Month: November 2020

Business Drift

November 30, 2020

“Business Drift” is a perpetual problem with any business, big or small, in any industry.  In the food and distillery industry it is called “Flavor Drift”.  In business, “Drift” is the act of slowly drifting away from the core business.  This can either be intentional or unintentional.   Businesses that avoid “Drift” are emphatic about…
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Chart of Housing Starts and 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate from July 1974 to July 2020

November 18, 2020

Monetary policy affects interest rates, which affect mortgages, which affect decisions in the housing market. The red line in the graph is the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (right axis) from July 1974 to July 2020. The blue line in the graph is the ratio of housing starts built by contractors over housing starts built by…
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