Quantitative Easing and Tightening With Richard Duncan #640

Bruce Norris is joined this week by Richard Duncan. Richard is the author of three books on the global economic crisis including the international bestseller The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Cures, which forecasts the economic crisis of 2008 with extraordinary accuracy. Since beginning his career as an equity analyst in Hong Kong in 1986, Richard has served as Global Head of Investment Strategy at ABN AMRO Asset Management in London. He worked as a financial sector specialist for the World Bank in Washington D.C. and headed equity research departments for James Capel securities and Solomon broker brothers in Bangkok. He also worked as a consultant for the IMF in Thailand during the Asia crisis. He is now the publisher of a video newsletter Macrowatch, which can be found on his web site. www.richardduncanceconomics.com. I recommend this web site. He has offered our our listeners a 50% discount coupon if you get to his web site. The word to use for the discount is river. You'll find out in the next 50 minutes why he recommends it.

Bruce and Richard will discuss the U.S. economy, what is it's main driver, quantitative easing and quantitative tightening, interest rates and what could lead the Fed to raise them again, whether it is their job to protect asset prices, demographics and the inflation cycle, and much, much more.

The Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.


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Smart Cities With Dr. Jonathan Reichental #639

Aaron Norris is joined again this week by Dr. Jonathan Reichental.  Heis a multiple award-winning technology leader whose 30-year career has spanned both the private and public sectors. In 2017, Dr. Reichental was named a top 100 CIO in the world and in 2016 was named one of the top 20 most influential CIO’s in the United States. He is recognized as a global thought leader on a number of emerging trends including urban innovation and blockchain technology. In 2013 he was recognized as one of the 25 doers, dreamers, and drivers in government in America. His innovative work in government has also been recognized by the White House. Works with his teams to apply technology innovation in organizations to create new value and to enable work to be more meaningful and fun.

Aaron and Dr. Reichental will discuss smart cities, at-risk industries, economic and demographic trends, how the U.S. compares to other countries, LinkedIn and how they could change our current education model, and much, much more.

The Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.


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Industry 4.0 With Dr. Jonathan Reichental #638

Aaron Norris is joined this week by Dr. Jonathan Reichental.  Heis a multiple award-winning technology leader whose 30-year career has spanned both the private and public sectors. In 2017, Dr. Reichental was named a top 100 CIO in the world and in 2016 was named one of the top 20 most influential CIO’s in the United States. He is recognized as a global thought leader on a number of emerging trends including urban innovation and blockchain technology. In 2013 he was recognized as one of the 25 doers, dreamers, and drivers in government in America. His innovative work in government has also been recognized by the White House. Works with his teams to apply technology innovation in organizations to create new value and to enable work to be more meaningful and fun.

Aaron and Dr. Reichental will discuss his learning course Foundations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, what it is about, what technologies it encompasses, how the changes in technology could change urban development and real estate, urban and suburban and whether their definition is changing, education and how it has remained the same over the years and catered to different audiences, and much, much more.

He is also an adjunct professor at several universities including the University of San Francisco as well as a popular writer and educator producing several highly successful online courses with LinkedIn Learning. He co-authored The Apps Challenge Playbook, and he is a frequent public speaker on a wide range of technology and business-related topics. Co-hosts the popular podcast, Drinking Wine Talking Tech.

The Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.


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Centriq App Part 2 With James Sheppard #637

Aaron Norris is joined again this week by James Sheppard.  James is the co-founder and CEO of Centriq. The goal of Centriq is to simplify life for homeowners. One of the reasons Aaron contacted him a few years ago when he was on their YouTube channel was he did not think it was cool just for homeowners, but also from the real estate investor perspective. He is a two-time entrepreneur who has brought ideas to life in both the physical and digital world. In building Centriq, he is drawing from his experience in commercial real estate development, building large mixed-use projects in Vancouver, Canada as well as an infrastructure management business where he helped large utilities where cities optimize the performance of their physical investments. Prior to Centriq, James was VP of Strategy Innovation at Sales Force. His system reminds Aaron of a customer relations management system for your house.

Today, they continue their video presentation, which you can check out on YouTube, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Last week they ended by talking about recalled devices, and today James began by showing an example. Together, they discuss more about the app, devices that were recalled and why, what other companies like Lowes are doing with technology, how long it will be free and the cost of the professional version, what their goal is when it comes to the amount of time users utilize the app for their utilities, where service providers will come into play in the future, and much, much more.

The Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.


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