Oil and Gas Lines, Super Bowl Sunday, Trade Deficit, The Housing Market and Harrison Johnson, CFP® : The Time Value of Money

<p>Highlights:</p> <ul><li>On Friday, February 4 China and Russia announced a new oil and gas deal valued at roughly $118 billion. It should also be known that last year the trade between the two countries hit a record $147 billion.</li> <li>The big game is now just a couple of days away!!! As always we like to take a look at some numbers before enjoying the game.</li> <li>The trade deficit has now reached $859 billion on a yearly basis, that’s an increase of 27% over the previous year.</li> <li>The numbers are in on inflation and it’s no surprise that inflation rose by 7.5% over the past year. It was the largest annual increase since February 1982. What affects will this have besides the obvious?</li> <li>Harrison Johnson, CFP® : The Time Value of Money</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Learn more about our investing strategies at: smartinvesting2000.com</p>