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Mike Walters is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of USA Financial, leading the firm since its inception in 1988. Mike is committed to...
The U.S. government debt has banged into the ceiling once more at $31.4 trillion. In this episode of The Trending Report, we’ll wrap our minds around how large the debt really is and what it represents, plus we’ll talk about the commercial real estate environment – specifically office space – and what it means for business.
The Trending Report is an ongoing video/podcast series with analysis on the market capitalization and market sectors, exploring a time topical trend taking place within the markets and/or economy. This series is published by the investment professionals at USA Financial. Each episode breaks down current trends taking place in two specific categories: market capitalization and sectors.
Market capitalization is the total value of a publicly traded company’s outstanding common shares owned by stockholders. The Trending Report explores the trends developing within the different market cap sizes, which can come in and out of favor as a result of current market and economic conditions. In general, these insights may shed light on the stock market performance of different size companies.
In addition, the Trending Report will explore the momentum taking place within the different sectors of the market. Each episode will explore the movements taking place inside of the various sectors to help investors get a sense for how the market and economy may be impacting stocks sector by sector.
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Mike Walters is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of USA Financial, leading the firm since its inception in 1988. Mike is committed to...
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