The Radford Free Press – Page 371 – All life is problem solving.

Economics / deficits, GDP, home prices, interest rates, Investment, real estate, recovery, risk, risk management, systemic risk /

Response to Carl: Part 2

August 24, 2010

It occurs to me that I evaded some of the more obvious things to say about investment opportunities at the moment. Allow me to correct that oversight now. One of the big problems with being an investor right now is that expectations are wildly distorted. By this I mean investors are expecting yields that simply […]

Economics / existing home sales, home prices, real estate, stimulus /

Housing Implodes … Again

August 24, 2010

In a sharp confirmation of the power of government stimulus the existing housing market slumped last month. And I mean slumped. Sales of existing homes fell 27.2% to an annual rate of 3.83 million in July. That drop was the largest one month decline ever. The only thing propping up our housing market over the […]

Economics / consumption, interest rates, Investment, Keynes, recession, recovery, stimulus, stock market /

An Answer To Carl: All Cash and Nowhere to Invest

August 22, 2010

My longtime friend Carl wrote this: “If business is making profits then the market should reflect that and invite participation‰Û? But where is one to join in (invest) in order to share in those profits. Banks pay nothing for the use of private cash deposits‰Û? the stock market is no longer trusted‰Û? Where is it? […]