Is the operative phrase here “priced to perfection”?
With everything from stocks and bonds to ‘roo bellies rising as one trade, it may be a good time to ask: what’s priced into the market’s uptrend? We say “bad news is priced in” when negativ…
Sentiment is awfully complacent, and volatility is low. Smells like May 2011–or August 2008.
Equities look ripe indeed for an “unexpected” bloodletting and resultant wicked correction. The general outlines of a equity bubble awaiting a nice …
In Wisconsin, $260,000 buys you a plot of land featuring a barn that has been converted into a three-story home and another barn that could serve as a garage.
But in New York and Boston, that same price point buys a one-bedroom condo.
What might …
The cooling of China’s real estate sector is good for the economy. But the government is right to be worried about the social consequences of the bubble bursting.
In October, Beijing announced that four city and provincial governments – Shangha…
Pension plans are based on 8% annual growth forever. What happens to these plans in a zero-interest rate world as the global economy and stock markets contract?
I’m afraid it’s time for an intervention. I don’t enjoy being the bearer of difficult…
From New York to Honolulu, Chinese homebuyers are swooping in to help salvage the U.S. housing market.
Indeed, California, Florida, New York, and even Hawaii have seen a marked up-tick in home sales to Chinese buyers who are exporting their countr…
So many homes today are being bought by investors. How can John Q. Public compete with the pros and snag an honest-to-goodness bargain in today’s real estate market?
Today, more than any other time in history, information is the key. You need to be…
Independent Economist Andy Xie has been a China bear for some years now, so long that as if there is no one who wants to listen to him again. Well, at least I will still first read about what he said before dismissing him.
In the Lujiazui forum,…
Investors should realize how irrational this all is. The United States is in a radical money-easing environment, in which the Fed is keeping interest rates artificially low while pumping money into the economy. This type of policy breeds speculative…
So much for “Buy a House…Then Buy Another”…..
The single biggest problem in the U.S. real estate market is simple: There are very few homebuyers.
That seems obvious, but the “buyers’ strike” has caused house prices to drop, along with an …
