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Bring it on Home

calendar_today October 3, 2024

Bridging the U.S. Housing Gap Since 1960, the population of the United States has increased by approximately 85% to 334 million people. Despite this immense growth, the number of housing starts per million has declined significantly during the same time. This imbalance, coupled with Americans’ demand for larger homes, resulted in a housing crisis. Like […]

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Financial Advisor Magazine: The Hunt for Alpha

calendar_today March 19, 2024

Six Themes to Watch in Private Markets. It’s an interesting time for investors to think about new ways to diversify and differentiate portfolios. Overvalued stocks, especially on the technology side, may be a good indication for investors to take gains and diversify. Can alternative investments play a role in helping to drive returns when the […]

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Across the Pond

calendar_today February 23, 2024

Real Estate Bust. Right time, wrong place. Analysts and journalists have long been discussing the impending commercial real estate collapse in the US. However, European deals have already fallen off a cliff in both value and volume. Significant and sticky inflation caused the implementation of aggressive monetary policy that has essentially brought the real estate […]

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Office Space Oddity

calendar_today June 7, 2023

After a multi-year push for a “return to office” for employees, many have found work-from-home and hybrid accommodations to be a sticky benefit, with office landlords and investors feeling the brunt of this societal change.

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Break on Through (to the Other Side): Post-Pandemic Trends and Opportunities in the Hospitality Industry

calendar_today May 2, 2023

By Frank A. Burke, CFA, CAIA, Chief Investment Officerand Anton W. Golding, Associate, Fund Manager Analyst In the Rearview Mirror Though it has already been three full years, it will be nearly impossible to ever forget the enormous impacts COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown had on our society. The time was marked by empty streets, […]

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“There’s No Place Like Home…”

calendar_today March 3, 2023

By Frank A. Burke, CFA, CAIA, Chief Investment Officer, PPB Capital PartnersandAnton W. Golding, Fund Manager Analyst, PPB Capital Partners Thanks to a little nudge from Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, it seems that Dorothy was onto something. With real estate prices soaring, much like Dorothy’s home in that famous Kansas twister, and […]

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Best Practices for Investing Through Market Dislocation

calendar_today May 23, 2022

With volatility continuing to deteriorate investor confidence, and inflation pressures demonstratively impacting corporate profits last week, public equities have continued their downward slide thus far in 2022. Regardless of the chosen adjective—be it valiant, noble or bold—the Federal Reserve’s aggressive effort to combat inflation at all costs will have implications for all risk assets through […]

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Wealth Advisors look to Real Estate Strategies to Help Hedge Inflation

calendar_today November 15, 2021

With October’s inflation number coming in at 6.2%1, this adds to the growing fears of longer-term core inflationary pressures. Investors have begun to look at inflation hedges such as gold and even crypto assets. Volatility has crept back into the markets as allocators are expecting a quicker than previously anticipated Fed reaction to taper the […]

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Increased Market Volatility Creates Opportunities in Alternative Strategies

calendar_today March 16, 2021

Conshohocken, PA, March 16, 2021 – The last few weeks have seen increased volatility in the equity markets as rates have begun to creep back up surrounding inflation fears and investors temporarily pulling out of big tech names that have driven the S&P’s performance for the past few years.  As more and more people are vaccinated, […]

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Low Inventory Continues to Drive Opportunity in Work-Force Housing

calendar_today February 16, 2021

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