Glad to hear it. House prices have to go up in the long run for the economy to recover, and govt will find a way to make this happen eventually....
"Dad, excluding the F's I made in two subjects, I qualify for honor roll on this report card." Bettles
Deflation would be bad for the US government because it has such a large debt. Likewise, most consumers are in debt, so deflation would be bad...
Okay, question. The "official" US deficit is around 11 trillion. As a percentage of GDP, the US is about in the middle of industrial countries...
Nice. There is a variation of this that I like. Send 1 million people E-mail. Split them into 5 groups, and send a different prediction to each...
Just got a notice in my phone bill that Verizon has applied for a rate increase - roughly 10% on each "extra" service (call waiting, caller id,...
North Korea is not going to do a thing. If they were going to attack, would they tell the whole world about it? Did Japan pre-announce Perl...
Whether actually true or not is another matter, but I'm sure the report will show all the biggest banks to be just fine, with one or two small...
In an average year, 250,000 people die from some form of flu worldwide. I have a strong suspicion that this particular outbreak won't add even...
I may include some of these in my portfolio. However, I don't think it is a no-brainer that just because the US has big inflation, the dollar has...
Let me play devil's advocate here. Doesn't ownership by "the union" really mean the members of the union - i.e. the employees? If so, isn't this...
Thanks for the responses. I'm definitely going to look into getting TIPS exposure in my retirement account. Already have exposure to gold and...
Thanks for the replies regarding TIPS. However, it sounds like TIPS would tie up the money I am trying to protect. I'm looking for something to...
I have about 15 years left until retirement and have a fairly large sum of money saved up so far, both in IRA accounts and outside them. My...
I presently have 2-3% of my stock trading portfolio in F. I bought at 2 (prior to the low). I'm looking to buy more and have a limit order in at...
But then why would they ever need to sell bonds in the first place? Why not just always "create" money? Or they can only do that sparingly lest...
Maybe this is a really naive question, but where is the Fed getting the money to buy the long-term treasuries? I thought they had to sell more...
In the current economic environment, Bank of America has had to find creative ways to raise cash.... [IMG] Bettles
Maybe they can't afford the margins needed to hold a position outright? Maybe they can't deal with the possibility of a theoretically "infinite...
I'm always hearing that one of the biggest reasons for oil prices to rise is the weak dollar. The logic is that oil is priced in dollars, so the...
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