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    • ON: Mon Jun 2nd 10:29 AM
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      Is Oil a Bubble? Part Two
      The point to make is that speculators are causing harm to weak dependant users by hoarding. And once again, they will crap on everyone, pay themselves outlandish fees, and when the bubble pops it will be pension fund losses and bankruptcies all around!
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    • ON: Wed Feb 27th 12:12 PM
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      Case Shiller Reveals Across-the-Board Housing Market Declines
      The Shiller index is better than others because it considers price of the same property -not that more expensive homes are not selling. The index is not adjusted for inflation. It is interesting to note that indexes of US inflation similarly do not consider housing prices -only rent. If housing prices are considered, inflation has been running rampant on the coasts since the late 90s but deflation has taken over since summer 2006 -exactly the opposite of the trends reported.

      As for the stock market, it crashed in 2000 and has never recovered. Since then the US has dumped money in housing -"it's less risky, you can't miss". Housing is dead money. Now it's time for America to get back to real investments -stocks and bonds.
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