

Presidential campaign donations are subject to diminishing marginal returns Donations are rightly regarded as an important factor in a presidential election. They’re how campaigns hire staff, run get-out-the-vote operations, and, crucially, spend billions of...
Where the money is going in US politics and why

Offices haven’t hit bottom, yet
Distressed Office sales are the most common saleschecking in on vacancy and absorption ratesthe fabric of American life, forever changed (by longer distance living)not all construction is in the doldrums It’s the slow-moving trainwreck that everyone saw coming,...
Offices haven’t hit bottom, yet

The choice is Biden or Harris
Let’s splash some cold water on the non-Trump options for 2024. In the wake of the most catastrophic debate performance I have witnessed in my lifetime, it would be safe to say that Democratic Party elites and the chattering class are freaking the f**k out...
The choice is Biden or Harris

US home prices hit a record high
So why are homebuilders so sad? In today’s dispatch: home prices hit an all time highstrangely, no one wants to build new homes, and homebuilders are saddiscounts everywhere, but not in the indexesthe indexes are a little hazy, and that’s ok Last week, you may have...
US home prices hit a record high

Making sense of REIT dividend yields
Rising rates, or as Jim Grant says, “Interest rates we can be proud of,” considerably change investment decision calculus. Regardless of whether the subject is equity, fixed income, or private investment opportunities, investments can be evaluated using the...
Making sense of REIT dividend yields