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Is this the bottom :-)
by SP on 12 Oct 2008   193 comments, latest 15 years ago
I wanted to get this in before the Dow crashes again... (it is up 400 points this morning). I have no reason to believe this is the bottom of ...

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A new financial system?
by SP on 9 Nov 2008   88 comments, latest 15 years ago
Saw this on my rss feed from Yahoo/Reuters just now: Glimpse into a new financial system LONDON (Reuters) – Investors get a first glimpse of the likely shape of ...

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Whose side is the Treasury on?
by SP on 15 Oct 2008   353 comments, latest 15 years ago
According to this article in the NY-Times: http://tinyurl.com/3hzwmp In its latest questionable tactic, the Treasury is forcing banks to take billions of taxpayer dollars and lend it out - ...

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America, you just got pwned
by SP on 3 Oct 2008   193 comments, latest 15 years ago
The House of Representatives approved a $700 billion bailout package for U.S. banksters. The fundamental problems with the bill remain intact. Paulson gets to decide what dirty toilet paper ...

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Pitchfork For Paulson
by SP on 1 Oct 2008   181 comments, latest 15 years ago
I bought this pitchfork yesterday (the picture is an actual photo from lowes.com of the same item that I bought) for $ 16.99. I need your help on the ...

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Game changing?
by SP on 12 Feb 2008   152 comments, latest 16 years ago
Okay, give all the racist crap a rest for a while. This seems to be big enough to pay attention to... What do you guys and gals think of ...

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2008 Predictions
by SP on 22 Dec 2007   125 comments, latest 16 years ago
Predictions on what 2008 will bring? Here are my guesses... - cascading counterparty defaults - credit-deflation despite inflationary monetary policy - recession is out in the open, MSM turns ...

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And I Thought You Were My Friend...
by SP on 11 Oct 2007   227 comments, latest 16 years ago
I noticed that every housing-related article in my rss-feeds today has a negative headline. Negative reports on housing sales, housing starts, home-builders, mortgages, and housing prices. If they aren't ...

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Jobs, jobs, jobs
by SP on 18 Apr 2007   444 comments, latest 17 years ago
It has often been said here that the only thing that will cause a drop in Bay Area housing prices is widespread job-losses. Perversely, this is actually also used ...

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And... They're OFF!!!
by SP on 6 Jan 2007   139 comments, latest 17 years ago
My six saved searches in ZipRealty (covering Cupertino, Los Altos and Saratoga) are up an average of 15% since Dec 31. A realtor friend of mine had said that ...

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Group Think?
by SP on 29 Nov 2006   203 comments, latest 17 years ago
In a previous thread, our friend FRIFY raised an excellent point: There is a danger of group think on this blog. There are plenty of economic variables which could ...

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What's Next?
by SP on 20 Oct 2006   145 comments, latest 17 years ago
Start with any generally observable and credible premise. Example: "Rents are up 10%." Or "Inventory is up 135%." Assuming the premise is true, what impact will this have on ...

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Why do realtwhores think we like to see their mugshots on everything?
by SP on 14 Oct 2006   137 comments, latest 17 years ago
I just got a calendar from the completely useless woman who pretended to be a buyer's agent when we bought our house. Every month has a cliche' landscape photograph ...
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