Balboa Island vacationers still happy
I enjoyed reading today’s Los Angeles Times article about Balboa Island. As a child, my family often spent our summer vacations on the Island. When we arrived at Balboa Island from our home in Phoenix Arizona we thought we were in Shangri La! I never could understand why we had to go home. I can Read more ➝
Fed’s Beige Book offers brighter assesment
On Wednesday, The Federal Reserve released their Beige Book, a compilation of impressions collected from businesses across the county. This latest report appears to show an economy that is slowing it’s downward slide. Click on the photo to the left to take you to the complete article from the Thursday, July 30, 2009 edition of the Read more ➝
New housing data sends mixed signals
As Reported in the Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Los Angeles Times, new housing data sends mixed signals about the state of the market. Although the S&P/Case Schiller index of home prices in 20 metropolitan areas was up slightly in May over its April level, the local Los Angles index, which includes Orange County was down Read more ➝
Commercial real estate slumps
The Sunday, July 19th, 2009 issue of the Los Angeles Times featured an interesting article on the state of the Southern California commercial real estate market. Click on the chart to the right, toview the article at the Los Angeles Times website.
The Inflation Question
Our friends at J. P. Morgan Asset Management recently sent me a great white paper titled The Inflation Question. The article, written by Dr. David Kelly, CFA, Managing Director and Chief Market Strategist and Andrew D. Goldberg, Vice President and Market Strategist, lays out a case for low to moderate inflation in the near term.
Interesting Article
A Sagent Wealth Management client recently passed on an interesting TIME article titled, The End of Excess: Is This Crisis Good for America? Click on the photo to the left to take you to TIME website.
Sagent client publishes another book
Long time Sagent Wealth Management client Carol W. Hazelwood publishes a new book titled Dark Legacy. Click on the Dark Legacy book cover to find out how to get your copy and to learn about Carol’s other books. Dark legacy is a suspense novel set in Oregon where the exotic matsutake mushrooms grow. When Claudia Read more ➝
Inflation isn’t a worry right now, Fed says
The Federal Reserve, citing continued economic weakness, decides to leave key rate unchanged. Please click photo to the left to read entire June 25th, 2009 Los Angles Times article.
Southern California Home Price rise slightly in May
Real Estate has long been a key component of California’s economy and as many say, “as goes the California economy, so goes the national economy”. Sales Volume has been up recently and now prices are starting to edge up. Click on the photo above to take you to the June 18th, 2009 Los Angeles Times Read more ➝