In recent months, the political spotlight has once again turned to a 100-year-old tax policy: the 1031 exchange. Often referred to as a “loophole” by detractors, a 1031 exchange, in simplest terms, allows for the exchange… Read More

Retail sales grew a surprising 0.6% in June, demonstrating the strength of the consumer sector as the economic reopening continues. Sales through brick & mortar channels were up 0.9% from the month before, outpacing total… Read More

Worries about inflation are beginning to surface in the press and among investors following increases in April and May in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). While much of the recent increase in prices is due… Read More

Reader warning: This is a good-news/bad-news/good-news blog. First the good news. As Reuters reported recently, the stock market has been on a “steady” climb, and it now stands to make “fresh records, extending a rally that has… Read More

With the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccinations readily available, more grocery shoppers feel comfortable returning to stores, a new survey by The Feedback Group showed. Over four times as many consumers plan to… Read More

In late May, Nareit marked the passage of 15 months of financial market response to the global spread of COVID-19, social distancing measures, and more recently, here in the U.S., the reopening recovery. As with… Read More

As we begin to emerge from the devastation and tragedy of the pandemic, all Americans are dusting themselves off and looking to the future. We are all restarting our lives, making plans and perhaps using… Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic set off a rush for real assets, as investors ran for the safety of precious metals and other commodities. Silver ended up as 2020’s top-performing asset, up 47.4% for the year and… Read More

Placer.ai’s latest mall index—the sample for which has been doubled to 100 U.S. properties—indicates that traffic in enclosed shopping centers during June was only eight percentage points off June 2019. Traffic has been steadily increasing… Read More

British entrepreneur and adventurer Sir Richard Branson, head of Virgin Group Ltd., said, “Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change.” Certainly, as retailers grappled with the impact of COVID-19 restrictions,… Read More