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TERM OF THE DAY – proxy

                  “Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt, radio address, October 26, 1939   Definitions (2) 1. A written authorization given by a shareholder for someone else, usually the company’s management, to cast his/her vote at a shareholder meeting or at another time. 2. More generally, a person who represents another person. …

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TERM OF THE DAY heuristics

            “We are what we repeatedly do.” -Aristotle Heuristics Trial-and-error procedure for solving problems (or reaching an unclear goal) through incremental exploration, and by employing a known criteria to unknown factors. For example, trying to climb a fog shrouded hill by making every step an upward-step. In journalism, a well known heuristic is asking Who? What? When? Where? Why? in investigating a news story. …

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BlackRock- BlackRock – Weekly Investment Commentary – December 30 2013

              “Education is the best provision for old age.” -Aristotle, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers     Overview 2014 should bring with it slightly better economic growth and a slow increase in real interest rates. We believe investors should continue to overweight equities in their portfolios. Additionally, …

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Happy New Year World

                You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. —Wayne Gretzky                             A little about me and my expertise – video                      LAND SPECIALIST – LAND EXPERT – INVESTMENT BROKER – ARIZONA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPs3kpKR4nY …

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MORNINGSTAR – Monthly CMBS Special Servicing Activity- December 2013 (November 2013 Remittance)

              My Golden Rule of Networking is simple: Don’t keep score. Harvey Mackay   Morningstar Research-Special Servicing Activity – December 2013 (Novembe… Liquidations With the November 2013 remittance, 115 CMBS loans were liquidated with a pre-liquidation unpaid balance of $1.6 billion. Realized losses on these loans totaled $635 million, …

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THE WATCH LIST – A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOCUSING ON CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

                  Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Ralph Waldo Emerson THE WATCH LIST – A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOCUSING ON CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MARK HESCHMEYER, EDITOR DECEMBER30, 2013   IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE: Crystal Balls Proved …

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