
A severe Arctic blast swept the Eastern United States in February, halting in‑person real‑estate transactions and delaying listings, contracts, and closings across major metros. Mortgage applications fell 8.9% that week, with purchase requests down 14%, despite a modest dip in 30‑year rates. Construction sites faced lost days and higher overtime costs, pushing new‑home delivery timelines back. While most activity is expected to rebound once conditions improve, the episode highlights growing climate‑related risks for borrowers, insurers, and lenders.

The S&P CoreLogic Case‑Shiller National Home Price Index rose 1.3% year‑over‑year in December, a slight dip from 1.4% in November, indicating a slowdown in price growth. Existing‑home sales fell to a 1995 low while national inventory more than doubled since...
Anthropic announced ten new AI plug‑in tools aimed at investment‑banking, private‑equity, engineering and design workflows. The rollout follows recent AI releases that sparked a sell‑off in traditional software stocks. Wall Street’s major indexes barely moved on the news, with the...
Your first deal doesn’t need to be big My first deal was tiny. A 3-unit multifamily deal. Bought it for just $200k At the time I was working in real estate private equity and was spending my nights and weekends looking for...

Ashford Hospitality Trust entered definitive agreements to sell two hotels—La Posada de Santa Fe in New Mexico for $57.5 million and Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront in Florida for $96 million—totaling $153.5 million. The transactions, slated to close in March, are part of a broader...

Gold’s 2025 price surge—up about 60 %—re‑ignited interest in the metal as a portfolio stabilizer amid volatile equities, bonds, crypto and real‑estate markets. Research shows that a modest 5‑10 % gold allocation can lower drawdowns and improve risk‑adjusted returns, especially for retirees...
Gold ( XAUUSD ) : Macro picture remains the same as told earlier. Current move is simply a small profit taking move before next leg higher , which is common after such quick bullish moves. I remain bullish. 5080s - 5100s looks...

The Indian cabinet approved infrastructure projects worth roughly ₹12,236 crore, covering rail line expansions, a new civil enclave at Srinagar airport, and a metro extension in Gujarat. It also raised the raw jute minimum support price to ₹5,925 per quintal, a...

KODE Labs has launched EnerG, an AI‑enabled platform that consolidates utility, sustainability, and performance data for enterprise real‑estate portfolios. The solution replaces fragmented spreadsheets, PDFs and portal pulls with automated ingestion, validation and anomaly detection. Built as an extension of...
BGN Group, under CEO Rüya Bayegan, is scaling its African footprint by supplying Egypt with up to 160 LNG cargoes through 2026 and operating fuel terminals across Morocco. In July 2025 the firm launched a joint venture with the DRC’s...
Nifty Prediction For Tomorrow 25 February 2026 By Rohit Srivastava | Indiacharts A critical level to watch is the channel's midpoint at 25,510; getting past this could lead to an attempt to break out above the 25,780 level. For a...
📺 $MSFT BIG LESSON & A BROADER MEGA CAP LOOK The recent decline in $MSFT was highly tradable and avoidable if you respected technical signals. It was a sequence of textbook warning signs: 1. The Double Top at $555–$553 2. The Unfilled Gap 3. Support →...

South Korea’s headline unemployment rate hovers around 4%, but a hidden youth recession is emerging as roughly 470,000 young adults are “resting” – neither employed nor job‑searching. Hiring for entry‑level positions has fallen for three consecutive years, with large firms...

There are a lot of crazy headlines, and the weekend tracker was positive. We discuss it all today. @housingwire @sarahteresa6 #realestate #housing #mortgagerates #economics
Not surprised at all. And let’s not forget that many other leading Chinese EV players—such as Huawei, Li Auto, and Xiaomi—have yet to meaningfully ramp up their overseas expansion. Tesla isn’t just competing with BYD. In the coming years, it will...

Citi has introduced a 25% transfer bonus for moving ThankYou® points to Wyndham Rewards, running through March 21, 2026. The promotion applies to all Citi cards, but premium cards like Strata Elite, Strata Premier and Prestige achieve a 1.25 Wyndham‑point per...
Schaeffler India announced a Rs 35 per share dividend for FY 25, payable within 30 days of its AGM on 30 April 2026. The company posted a 36% jump in Q4 net profit to Rs 322 crore and revenue rose 28% YoY to Rs 2,724 crore. Profit after...

ABB India posted a 6% year‑on‑year revenue increase to ₹3,560 crore in Q4‑CY25, but adjusted EBITDA margin slipped 230 basis points to 17.2% amid higher commodity costs and adverse mix. Order inflows surged 52% YoY to ₹4,090 crore, pushing the backlog to...

Sylvania Platinum posted a 110% year‑on‑year jump in net revenue to $99.8 million for the six months to 31 December, driven by a 25% rise in 4E PGM production and a 55% increase in basket prices. Adjusted EBITDA surged 414% to $51 million...

"March has historically been the weakest month for munis over the past 30 years. Even so, we continue to favor the long end of the muni curve, where tax-equivalent yields remain attractive." -Larry Adam, Raymond James

The week’s disruptive theme spotlights unexpected YTD winners, led by wet and dry shipping ETFs, South Korean market exposure, and oil‑service funds. Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (BWET) surged 100% and Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (BDRY) climbed 31% as VLCC...
Midstream dividend growth remains robust, with 92.7% of AMNA constituents raising payouts year‑over‑year and no dividend cuts since July 2021. Both MLPs and corporations delivered sequential increases in Q4 2025, highlighted by Plains All American’s 9.9% hike. The sector’s strong cash‑flow generation...
If you missed my client post November 26: "Sell The Rumor of Consumer Cyclical Slowdown; Buy The News." Or December 12: "ROTATION & RECESSION INTO ALL TIME HIGHS" Or January 6th: "2025: METALS ARE THE NEW OIL 2026: BOOMER STOCKS ARE THE NEW INFLATIONARY ASSETS" HALO has...

Asia‑Pacific commercial real estate is set for a 5‑10% investment boost in 2026, extending the rebound that began in 2025. Full‑year transaction activity hit $157 billion, up 22% from 2024, as net buying intentions climb to 17%. Office properties have reclaimed...
🚨 Trump State of Union Tonight. The Yen Is Collapsing. Pay Attention Dollar surging across the board Yen crashed 1% overnight as Japan's PM fights the BOJ on rate hikes Dow broke below the 50 SMA for the first time this year -...
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The article "WHAT'S GOING ON UNDER THE COVERS?" teases an investigative look at hidden dynamics shaping today’s market landscape. It promises visual data, likely through the featured graphic, to uncover trends that aren’t immediately visible. While the full text isn’t...

Passive and thematic ETFs are funneling large inflows into market‑cap‑weighted indices, disproportionately boosting the biggest and most volatile stocks and creating a systemic risk that may outpace liquidity. In Canada, strategist Michael Green warns that this distortion decouples prices from...

If you could plot "vibes" vs SPX price action, yesterday had to be an outlier Sure software and payments were down - but the SPX really didn't care Thats the dispersion that everyone has been talking about for weeks If SPX<6,800 then maybe...

$163M for 2001 M St. NW in downtown DC. Nearly fully leased. Major law firms on long term leases. Retail that supports daily traffic. $573 per square foot in a market many wrote off. Office is not dead. Weak office is struggling....

American Tower posted a 7.5% increase in fourth‑quarter 2025 revenue, reaching $2.74 billion, while property revenue rose 7.6% to $2.67 billion. Tenant billings grew organically by $109 million, a 5.9% rise. Adjusted funds from operations per share climbed 8.2%, marking high single‑digit growth....
Last week, we published a report titled “How Is China Rewiring Its Trillion-Dollar Surplus?” in response to media reports that Chinese authorities have urged banks to curb their exposure to the US Treasury market. This regulatory signal is highly investment-relevant,...
Tesla’s price‑to‑earnings ratio has climbed to roughly 380, the highest since 2021, even as the stock slipped about 20% from its December peak. The surge in valuation stems more from last year’s rally and a strategic shift toward AI and...
i'd like to think i've learned a lot about investing over the years... there were times that i was very discouraged as profits disappeared and/or losses grew... it happens so fast... there've been times of great excitement & enthusiasm, which have coincided...
#NYC #realestate scratches its head over future of #RooseveltHotel as owner #Pakistan embraces redev under a #JV, an idea that's only been kicking around for 5 years. #DC baffled. #hotel #GrandCentral #CRE #Trump #GSA https://t.co/quNa74iZS1

Washington D.C. rents have risen 27% since January 2019, trailing the national 39% gain. The conventional view blames excess multifamily supply, yet rent performance mirrors the city’s job market more closely than building permits or completions. During the pandemic D.C....
Pretty cool that $AAPL has become the two year note of the modern age. Risk off equals appl rally.

Forward P/E Ratios... Colgate $CL: 23.4x Proctor & Gamble $PG: 22.5x Netflix $NFLX: 19.9x 🤔 https://t.co/3B4ig8yjTW

The Australian newspaper cited the Parliamentary Budget Office’s (PBO) budget tool to challenge One Nation’s proposal to cap visas at 130,000 annually and achieve net‑zero immigration. The PBO‑based analysis estimates a $100 billion loss in federal revenue over the next decade,...
Tesla outsold all VW branded EVs by ~30:1 in Q425. $TSLA "Cox Automotive's Kelley Blue Book estimated 125,900 Tesla vehicles sold/registered in the US during Q4 2025"

Still feels a bit too early to declare a rent rebound in Austin, but it'll happen eventually. The demand drivers are still stronger than other headlines have suggested, and massive supply remains the big headwind... until it isn't anymore. https://t.co/gMblq6btg0

The Oklahoma Supreme Court is set to rule on $1.45 billion of winter‑storm bonds issued by Oklahoma Gas & Electric and Public Service Company of Oklahoma. Republican lawmakers allege the Oklahoma Corporation Commission violated state audit and ethics rules when authorizing...

Update to Feb 12 post Sklarew box: fell through the middle. equal extension down eventually possible. "Oh No, Mr. Bill" https://t.co/oGq72zLdo3
$HD "Trade Idea 2: Buy the February 27 Expiry 380/385 Call Spread ($3.X.05) and sell the February 27 Expiry 360 Put for 30 cents." puts expire. Sell to close call spread near $5 or watch to max out Friday

The personal savings rate in the US averaged 4.5% in 2025. History since 1959... https://t.co/umS9AR2N61

IBM... Ah Walter, 50% retrace...time to mortgage the house? Largest down day in 25 years...once again proving markets tend to go down faster then they go up. https://t.co/PlB6PYmSOs

It is a Big Trap - Avoid the Rotation trade The rotation trade is making the rounds on social media, but this trend is based on what worked in 2025 and might not work in 2026. Dow theory suggests it...
“I recently spoke with experts at the International Monetary Fund, who put the problem bluntly: China is simply too big to keep exporting its way out of its own internal malaise.” @Lingling_Wei https://t.co/nsBIj0UbEq
Trudging through the ice and snow to join @DianeKingHall on the NYSE set of the @SchwabNetwork Tune in at 8:40.
Everyone assumes Apple’s lead is secure. But 2026 may test that narrative. Leadership isn’t about new products. It’s about what’s already priced in. Expectations are the real risk. Read closely: https://t.co/L377mvJehE @willrhind @graniteshares