Articles written by Jake clopton - Benzinga

Trouble In Foreign Markets Could Give The U.S. It's Next Leg Up

I was to say the least intrigued by a headline I saw in the news this morning about tanks being used to keep protestors at bay in China, but the protestors were depositors and the tanks were keeping them away from banks.

The End Of The Work From Home And Why Office Properties Will Outperform The Market

In today’s labor market, negotiating power is on the side of the laborer. There are 2 job openings for every unemployed person in the United States, heavily skewing the labor supply/demand curve in favor of the supply side. But that will be quickly coming to an end as that dislocation is being directly attacked by monetary policy.

Why Mortgage and Commercial Loan Rates Won't Go As High As People Think

I’m of the belief that mortgage rates won’t be going as high as some people are forecasting, at least not nearly as quickly. I say this because the dynamic between inflation, FED rate hikes, economic growth, and the bond markets should cause the yield curve to flatten and even invert in the medium term, holding down mortgage rates.

Inverted Yields And FED Rate Hikes, What Does It All Mean?

If you’ve picked up any financial news in the recent week you probably saw headlines about the yield curve inverting and this being a recession indicator. But then nothing really explaining what that is, why it happens or what is causing it. Well let’s break it down and do just that.

Inflation's Impact On Construction Materials

The biggest issue facing commercial real estate at the moment has got to be inflation in construction materials. It has become a consistent backdrop to every construction deal that we have looked at over the past 12 month.

Capital Markets And Valuation Trends We See For Self-Storage In 2022

With 2022 off to a bang, I wanted to start out by highlighting one of the asset types that I am seeing getting an enormous amount of attention, not only from the equity side but also from the financing side. That asset would be self-storage facilities, all across the country, and for various types of sponsors.