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  • Values Have Dropped Less than 25% of the Fall Required to Reach Trend Status [View article]
    The economy is without question high maintenance. Thanks for your note. mdw On Nov 12 11:32 PM HomeEconomics wrote: > The basic... More »
    Comment by Michael David White
    Nov 13 20:31 pm |
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  • Values Have Dropped Less than 25% of the Fall Required to Reach Trend Status [View article]
    The basic problem with your analysis is that the "money supply" doesn't solely consist of M1 and M2. Look at Eurozone M3 for a better... More »
    Comment by HomeEconomics
    Nov 12 23:32 pm |
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  • Values Have Dropped Less than 25% of the Fall Required to Reach Trend Status [View article]
    If the debt is un-payable and the asset values insane, you can inflate, you can stagnate, or you can bk. The latter is the breakfast of... More »
    Comment by Michael David White
    Nov 12 16:56 pm |
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  • Values Have Dropped Less than 25% of the Fall Required to Reach Trend Status [View article]
    There is a wide variation in the data. You can see the results of both Case-Shiller and Federal Housing Finance Agency at... More »
    Comment by Michael David White
    Nov 12 16:52 pm |
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  • Values Have Dropped Less than 25% of the Fall Required to Reach Trend Status [View article]
    That's over my head. I would be glad to send you the Excel file if you would like to run it. Send an email to... More »
    Comment by Michael David White
    Nov 12 16:50 pm |
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  • Values Have Dropped Less than 25% of the Fall Required to Reach Trend Status [View article]
    Looking at the trend is just a starting point. Thanks for the note. mdw On Nov 12 06:21 AM Dave Wrixon wrote: > The basic problem... More »
    Comment by Michael David White
    Nov 12 16:48 pm |
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  • Values Have Dropped Less than 25% of the Fall Required to Reach Trend Status [View article]
    Patterns are real. In this case they are obvious. They are worth study. Thanks for the note. mdw On Nov 12 05:49 AM chris coonan... More »
    Comment by Michael David White
    Nov 12 16:47 pm |
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  • Values Have Dropped Less than 25% of the Fall Required to Reach Trend Status [View article]
    Inflation is the key here. The current US strategy is clearly to drive up the inflation to avoid fall in asset prices, which threatens... More »
    Comment by dividend_growth
    Nov 12 15:03 pm |
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  • Values Have Dropped Less than 25% of the Fall Required to Reach Trend Status [View article]
    according to your chart and your data, housing prices have dropped a total of 6% in the past 2 years???? i really question that... More »
    Comment by the gerald
    Nov 12 09:13 am |
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  • Values Have Dropped Less than 25% of the Fall Required to Reach Trend Status [View article]
    Asset values behave in a lognormal manner, not linear. Any long-term chart using linear rather than exponential extrapolation shows a... More »
    Comment by Owen
    Nov 12 06:33 am |
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  • Values Have Dropped Less than 25% of the Fall Required to Reach Trend Status [View article]
    The basic problem with this analysis is that ignores the expansion of the money supply, increased future tax burderns and the... More »
    Comment by Dave Wrixon
    Nov 12 06:21 am |
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  • Values Have Dropped Less than 25% of the Fall Required to Reach Trend Status [View article]
    assuming the world works on straight lines, which it doesn't...
    Comment by chris coonan
    Nov 12 05:49 am |
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  • Conservative Property Index Predicts We're Less than Halfway Through Fall [View article]
    Thank you for this excellent analysis. mdw On Nov 10 02:33 PM Birdsnest wrote: > I’ve come to the conclusion that real estate that... More »
    Comment by Michael David White
    Nov 11 00:39 am |
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  • Conservative Property Index Predicts We're Less than Halfway Through Fall [View article]
    I’ve come to the conclusion that real estate that you live in is almost ALWAYS a bad investment. What are the long term returns? ... More »
    Comment by Birdsnest
    Nov 10 14:33 pm |
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  • The Fed's Chicken-and-Egg Problem with CMBS [View article]
    > Actually by saying that Fed will take losses on TALF'ed CMBS bonds, > you are saying that the even the best of CMBS deals meeting... More »
    Comment by crabsofsteel
    Nov 10 13:17 pm |
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