Jeremy Cyrier's (jeremycyrier) Blog

Late last year, my friend Chris called me to ask whether he should withdraw all of his deposits from his local bank. Chris was afraid that his bank might fail and he’d lose his savings.  “This isn’t 1929,” I said.  “Your deposits are insured and the government’s taking action to shore up our lend...

Portfolio Research has published some mean numbers that indicate that we’re going to be in for a wild ride over the next couple of years in the Boston area commercial real estate market.  As much as what I hear around town is a false sense of hope and security that this will blow over soon and we...

Thu, Jan 22, 2009 Selling You’re watching a football game on television.  One team kicks off and a flurry of activity ensues.  Guys are running everywhere and the ball’s on the move.  They settle down.  The two teams square off.   They run plays to outsmart and out-maneuver the opponent. The offe...

Sat, Jan 31, 2009 Investing We lost sight of the basics were were taught as kids.  In fact, did you know that every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S Treasury?  It took an email chain with a list of factoids to get me thinking that perhaps we went wrong with commercial real est...