Forecast for the Week

Housing reports highlight an otherwise slow week for economic data.

• Wednesday brings Existing Home Sales for June. Look for June’s New Home Sales figures on Friday.
• Weekly Initial Jobless Claims will be released on Thursday, as usual.

Remember: Weak economic news normally causes money to flow out of Stocks and into Bonds, helping Bonds and home loan rates improve, while strong economic news normally has the opposite result. The chart below shows Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS), which are the type of Bond on which home loan rates are based.

Chart: Fannie Mae 3.5% Mortgage Bond (Friday July 17, 2015)

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4 Easy Ways to Meet Your Deadlines

“The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.” Nolan Bushnell, founder, Atari Corporation

Deadlines are a normal part of life, but many people fall prey to the “planning fallacy,” or the tendency to be overly optimistic about how much time they need to complete a future task.

Here are easy actions you can take to help you achieve your goals on time, every time:

1. Work on the hardest deadlines first. Front loading your day, week or month creates a lighter load toward the end of the time period, giving you the flexibility to stretch out your work if you hit snags along the way.
2. Set due dates a couple of days before the “real” deadline. This will help account for both normal hiccups and unforeseen delays, and give you extra time to handle any issues that may arise.
3. Remind yourself more often. Leverage technology–—such as Google Calendar or your smartphone–—to alert you weeks, days and hours from your deadline. These reminders will help quash procrastinating.
4. Make a public promise. Bring personal pride into the equation. Procrastination usually takes a back seat to public failure.

As always, feel free to pass these helpful tips along to your team, clients and colleagues!

Source: Lifehacker

Economic Calendar for the Week of July 20 – July 24

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