Phillip J. Oh, CCIM, has over 20+ years of experience in commercial real estate acquisition and disposition and has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. He is an active member of the CCIM, National Realtor association and commercial brokerage profession and has worked in all of the diverse of southern California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada states or Western United States. Previously with C/B Commercial and Re/Max Commercial.

He concentrates on apartments, strip center to major centers, acquisition and disposition. His focus is to provide hands on personal attention to his client's individual needs and to exceed their expectations.

The fate not only of the dollar was changed … but so was that of the euro on Jan. 25.

The euro has become known as the anti-dollar. Why? The two biggest places for large institutions to invest their money are in the dollar firstly, but after that it’s in the euro.

These are two of the biggest pools of liquidity in the world. Therefore if money runs from the greenback, it tends to end up in the euro.

So when the Fed stated on that Wednesday that interest rates would remain “exceptionally low” through late 2014, it set the tone for the dollar to head lower but at the same time, it gave the green light for the euro.

In essence, the Fed is saving the euro by default due to them sacrificing the dollar once again (as they love to do).

U.S. stocks will fall 25 percent and the country stands a good chance of slipping into a recession in 2012, says economist and fund manager John Hussman.

While manufacturing numbers are improving in the U.S. and stock prices are on the rise, too many analysts are focusing on backwards-looking data, numbers that reflect what happened and often pop up on headlines with greater clarity than leading indicators, which aim to suggest how things may unfold.

Unemployment rates, for example, came in much better in January than expected, although the numbers don't suggest such momentum can sustain, especially since jobless figures can swing more than normal around January due to seasonal factors.

On February 21, 2012  In Business Outlook,Consumer News and Advice,Finance and Economy,Home Owner News,Real Estate Information,Real Estate News,Real Estate Trends,Today's Top Story,Today's Top Story - Consumer

^[1]The 2012 outlook is improving modestly from a disappointing 2011. Economic growth picked up in the fourth quarter of 2011 to 2.8 percent and is expected to come in at 2.3 percent for 2012, up from 1.6 percent growth for all of last year, according to Fannie Mae’s (FNMA/OTC) Economic & Strategic Research Group. However, the year-end growth rate was due largely to a positive swing in business inventory growth, which is not indicative of underlying consumer demand or the overall health of the economy. Nevertheless, consumer spending improved modestly and manufacturing and services activity expanded at a strong pace. Importantly, labor market conditions continued to improve with nonfarm payroll job growth increasing nearly 250,000 across many industries, including construction. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, down from 8.5 percent the month prior, as the large increase in employment outweighed a growing number of people joining the workforce—indicating a genuine improvement in the labor market. If we continue to see this level of positive data, the Group notes, the labor market may become an upside determinant for an improved outlook.