by Thomas Powell | Oct 11, 2017 | Economics, Investing, Uncategorized
Last week, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway struck a deal that would make it majority owner of Pilot Flying J truck stops by 2023. Berkshire Hathaway used stakeholder money to buy a 38.7 percent stake in Pilot Flying J. How much the firm paid is unknown. What is...
by Thomas Powell | Sep 28, 2017 | Investing, Uncategorized
Let’s explore a question that comes up quite a bit: When it comes to commercial real estate, why is the “fund” model a better choice than owning properties directly? We’ll look to a few key differences so we can help clear this up and better define the opportunities...
by Thomas Powell | Sep 11, 2017 | Economics, Uncategorized
As you now likely know, Equifax, one of the three main credit reporting agencies in the U.S., experienced a breach that left 143 million Americans vulnerable to credit fraud/identity theft. 143 million Americans! That’s roughly half of the U.S. population. These...
by Thomas Powell | Sep 6, 2017 | Economics, Uncategorized
In the thick of a multi-year bounceback from a brutal national recession that hit Nevada particularly hard, the SIlver State is no longer last in every positive category and first in every negative category … at least in terms of state economics. The Great Recession...
by Thomas Powell | Aug 30, 2017 | Economics, Uncategorized
This spring there was a city in North America where the average price for a detached house was $1.2 million, and that was in … Canada? Last month, the insane housing prices in Toronto slowed, which had Canadian national news outlets leading with headlines such...
