. households are once again better off renting than buying. This cross-over provides further confirmation of … Read more