Market Beat: On those trade war fears
The stock market has been volatile lately due to the lack of a trade agreement with China. The world’s two largest economies have not come to a meaningful agreement over trade and both have imposed...
Market Beat: First-quarter earnings update
Earnings reporting season for the first quarter of 2019 is just about over with. To date, about 80% of S&P 500 reporting companies have released their results. According to data from FactSet, 76% of those...
Tahoe Truckee tourism growing, resort association seeks for more funding
Tourism in North Lake Tahoe is growing steadily, particularly with increasing growth in the spring and fall “shoulder seasons,” says the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association. Data collected from the resort association shows Transient Occupancy...
Tahoe Food Hub makes the move to Truckee
The Tahoe Food Hub is ready to set up shop at a new facility at the Truckee Airport, with plans to open its doors to the community on May 28. “It’s exciting to see these...
Proposed ice pavilion takes another step forward on Truckee
The goal of bringing a full-sized, covered ice rink and event center to Truckee took another step forward at last month’s Truckee-Donner Recreation & Park District board meeting. During the meeting the district approved moving...
Market Beat: DRIP a good building tool
“Constant dripping can hollow out a stone” was a quote from the famous Roman philosopher, Titus Lucretius Carus. What he meant was that a steady stream of water, even in a very small amount would...
North Lake Tahoe businesses honored at 65th Community awards
The North Lake Tahoe business community gathered to celebrate the region’s Local Luminaries at the 65th annual Community Awards Dinner held at Granlibakken Tahoe. Industry leaders, public servants and best-in-class organizations were recognized across ten...
Market Beat: Getting ahead of the yield curve
The yield curve is a way of looking at interest rates for bonds with the same credit rating but differing maturities. Typically, we’ll look at the interest rates of various maturities for U.S. Treasury bonds....
Market Beat: Stock market analysis
Stock market analysis can be separated into a few different methods. One is known as fundamental analysis and it consists of studying a stock’s financial reports and considering its valuations. One of the most common...
Market Beat: Investing in foreign countries
Diversification is one of the best risk management tools that investors have at their disposal. Remember, “don’t put all your eggs into one basket.” If you drop the basket, the eggs could break. One way...
Truckee service center construction costs $4M beyond budget
A new public service center that will house Truckee’s maintenance facilities is still on hold as the town may not be able to afford it. The budget for the project is $8.4 million. The only...
Packing them inn: North Tahoe reports 21% increase in winter occupancy rate
Winter storms in the Tahoe area not only brought multiple feet of snow this winter but higher occupancy rates as well. Occupancy in North Lake Tahoe are up 21 % from last winter which includes...
Sierra Business Development Center, Placer County to open North Tahoe business counseling center
The Sierra Small Business Development Center at Sierra Business Council and Placer County will open a North Tahoe satellite office for business counseling, located in the Placer County Administrative Center at 775 North Lake Blvd....
Market Beat: First quarter best in decade
The first quarter of 2019 was the best quarter for the stock market in 10 years. Normally, when the first quarter of the year is good, the remainder of the year is, too. However, that...
WinterWonderGrass encourages tourism in the off-season
Squaw Valley hosted its fifth annual WinterWonderGrass Festival with three days of live bluegrass music welcoming visitors from across the country. The festival which takes place in Squaw, Colorado and now Vermont is sponsored by...
West End Coffee and Tap plans scrapped in Truckee
Despite the Truckee Planning Commission’s approval of the West End Coffee and Tap project at Donner Lake, the proposed owners have scrapped the project. When the project was approved in January, Mollie Hagar, who proposed...
On Your Market: For the love the mountains, outdoors
It is pretty obvious that the Truckee and Lake Tahoe real estate market is driven by visitors and second homeowners. We live in Truckee and Lake Tahoe because we want to. It is not an...
Market Beat: Looking ahead to first quarter earnings
The first quarter of this year has been a good one for the stock market. As of last Friday, March 22, the S&P 500 was up 11.72 percent year to date, the Dow Jones Industrial...
Mandatory smart meters draw complaints for Truckee Donner PUD
Truckee residents are taking issue with the installation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure electric meters, also referred to as “smart meters,” at their homes, and the inability to opt-out of the new program. The Truckee Donner...
Market Beat: Fixed income strategies
Most investors should have some of their portfolio allocated to bonds or fixed income. As people get older and more conservative, they should increase their exposure to bonds appropriately. Bonds are subject to different types...
