Market Watch

Kiss Low Interest Rates Goodbye

December 30, 2022

1st Quarter 2023 Market Watch by Joe A. Hollingsworth, Jr. As the “treasury elites” discuss the taming of inflation there should be a loud rebuttal. Their stated long-term goal is 2% (slightly above or below) inflation. It should be recognized their Consumer Price Index basket of items they track to

Work Ethic

October 13, 2022

4th Quarter 2022 Market Watch by Joe A. Hollingsworth, Jr. With the recent unemployment percentage rate below what it was toward the end of the Trump administration, how do we reconcile there is over 3 million fewer workers? This is in combination with over 11 million job openings that seem

Government for Us or Against Us?

July 7, 2022

3rd Quarter 2022 Market Watch by Joe A. Hollingsworth, Jr. This is America’s first time being faced with high inflation, coupled with a substantial supply chain problem. So, there is no historically proven path forward. The previous administration kept us afloat during the COVID experience. And as we look back

Sometimes You Ask for Things You Don’t Want

April 20, 2022

2nd Quarter 2022 Market Watch by Joe A. Hollingsworth, Jr. There is an earthquake going on in the industrial building sector, both for manufacturing as well as distribution, that can be one of the most significant directional changes we have had in decades. This change will affect industrial property owners

Taxpayer Revolt

February 25, 2022

1st Quarter 2022 Market Watch by Joe A. Hollingsworth, Jr. Well, here we go again…writing about something that does not directly pertain to industrial real estate. But, I have received so many comments from readers on similar divergent ideas that it leads me to believe that I need to say

Responsibility, The Inconvenient Truth

October 21, 2021

4th Quarter 2021 Market Watch by Joe A. Hollingsworth, Jr. While I am supposed to be primarily writing about the industrial market, there is a much bigger challenge that faces America that indirectly affects everything, including the industrial real estate market. So, here I go… First, let me state the

A Frothy Stock Market

July 7, 2021

3rd Quarter 2021 Market Watch by Joe A. Hollingsworth, Jr. I am one that thinks that the stock market is priced to “virtual perfection”. So, if everything works out as envisioned by investors, the stock market is “likely” to stay close to where it is for a year or so.

Unintended Consequences

April 13, 2021

2nd Quarter 2021 Market Watch by Joe A. Hollingsworth, Jr. As far as industrial real estate goes, what is the biggest challenge today? • One challenge is certainly not the economy with the GDP (in spite of COVID) continuing to provide reasonable growth. The economy seems unlikely to fail. •

Three Random Thoughts That May Affect Today’s Real Estate Values/Economic Outlook

January 6, 2021

1st Quarter 2021 Market Watch by Joe A. Hollingsworth, Jr. • The hot topic of the moment is vaccines and how they are going to solve our pandemic. I must say, I am a skeptic on this as more of the honesty and side effects come to be known. Coupled

Real Estate…Life or Death

September 3, 2020

4th Quarter 2020 Market Watch by Joe A. Hollingsworth, Jr. Generally, I do not care about a party’s platform, because party platforms are thrown away the moment the President gets elected. But, this time, it is unique. This time, Biden is not disclosing what his policies are; because, as a

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