Winter, Again, this was strictly a home econ exercise. I ignored quality of life since it is highly subjective and can't be quantified. You and...
The poll results show more than 2-to-1 against owning a home strictly as a tax shelter. I'm pleasantly surprised. Perhaps some of the numbers...
Much debate about renting vs owning. Let's look at renting an apartment vs owning a house. U.S. median rent: $940 Annual rent: $11,280 From...
I thought that might come up. Here are the numbers: Average U.S home appreciation, 1987-2005: 5.36% (NAHB) U.S median home price (Mar 2006):...
Where else can our creditors invest their funny money?
Question: Does it pay to purchase a house for a "tax shelter"? U.S. median home price: $232,500 (Mar '06) Down payment: 20% Loan amount:...
Your timing estimate confirms my observation that the 'insider' concensus is consistently for a near-term peak. Whether we sustain a "hard" vs...
Jay, What is your insider's take on peak oil and peak gas?
As opposed to Jerry and the Pacemakers.
A government big enough to do things for you is big enough to do things to you.
Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot.
My post wasn't about quality of life. I guess we believe what we want to believe.
Oh, boy. The powerful are too comfortable to notice the pain of the weak, and the weak lack power. As for who will be the Dem [or Repub]...
ZZZ's below chart, http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=1043364 is a basic TA pattern called ascending triangle...
Balls of steel -- or, at least, silver.
Jesus! It just dropped 0.60, then shot up 0.30 within seconds. Talk about wiplash.
ZZZ's charts are self explanatory for anyone with a modicum of TA knowledge. No commentary necessary. Take it or leave it.
What markets and what kind of size do you trade?
http://charts.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=CLK6&data=Z05&date=040406&den=MED&divd=Y&evnt=ADV&grid=Y&jav=ADV&size=C&sky=N&sly=Y&vol=Y&late=Y&ch1=011&a...
Yes. And no.
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