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Strategies & Market Trends : The Epic American Credit and Bond Bubble Laboratory -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: westpacific who wrote (22998)	12/7/2004 12:41:28 PM
From: John Vosilla	Respond to of 110194

<As for me, I am hedged heavy outside the dollar (but not all of it, one has to bet always on America, one has to believe in the people of America) - however holding US REAL ESTATE here in any form is the biggest mistake you can make!> Not even in the inexpensive midwest? Some rental property at only 4-5 times annual rent. People have to live somewhere. No doubt the bubble markets will take a dive of perhaps 40-50%. The new high end condos hoping to be flipped by speculators in places like Miami and San Diego are going down 70-80% and are going to be the poster child of the excesses of this bubble. So what are the leading indicators to tell if your scenario is the likely outcome?