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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Beachside Bill who wrote (60641)8/24/2006 11:35:45 AM
From: Think4YourselfRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
We elected an idiot twice, proving beyond a doubt that the majority of our citizens are idiots. What's not to understand?

Actually that's a bit harsh. Could have said pretty much the same thing no matter who won each of the last two elections. It is possible that we elected the lesser of two idiots each time.



To: Beachside Bill who wrote (60641)8/24/2006 11:45:02 AM
From: MoominoidRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
I am betting on falling rates.... I agree with you - once they get serious they might give some support to the housing market for a while. That housing activity index seems to follow a 4-5-year cycle even more strongly than the stock market does.

randomroger.blogspot.com

I hadn't noticed that before. So I guess we should expect to see a repeat of 1990-95 over the next 5 years.



To: Beachside Bill who wrote (60641)8/24/2006 12:04:40 PM
From: IncitatusRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
Commodities are on a downward cycle since they are way over the devaluation in the dollar to the world.

The dollar relative to other currencies fails to capture the overall devaluation of the fiat currencies. So it's appropriate that commodities increase at a much greater rate than the dollar falls against, say, the Yen or Euro.