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Housing Prices Are Rebounding

Hmmmm...........my guess is this author has called 10 of the last 8 bottoms in housing. Never a mention of the fed and government intervention which distorts all data.
I'm not sure what his agenda is...has he tried to catch a falling knife with a couple of "investment" properties?" Did he buy over his head in 2002 and is praying he stays above water? Is a dear relative of his in financial distress?

Not sure, but every month is a bottom and every sputter is a roar.

Does he know that unemployment (U3) will fall between 10%-13% and that there is another wave of....
Never mind.
It sure must be nice.....................

Housing, Profits, Confidence: The Economic Mending Continues

COUNTERPOINT:

Government rescues, mass layoffs, statistical blips: The economic deterioration continues


(as does MSM spin)

Existing Home Sales Going Strong

This report brought to you by the executive office of the United States of America and the National Association of Realtors who remind you that there's NEVER been a better time to buy a home!!!

Is Monday the New Rally Day?

I have a feeling either today or next Monday,(the Monday after next at the latest) one of these dollar beating rallies is going to reverse AND REVERSE HARD. Bulls won't know what hit em
A gentleman's bet!!!

Pay Extra Close Attention to the Dollar

It is unfortunate that so many Americans are concerned with spectacles such as reality tv and cage fighting while the gold in their wallets slowly morphs into pyrite.
If only those Americans would pay attention before it's too late, but I guess that is asking too much.

Why a Market Crash Doesn’t Matter

Can someone explain how in the world this comment would receive a thumbs down?
The commenter applauds the SA site as a whole, says she is concerned for her country's future and then respectfully questions the author's somewhat extreme assertion.
Anybody?

On a funny note, I guess if she implicitly called SA a waste of bandwidth, said, "To hell with the U.S. and good riddance," and blindly agreed with the author saying he actually didn't go far enough, one (very) unique SA user would have been quite pleased.

On Nov 22 01:27 PM annepiano wrote:

> A first comment by an Alpha newbie;
> I joined because of the quality and diversity of thought found on
> this site. I joined because I am concerned about the financial future
> of this nation, and globally. I seek to be more informed. This article
> however was very disappointing.
> " People who are worried about whether the stock market will crash
> or not are worried about a generality." "It shouldn't matter to the
> serious long-term fundamental investor."
> Chuck, how many of us are NOT serious or do NOT approach investing
> as a long-term discipline for future security and retirement ? Therefore
> how could one NOT consider a crash to be a matter of serious gravity
> ?

Market Volume: Still an Unanswered Question

I guess controlling is a less controversial word than manipulating.
Substitute control for manipulate
:)


On Nov 22 11:24 AM thotdoc wrote:

> So, did you go to jail for manipulating SIRI?

Los Angeles Shipping Reaches Highest Level Since November 2008

"The envelope, please.

And the 2009 Whistling Past the Graveyard Award goes to.......................

Why a Market Crash Doesn’t Matter

Allow me to take the other side of your arguement for a moment.
So indulge me, please.

First off, would you ever utter the title of this article to ANY of your clients over the age of 30?
Did Peter Lynch ever experience anything in his 20 year career on the level that we are currently experiencing ?
In the last twenty years, has the national deficit levels gone parabolic?
Do you believe the current administration feels would agree with the title or is it largely behind the stock market's recent upsurgence?

Gerald Celente has a line,"When someone loses everything, and they have nothing left to lose, they lose it."
On that basis, may I choose the title of a future article that I believe will prove to be widely read on SA?
"Why mass social unrest doesn't matter."
I am positive there are certain data points to support that title as well.

Should Government Get Involved in Protecting Businesses?

"Should Government Get Involved in Protecting Businesses?"

Absolutely!! Here are the dangers government needs to protect businesses from in today's world:
1) over taxation
2) over regulation
3) government largess
4) government interference
5) cap and trade tax
6) the breaking of anti-trust laws

Otherwise be true to American business and stay the hell away from it. Let those who actually know how to run businesses do so, and let those who don't fail.

On U.S. Housing and Debased Lending Standards

More from the "going to hell in a hand basket" front

cnbc.com/id/34062031

Market Volume: Still an Unanswered Question

"Were it not for rising market values, the current government policies designed to rescue the US (and global) economy would be brought into doubt."

If the current administration has "the most" to lose by a dow near 7,000, then by that measure, they surely would have the most to gain from a dow above 10,000. So if you believe that this is a zirp, government engineered rally, then what we have is a bear market rally. You can't put a gun to my head and tell me to hire someone, so it's easier to print money to manipulate the market.
Hell, I was 27 years old and was able to successfully manipulate a few stocks like SIRI or TRAD with a couple of million dollars. If I had a couple of hundred billion at the time.....................
There are 2 sections of society the press loves to discuss:
1) Wall Street
2) Main Street(everyone else)
If Main Street(everyone else) is actually getting worse, then the fundamentals that drive sustainable growth are getting worse. Unless you are part of fthe Wall Street Ivory tower folk who all of a sudden are pretending Main Street(everyone else) doesn't matter anymore. So if fundamentals are getting worse(sicker), how is Wall Street getting healthier? Trillions in handouts, mass layoffs("increased productivity" you've been hearing about) all supported by the PPT who is gunning the futures higher. All of this general misallocation of finite(yes, we can't print dollars forever(sorry Big B)) capital to the banks' coffers takes away from the capital that can be utilized by the "everyone else" crowd.
So Wall Street is getting healthier while Main Street stays in the ICU.


A large part of the BIG LIE is trying to pretend that the above is not taking place.
That because GS is handing out billions in bonuses, things are getting better. The problem with the BIG LIE is that the everyone else crowd has eyes and ears and can see what is really going on no matter how the current administration tries to divert our attention with the 911 trials in NYC or the insistence of immediate and colossal health care legislation.

The government will spend our grandkids money, say that their saving us from disaster, and tell us us that our economy is recovering because of stabilizing spending. The other part of the BIG LIE.
All makes sense to me. Right? No one that has any sense believes the BIG LIE. So there is no volume because there is no confidence in sky high PE levels and government's sugar coated stats.
So to answer your unanswered question, Mr. Catalano, there is no volume because no one on Main Street believes anyone on Wall Street anymore. Let the two or three computers trade back and forth with each other until one quant accidentally hits the wrong key and the DOW crashes
Oh....................... and this mistrust I've been talking about:
it's a generational thing.

Amazon: A Kindle Under Every Tree?

Under EVERY tree?

Oh yes, the 17.5% American that are unemployed are buying $250+ Kindles to read all about the seemingly irreversable predicament they're in.

Market Outlook: What Makes Us Optimistic

A close friend is falling down, due to his/her own carelessness a well and you are witnessing it.
You can't save him and as they are falling you run towards the well screaming. You look down and you see nothing but blackness and then what could be interpreted as a thud, but nothing is certain. Possibly muffled sounds are heard, too
You, hoping and praying that was indeed a thud you heard start singing and dancing.
The fire department arrives and you gleefully and enthusiastically tell them what has occurred. They, being sort of pragmatic, ask what the hell you are doing.
"Everything is ok, I believe he stopped falling and I think he might still be alive" is your response to the confusion of the crowd.
The crowd, incredulous to your excitement, won't join in on your celebration until the person is known to be alive, up and out of the well and in good hands than can provide the right care.

You are Wall Street, the falling person is the economy, the crowd is retail and the "good hands" is the government.

So good luck with that optimism........

THIS IS ONE HELL OF A BEAR MARKET RALLY

U.S. Housing: More Homes in Delinquency than for Sale

There is no recovery.
The word recovery is thrown around by Wall Street lackeys and MSM soldiers in order to psycologically prepare main street for enormous Wall Street bonuses and salaries ( "I guess it makes sense that he made 37 million this year, we are recovering after all!!!!!")

It's an attempt to keep pitchfork sales from going parabolic, so to speak.
THE BIG LIE

There are the two economies taking shape right along side each other. The funny thing is, these two economies that are occuring simultaneously don't even know the other one exists.
WHY?
Because one is that of fiction and one is rooted in reality.
Two different worlds. The more the fiction economy is talked about, the more the real one ceases to exist. The brainwashing is at an all time high. Don't believe me? Count how many times Bloomberg and CNBC anchors/guests utter the word recovery on a daily basis.

We are in Barack Obama's world right now with this bad is good nonsense and I'm not liking it. Confidence is not the problem, solvency is.
What can I do about it? I CAN VOTE.....................


and so can you.