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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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83576Wyätt Gwyön8/6/2007
83575<i>My original original idea was start a business, make 2 mil, live off thWyätt Gwyön8/6/2007
83574>>You should be able to get 8-9% with a diversified fairly conservative poGeorge88/6/2007
83573You should be able to get 8-9% with a diversified fairly conservative portfolio.Moominoid8/6/2007
83572Pretty funny indeed- I also hear a lot groaning about the credit markets seizingdamainman8/6/2007
83571<i>2) On 2 million, you probably can't make enough money, with very loWyätt Gwyön8/6/2007
83570The suspense brokeruniverse.comLes H8/6/2007
83569Big pop in RATE. Got out of my bounce trade from Friday with a slight gain. FoChanceIs8/6/2007
83568only one of them leftJim McMannis8/6/2007
83567August 6, 2007 The Open Ocean By now, is there anyone over twelve in the USA whTravis_Bickle8/6/2007
83566Stop Making Sense The Washington Post discusses the death of 100% financing. ThTravis_Bickle8/6/2007
83565Something here for everybody Monday, monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da) So good to me (Smiling Bob8/6/2007
83564Mostly a rant, somewhat of a realization of how much money it takes to be rich eTheStockFairy8/6/2007
83563I guess CNBC wants to try to boost ratings. Just announced Cramer will be on at coug8/6/2007
83562VIX is at a four year high. Good time to be selling options, although everywherChanceIs8/6/2007
83561That and my other three builders down quite a bit, KBH down over 5%, BZH down 7%Travis_Bickle8/6/2007
83560>>>The US military cannot account for 190,000 AK-47 assault rifles<&ChanceIs8/6/2007
83559CTX down another $2 with no buyers showing yet.bkcraun8/6/2007
83558I wish I had held onto my SPF short shares, .... 20-20 hindsightsaveslivesbyday8/6/2007
83557LEND on the warpath but everything else is pretty weak.Travis_Bickle8/6/2007
83556I've traded so much I actually used up my DTBP in my Schwab trading account saveslivesbyday8/6/2007
83555red, green, red, green? You're going to give yourself a neck cramp looking Think4Yourself8/6/2007
83554Red, green, red, green, red, green, red, green -- just like a Xmas tree.Paul Kern8/6/2007
83553I'm dizzy from this volatility. Taking some gains, catching my breath. Looksaveslivesbyday8/6/2007
83552Yah, but the .XAU got clobbered that day, something like 25%....patron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83551Though he stayed in the homies too long before going short, bob marcin is the fuTravis_Bickle8/6/2007
83550Was that a rant?Jim McMannis8/6/2007
83549Home-buying firms see no end of eager sellers montgomeryadvertiser.comLes H8/6/2007
83548<pre> No comparison. On Black Monday the DJIA lost 508 to close at 01,738Think4Yourself8/6/2007
83547RE:"Did you see the most active that was up? Echo Bay Mines +1/4." MiJim McMannis8/6/2007
83546Message 23763545Jim McMannis8/6/2007
83545"It would be irresponsible of the fed to lower rates without giving the marsaveslivesbyday8/6/2007
83544ot: our government at it's finest. Totally serious. Someone actually told Think4Yourself8/6/2007
83543Me and my 2 kids are going to move into this fancy schmanzy home (which is locatTheStockFairy8/6/2007
83542WCI Communities Provides Updated Cash Flow Expectations and Second Quarter EarniTravis_Bickle8/6/2007
83541It took awhile but an analyst finally picked up on this no-brainer I posted abouThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83540Thats pretty funny. I had an almost identical situation with an [arms length] e10K a day8/6/2007
83539<i>It would be irresponsible of the fed to lower rates without giving the orkrious8/6/2007
83538Also odd seeing INTC and AAPL as OTC stocks again. There was an "expert&quThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83537YouTube is so cool. Did you see the most active that was up? Echo Bay Mines +1orkrious8/6/2007
83536American Home Mortgage files for bankruptcy biz.yahoo.com No surprise to anyonThink4Yourself8/6/2007
83535For those who said "oh, they can't do that!" in regards to credit Think4Yourself8/6/2007
83534IMO today's "pre-fed" rally won't have conviction for 2 reasonsaveslivesbyday8/6/2007
83533C-Bass Retains Blackstone To Assist In Obtaining Capital >>>MTG up neaChanceIs8/6/2007
83532Such is the the nature of democracy.Oblomov8/6/2007
83531Sure.Moominoid8/6/2007
83530ACA stinks. Smells just like a Special Purpose Entity to me, exchange traded, riGeorge K.8/6/2007
83529<i> if you had a standard 750k house,</i> 750K is not a "standWyätt Gwyön8/6/2007
83528"I will give Junior credit for going along with the borrow and spend, primeMetacomet8/6/2007
83527Mencken said a lot of pertinent things. However it is absolutely startling how Metacomet8/6/2007
83526We've talked about securitization impeding defaulting lenders ability to do patron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83525he looks like a guy straight out of the 70s, pretty funnyLizzie Tudor8/6/2007
83524Hey that is CNBC's Bill Griffith too!CalculatedRisk8/6/2007
83523FNN broadcast from Black Monday on YouTube (with Ed Hart, no less)! Must see TV.patron_anejo_por_favor8/6/2007
83522sounds like she's retired, not building a family and an empire.TheStockFairy8/5/2007
83521Them<G>patron_anejo_por_favor8/5/2007
83520Dinners aren't a business expense when entertaining clients? A lawyer's Live2Sail8/5/2007
83519My Mom has a net worth of $2.5 million (and gets a pension) and lives in a $125kMoominoid8/5/2007
83518My Mom has a net worth of $2.5 million (and gets a pension) and lives in a $125kMoominoid8/5/2007
83517if you have 3.5 mil, there's almost no way that you would be living in a 100TheStockFairy8/5/2007
83516Me or them? Me, I have guns, gold and lawyers.. Them, I don't know....coug8/5/2007
83515Report: Spector resigns from Bear Stearns marketwatch.comThink4Yourself8/5/2007
83514Looks like it's 5.58% after fees.Oblomov8/5/2007
83513I agree with you. The growth has exploded in recent years to make the total a sThink4Yourself8/5/2007
83512Loan Insurer ACA Capital May Be Toast - Barron's Sunday August 5, 11:00 am EDennis Roth8/5/2007
83511<I>He said that he had a client who earned 300k/yr., but didn't save aLizzie Tudor8/5/2007
83510Subprime and Alt-A were 40% of all loans last year. recharts.com See exhibit 10CalculatedRisk8/5/2007
83509"this REPAIR cycle is going to take a lot longer because it is not concentrmarcher8/5/2007
83508I read a few weeks ago that subpime plus alt-a comprise 13% of the total mortgagThink4Yourself8/5/2007
83507What is FXA's dividend rate?KyrosL8/5/2007
83506<i>"From there, they should negotiate hard on the price of the house MulhollandDrive8/5/2007
83505I was referring to FXA, not FAX.Oblomov8/5/2007
83504Keep telling yourself those fables.bentway8/5/2007
83503FAX works like an Aussie money market fund . . . . . . except for the part abouElroy Jetson8/5/2007
83502Here is info on IAF (and all other closed end funds): cefa.com It's appareKyrosL8/5/2007
83501Have you looked at IAF? The old First Australia Fund. It's yielding 9.10% I&Jim McMannis8/5/2007
83500I agree with you. EJ does have a point that FAX has some junk bond risk as wellKyrosL8/5/2007
83499Yes, all of the currencyshare ETFs work the same way. The management fee is 26bOblomov8/5/2007
83498"Our bet is that the bull market will survive the subprime meltdown. RelatiNOW8/5/2007
83497I don't know. All I can do is look to my friends to see what has happened. OLive2Sail8/5/2007
83496Tell your friend to expect the unexpected in this type of environment. MortgageTradelite8/5/2007
83495I'd love to see your list of post-bubble shakeout targets if you'd care Perspective8/5/2007
83494"I believe that the 8% rate takes effect tomorrow, as does the suspension oLive2Sail8/5/2007
83493OT more inside tips from Cramer in July 2000<g> 'Ariba is getting desJohn Vosilla8/5/2007
83492'Saying Bush Jr. was no worse than Clinton in the area of fiscal management John Vosilla8/5/2007
83491I guess FXY must be the same (with lower distributions, being in Yen)?Tommaso8/5/2007
83490'The CNN special report said we needed to spend 180 billion on infrastructurJohn Vosilla8/5/2007
83489FXA's distributions are not dividends in the sense that the distribution is Oblomov8/5/2007
83488<i> That attitude is the road to ruin, and you're falling for a line bOblomov8/5/2007
83487That looks good. I may buy some FXA to see how it works out. .Elroy Jetson8/5/2007
83486It's a monthly cash dividend. currencyshares.com currencyshares.compatron_anejo_por_favor8/5/2007
83485Where do you find this 5.4% yield? Is it paid out as a dividend? If the dividenElroy Jetson8/5/2007
83484Creating a risk for holding cash. . . Welcome to Zimbabwe, the modern MonetariElroy Jetson8/5/2007
83483Current yield on FXA is 5.47%.....patron_anejo_por_favor8/5/2007
83482I'm not familiar with how FXA is structured. It certainly tracks the AustralElroy Jetson8/5/2007
83481<<report said we needed to spend 180 billion on infrastructure by 2020 to Tradelite8/5/2007
83480>>I tried to beg off being a fourth playing bridge tomorrow because I thoupatron_anejo_por_favor8/5/2007
83479>>.Lots of people gripe about Bernanke, but IMO he's done OK since takTommaso8/5/2007
83478>>Patron, I'm only disturbed because he has said publicly (in the Telepatron_anejo_por_favor8/5/2007
83477Re: <i>One party, two different names.</i> No, no, no. That attituDan38/5/2007
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