Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Booms, Busts, and Recoveries -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (65171)	6/17/2005 4:15:53 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

But C2, inflation is house prices rising, so it's not under control. Not really, Mq. I understand that the Fed or whatever entity measures inflation does not use the purchase cost of homes in its measure of inflation. The "official" measure of housing costs, which includes rentals, as it relates to inflation is a hotly debated topic. Some say that the measure is kept artificially and intentionally low. I don't know enough about the issue to comment. There's nothing wrong with debt. It's just negative money. Agreed, if the amount of the debt is manageable. The amounts being racked up by the US both privately and governmentally are astonishing, however. I question whether we are mortgaging our futures. When the time to pay the piper arrives, and he cannot be paid in full, there will be a lot of assets to be had for a proverbial song. Cash will be king, even if depreciated, so long as you are spending it domestically.