Are You Giving the Directions or Taking Them?

By guest blogger Joel G. Block

Living through the stock market roller coaster has been difficult – in fact, it is paralyzing. I am so focused on it that I am having trouble concentrating on work that I can actually control. Ironically, the chaos of the week has made one issue crystal clear for me.

The more I understand the stock market, the more I realize that I don’t get it at all.

Most individuals have their money in the stock market because their retirement accounts force them into the market. Those funds are forced into the market because the companies that manage those funds are stock market companies. A coincidence?

Read more at .....

http://shortsalerein.com/are-you-giving-directions/

I recently started reading this Blog and was impressed because Joel's thoughts are the same as mine.

Why should Investors continue to be sucked into the Stock Market fiasco.

I realize the market supports the financial foundation of our greatest companies. But, it needs to be revamped...it is broken!

Many thanks to you for reading our Blog, Larry Tutino

IT's TIME TO BUY NOW ......

Such conditions might not last long.

Back in June 2006, when the housing market peaked, the prospect
of a five-year national housing bust seemed unimaginable to most
people.

And yet here we are, with the latest Standard & Poor's
Case-Shiller index showing that prices hit new bear-market lows,
falling back to 2002 levels nationally and to 1990s levels in
some battered regions.

Despite all the gloom, however, there are
growing indications that it is a good time to buy. Mortgage
rates, which fell to 4.55% for the week ending June 2, according
to Freddie Mac, are near 50-year lows. Homes have become more
affordable than they have been in years: According to Moody's
Analytics, the ratio of home prices to income is now 20.9% lower
than the 15-year average through 2010, and 12.5% lower than the
1989-2004 average.

A historic glut of homes, meanwhile, has
created a BUYER'S MARKET: There were about 15 million vacant
homes in the U.S. last year, according to John Burns Real Estate
Consulting, Inc.—some 3.1 million more than normal.

"I highly recommend that all who can partner with an educated real estate Investor and watch your net worth increase over the next few years."

Larry Tutino

A special thanks to Chris McLaughlin & John Burns, Real Estate Geniuses

REITs outperform STOCKs again !!!!

The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts says the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index of US companies posted a 3.64% total return in January, better than the S&P 500 at a 2.37% total return and beating the NASDAQ Composite, which was up only 1.78% for the month.

More info at.... http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=390211573&gid=2718314&type=news&item=390211573&articleURL=http://www.globest.com/news/1857_1857/newyork/307359-1.html&urlhash=MsWX&goback=.gde_2718314_news_390211573

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Green Street has a strong record with its recommendations. Its Buy-rated stocks have generated a 25.2% annual return since 1993, versus 10.9% for all the stocks in its universe, and its Sells have gone down 1.8%. Real-estate investment trusts have been strong performers, continuing a recovery that began in early 2009. Through Wednesday, the MSCI U.S. REIT index was up 20% this year.

More info at ...http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052970204743004575622590559070962.html#articleTabs_panel_article%3D1

Remember back on Nov. 8. 2010,,,,,I had a Blog about the tremendous growth in the Real Estate Investment Trusts.

It seems that this is the BEST Asset to INVEST IN.....

Thanks from Larry, Blog writer.