| WELCOME COMPASS HOUSTON! And welcome especially to founding agent Mike Mahlstedt consistently one of the area's top professionals who represents the very best of Houston and our industry.
DID YOU KNOW? Debt for New York City has grown from $4,923 per person in 2000 to $10,113 in 2017, an increase of 105%. More than 700,000 jobs have been added in NYC during the past 8 years, an average of 87,500 jobs per year. The debt per capita of every US national is over $61,000. If the Japanese wanted to pay off their national debt, they would owe $90,345 each. Among OECD countries, Ireland, and Italy are next, with $62,687, and $58,693 respectively and Belgium, at $58,134. The OECD average of $50,245. (World Economic Forum)
DID YOU KNOW? Will there be a cash infusion over the next few weeks from withdrawn hedge funds? Today, most managers of hedge funds will find out how much of their stock/bond portfolios they need to liquidate ahead of time because those invested in hedge funds have to give notice by today if and how much they will withdraw. The stock market has been skittish over the past month, mostly due to rising interest rates, the mid-term elections, trade war concerns and reports on political wrongdoing that are about to come out. Many big investors stung by recent big losses that likely eroded confidence in hedge funds could possibly be asking for a lot of their money back. November 15th isn’t a hard and fast deadline but traditionally, 45 days to the end of the year has been the time when investors have had to notify hedge funds of withdrawals. Around $100 billion has been withdrawn in each of the past few years, but the stock market was mostly climbing during those years. (NY POST)
DID YOU KNOW? In the past 10 years, employment in U.S. cities has grown 7% and the number of businesses in these places has grown11%, while employment has contracted in nonmetro areas and the number of businesses there has barely changed, according to Labor Department. Five cities—New York, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco—accounted for a third of all Fortune 500 headquarters and half of Fortune 500 firms’ profits in 2017. When startups began locating in cities in the 1990s, many predicted that because the internet allowed people to work from anywhere, tech workers would scatter across the country as firms sought cheap office space. Instead, places like Silicon Valley and Seattle proved that clusters of highly skilled workers fueled innovation at a faster pace. Supercharged places that were already doing well, drew in more educated workers who wanted to live in walkable neighborhoods with nice restaurants and hip entertainment. (WSJ)
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