Ask Bob: Social Security and Zero Earnings Years
Social Security benefits are calculated on your top 35 earning years. What if you have some years with zero earnings? Alhambra’s Bob Williams explains.
Social Security benefits are calculated on your top 35 earning years. What if you have some years with zero earnings? Alhambra’s Bob Williams explains.
Whether we're in recession depends on who you ask. Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun looks at the data and compares this unique economic cycle with previous ones to come up with his conclusion.
With inflation recently hitting a high not seen since 1981, it is now apparent that the factors that drove the disinflation trend of the last four decades are coming to an end. Globalization and demographics, the two big factors that combined to hold down prices and wages for so long, are reversing, and so too is the downtrend in prices, wages, [...]
Are investors at the point of maximum pessimism? Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun talks about a horrible 3rd quarter, sentiment, and where investors can look right now.
The market is down. Stock prices have fallen. But when is it time to buy stocks again? Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun shares his thoughts.
Is the Fed Put Over? Doug Terry, Head of Alhambra Investment Research, explains what a Fed Put is and what's going on.
Gold isn't following the upward trajectory you'd expect in this inflationary period. Is it a bad investment? Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun sets the record straight.
What impact does Fed tightening really have on home prices? Doug Terry, Alhambra's Head of Investment Research, explains.
Who is really keeping oil prices high? Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun says it's the banks.
Is Jerome Powell as tough as he thinks he is? Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun has his thoughts, plus surprises last week in housing, especially in the refi market.
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