The Hotel Business is Booming!

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I just saw where Wyndham stock is hitting all time highs after recovering from a brutal 2008 downturn (excerpted from Daily Wealth):

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CHECKING IN WITH OUR “HOTEL INDICATOR”

Our “hotel indicator” still shows the American economy is a heck of a lot better than the pessimists would have you believe…

Over the past few years, we’ve pointed to the soaring shares of banks, home improvers, and transportation stocks as proof that the U.S. economy continues to improve. We’ve also featured commentary on Wyndham Worldwide (WYN). What happens with this company is extremely important…

Wyndham Worldwide is one of the most important stocks you’ve never heard about. It’s the world’s largest hotel chain. Brands here include Super 8, Howard Johnson, Ramada, and Days Inn. Wyndham owns several “upscale” hotel chains as well.

The profits and share prices of hotels rise and fall with America’s propensity to take business trips and vacations. As you can see from today’s chart, the stock has tripled in value since late 2011. Just last week, the stock hit another new all-time high. It’s boom times for hotels… which leads us to say things aren’t just better than pessimists would have you believe… they’re a whole heck of a lot better.

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Grand Cross — April 20-22

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Grand Cross
Perhaps there will be more to the astrology/astronomy than people give credit. I think this more so relates to standard economic cycles. Real estate will surely be impacted as well. The following is excerpted from New Insight Astrology:

Prolonged Economic Pain

Every time that the US Sun has been impacted by a Grand Cross it has resulted in a prolonged economic depression. Will this time be different?

At first glance it may seem improbable. The stock market just finished a record year in 2013 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is near its all time high of 16576.66. Financial pundits are once again cheering on the recovery and better days ahead. However, if we look at the unprecedented amount of financial stimulus injected into the economy by the Federal Reserve contrasted with record low employment, and mortgage applications at a record low number, it is hard to see where the sustaining force is that will grow the economy at the necessary rate.

As 2014 marches on, the combination of the extended unemployment benefit cut and mandated health insurance premiums (and deductibles) will decrease disposable income for a significant part of the population contributing to an overall drag.

If the country sustains another surprise shock this spring then the political appetite will not be there for another round of bank bailouts, and massive stimulus like we had in the 2008 crisis. Fewer options will be available the next time, and our leaders have even less credibility than they did just 5 years ago when we were told that all the stimulus and bailouts applied were what was needed to return the population to work, and “save” the economy.

We will again see an intense release of energy at the end of 2014 as Pluto-Uranus square off again in early December of 2014. There is an interesting “trigger point” right before the November mid term election when Mars will be approaching a conjunction with Pluto at 12 degrees right on top of the USA Sun squaring the Saturn. It seems the events of 2014 could create much anger in the electorate and stimulate a heavy turnout demanding meaningful change.

Time will tell.

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