Consumer spending collapsing in China
by Heraclitusstudent
on 27 Oct 2014
1 comment, latest 11 years ago
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fin China has a huge national saving rate. This is where the demand *should* come from. Except for the same kind of stupid housing bubble we have seen here, ...
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Federal Housing Finance Agency Unveils Plan to Loosen Mortgage Rules
by Heraclitusstudent on 20 Oct 2014 6 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10 "A federal housing regulator on Monday announced a plan that could ease tight credit and allow more people to qualify for mortgages in an attempt to put the ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 20 Oct 2014 6 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10 "A federal housing regulator on Monday announced a plan that could ease tight credit and allow more people to qualify for mortgages in an attempt to put the ...
Pre-foreclosures in the Bay Area
by Heraclitusstudent on 20 Oct 2014 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
I noticed this on Zillow: Sunnyvale: 163 listings, 41 pre-foreclosures (25%) Mountain View: 58 listings, 10 pre-foreclosures (17%) Redwood City: 107 listings, 39 pre-foreclosures (36%) San carlos: 46 listings, ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 20 Oct 2014 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
I noticed this on Zillow: Sunnyvale: 163 listings, 41 pre-foreclosures (25%) Mountain View: 58 listings, 10 pre-foreclosures (17%) Redwood City: 107 listings, 39 pre-foreclosures (36%) San carlos: 46 listings, ...
Bent iPhone video was a hoax
by Heraclitusstudent on 26 Sep 2014 14 comments, latest 11 years ago
Look at the time when he bends it: 2:26. Look at the time later in the video when he displays the bent phone: 1:58. Clearly it was filmed in ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 26 Sep 2014 14 comments, latest 11 years ago
Look at the time when he bends it: 2:26. Look at the time later in the video when he displays the bent phone: 1:58. Clearly it was filmed in ...
11 billions by 2100
by Heraclitusstudent on 18 Sep 2014 30 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/not-smal There is an 80 percent likelihood that the number of people on the planet, currently 7.2 billion, will increase to between 9.6 billion and 12.3 billion by 2100, ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 18 Sep 2014 30 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/not-smal There is an 80 percent likelihood that the number of people on the planet, currently 7.2 billion, will increase to between 9.6 billion and 12.3 billion by 2100, ...
Globalization Is in Retreat? Not So Fast
by Heraclitusstudent on 17 Sep 2014 Posted 11 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09 That means continued slow growth, low inflation and interest rates, little wages growth, a new bubble and a new crash. Nothing has changed yet.
by Heraclitusstudent on 17 Sep 2014 Posted 11 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09 That means continued slow growth, low inflation and interest rates, little wages growth, a new bubble and a new crash. Nothing has changed yet.
Young Households Are Losing Ground
by Heraclitusstudent on 12 Sep 2014 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09
by Heraclitusstudent on 12 Sep 2014 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09
Wheeler's delayed choice experiment: there is no tree
by Heraclitusstudent on 5 Sep 2014 23 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.6xKUass7G8w Observation changes reality *after* it happens. So to Einstein's question: "when you turn away is the tree still there?" No, there is no tree. That's just naive realism.
by Heraclitusstudent on 5 Sep 2014 23 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.6xKUass7G8w Observation changes reality *after* it happens. So to Einstein's question: "when you turn away is the tree still there?" No, there is no tree. That's just naive realism.
Google: moonshots or baffling the world with BS?
by Heraclitusstudent on 3 Sep 2014 Posted 11 years ago
Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab... http://news.yahoo.com/google-s Anti-Aging Company: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/
by Heraclitusstudent on 3 Sep 2014 Posted 11 years ago
Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab... http://news.yahoo.com/google-s Anti-Aging Company: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/
The New York Times publishes unbelievable crap
by Heraclitusstudent on 31 Jul 2014 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08 "Social Security is a prime example. It takes in money, via payroll taxes, while promising hefty retirement benefits in return. Dig deep into the appendix of the most ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 31 Jul 2014 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08 "Social Security is a prime example. It takes in money, via payroll taxes, while promising hefty retirement benefits in return. Dig deep into the appendix of the most ...
High Housing Debt Still Stifles Our Economy
by Heraclitusstudent on 24 Jul 2014 Posted 11 years ago
http://www.npr.org/2014/07/24/ Foreclosure, foreclosure, foreclosure." Real estate broker John Susani drives down a Paterson, N.J., street where every third house seems to be abandoned or boarded up. During the boom ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 24 Jul 2014 Posted 11 years ago
http://www.npr.org/2014/07/24/ Foreclosure, foreclosure, foreclosure." Real estate broker John Susani drives down a Paterson, N.J., street where every third house seems to be abandoned or boarded up. During the boom ...
French ex-minister tells truth about housing
by Heraclitusstudent on 22 Jul 2014 Posted 11 years ago
http://www.lesechos.fr/industr - Prices are too high, not only in Paris, and are unsustainable - French real-estate prices are 40% above the European average - rents increased 40% in 10yrs ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 22 Jul 2014 Posted 11 years ago
http://www.lesechos.fr/industr - Prices are too high, not only in Paris, and are unsustainable - French real-estate prices are 40% above the European average - rents increased 40% in 10yrs ...
China Finds Debt Addiction Hard to Break
by Heraclitusstudent on 16 Jul 2014 5 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ “While the government has indeed made progress in some areas, the root-and-branch reform proposals for China's growth model are at best a work in progress, and more likely, ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 16 Jul 2014 5 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ “While the government has indeed made progress in some areas, the root-and-branch reform proposals for China's growth model are at best a work in progress, and more likely, ...
No Chinese buyers in Phoenix???
by Heraclitusstudent on 9 Jul 2014 19 comments, latest 12 years ago
To grab these nice desert-front properties? 1) Overall sales in June were down 11% year-over-year and at the lowest for June since 2008. (last year were down -10.8% from ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 9 Jul 2014 19 comments, latest 12 years ago
To grab these nice desert-front properties? 1) Overall sales in June were down 11% year-over-year and at the lowest for June since 2008. (last year were down -10.8% from ...
Silicon Valleys Real Estate Crunch Is A Golden Opportunity For Other American C
by Heraclitusstudent on 12 Jul 2014 2 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/ San Francisco headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama last year, they thought he was crazy. About 20 of his employees quit because they didnt want to relocate. It was very ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 12 Jul 2014 2 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/ San Francisco headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama last year, they thought he was crazy. About 20 of his employees quit because they didnt want to relocate. It was very ...
Will China prevent rich Chinese from buying abroad?
by Heraclitusstudent on 11 Jul 2014 Posted 12 years ago
"According to government regulations, a Chinese citizen can send only about $50,000 a year out of the mainland. But on Friday, reports swirled about how much money was being ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 11 Jul 2014 Posted 12 years ago
"According to government regulations, a Chinese citizen can send only about $50,000 a year out of the mainland. But on Friday, reports swirled about how much money was being ...
Iraq is irremediably broken
by Heraclitusstudent on 27 Jun 2014 17 comments, latest 12 years ago
I don't see 1 person on the ground with a willingness to put Iraq back together. The only thing that would reunite Iraq is an other massive US invasion ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 27 Jun 2014 17 comments, latest 12 years ago
I don't see 1 person on the ground with a willingness to put Iraq back together. The only thing that would reunite Iraq is an other massive US invasion ...
Home, Food Or Health Care: A Choice Many Renters Can't Afford
by Heraclitusstudent on 16 Jun 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://www.npr.org/2014/06/15/ The central reasons for this crisis are: - He says before he could break ground on recent building, he needed 33 separate sign-offs. It's not uncommon for it ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 16 Jun 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://www.npr.org/2014/06/15/ The central reasons for this crisis are: - He says before he could break ground on recent building, he needed 33 separate sign-offs. It's not uncommon for it ...
Phoenix: Sales down 21%, Cash Sales down 40%, Inventory up 47%
by Heraclitusstudent on 9 Jun 2014 15 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.calculatedriskblog. Not bad.
by Heraclitusstudent on 9 Jun 2014 15 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.calculatedriskblog. Not bad.
Markets Are Restacking the Building Blocks of a Financial Crisis
by Heraclitusstudent on 12 Jun 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/20 When the blowup comes — and that will be soon enough — at least this time no one can claim to be surprised. ----------------- Credit whores at it ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 12 Jun 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/20 When the blowup comes — and that will be soon enough — at least this time no one can claim to be surprised. ----------------- Credit whores at it ...
More quotes from Brat
by Heraclitusstudent on 11 Jun 2014 17 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ “The one source of economic growth is virtue,” Brat, 49, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch in 2012. “It is not property rights, not law or resources, but virtue.” Brat ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 11 Jun 2014 17 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ “The one source of economic growth is virtue,” Brat, 49, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch in 2012. “It is not property rights, not law or resources, but virtue.” Brat ...
California teacher tenure law unconstitutional
by Heraclitusstudent on 10 Jun 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/californ Tenure and other job protections for California's public school teachers were ruled unconstitutional Tuesday by a judge presiding in a lawsuit brought by nine students.
by Heraclitusstudent on 10 Jun 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/californ Tenure and other job protections for California's public school teachers were ruled unconstitutional Tuesday by a judge presiding in a lawsuit brought by nine students.
To succeed is to destroy ourselves.
by Heraclitusstudent on 5 Jun 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.theguardian.com/com Statements of the bleeding obvious, the outcomes of basic arithmetic, are treated as exotic and unpardonable distractions, while the impossible proposition by which we live is regarded as ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 5 Jun 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.theguardian.com/com Statements of the bleeding obvious, the outcomes of basic arithmetic, are treated as exotic and unpardonable distractions, while the impossible proposition by which we live is regarded as ...
Boomers driving cash deals
by Heraclitusstudent on 2 Jun 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ It's not just the rich. It's just retirement savings from the generation that profited from a 30 RE bull market. They should sell and downsize while they can. ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 2 Jun 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ It's not just the rich. It's just retirement savings from the generation that profited from a 30 RE bull market. They should sell and downsize while they can. ...
What China Property Crash?
by Heraclitusstudent on 22 May 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ The nation's housing market won't crash like that of the U.S., Japan and Hong Kong, the official Xinhua News Agency said in an article published May 21 that ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 22 May 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ The nation's housing market won't crash like that of the U.S., Japan and Hong Kong, the official Xinhua News Agency said in an article published May 21 that ...
US regulator opens door wider for Americans on mortgages
by Heraclitusstudent on 13 May 2014 6 comments, latest 12 years ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac laid out plans for the government-run companies on Tuesday that could make it easier for Americans to obtain ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 13 May 2014 6 comments, latest 12 years ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac laid out plans for the government-run companies on Tuesday that could make it easier for Americans to obtain ...
Harvard Wont Halt Satanic Black Mass
by Heraclitusstudent on 12 May 2014 2 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ It isn't part of the education there?
by Heraclitusstudent on 12 May 2014 2 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ It isn't part of the education there?
Where Is the Inequality Problem?
by Heraclitusstudent on 9 May 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://www.project-syndicate.o "Though Piketty is right that returns to capital have increased in the last few decades, he is too dismissive of the wide-ranging debate among economists concerning the causes. ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 9 May 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://www.project-syndicate.o "Though Piketty is right that returns to capital have increased in the last few decades, he is too dismissive of the wide-ranging debate among economists concerning the causes. ...
Why not be a food owner?
by Heraclitusstudent on 6 May 2014 17 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05 Foodowners would eagerly support government policies that restrict the production of food because that would push up prices. And they might reap windfalls from rising prices without selling ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 6 May 2014 17 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05 Foodowners would eagerly support government policies that restrict the production of food because that would push up prices. And they might reap windfalls from rising prices without selling ...
There's No Tomorrow
by Heraclitusstudent on 7 May 2014 13 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.VOMWzjrRiBg Looks like housing will be the last of our problems 20yrs from now. #housing
by Heraclitusstudent on 7 May 2014 13 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.VOMWzjrRiBg Looks like housing will be the last of our problems 20yrs from now. #housing
Remember Life Before Antibiotics?
by Heraclitusstudent on 2 May 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ By 2050, the human population will be almost 10 billion people, five times bigger than any time in the pre-antibiotics era. That’s almost 10 billion perfect carriers of ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 2 May 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ By 2050, the human population will be almost 10 billion people, five times bigger than any time in the pre-antibiotics era. That’s almost 10 billion perfect carriers of ...
Theories on Why Housing Is Stalled
by Heraclitusstudent on 1 May 2014 7 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05 Is it really that complicated? #housing
by Heraclitusstudent on 1 May 2014 7 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05 Is it really that complicated? #housing
2017: the "back to normal" year
by Heraclitusstudent on 24 Apr 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04 Reason proposed why there aren't more new home sales: no demand. Because of "Mystery of the Missing Buyers" (???) Explained as: young people 25-to-34 apparently *prefer* to live ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 24 Apr 2014 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04 Reason proposed why there aren't more new home sales: no demand. Because of "Mystery of the Missing Buyers" (???) Explained as: young people 25-to-34 apparently *prefer* to live ...
Stephen Roach says it's the fed
by Heraclitusstudent on 22 Apr 2014 Posted 12 years ago
This is from the ex-Morgan Stanley Chief economist: - "The US has been relying too much on monetary policy" - "We can't keep running our economy on the back ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 22 Apr 2014 Posted 12 years ago
This is from the ex-Morgan Stanley Chief economist: - "The US has been relying too much on monetary policy" - "We can't keep running our economy on the back ...
Japans Population Shrinks for Third Year
by Heraclitusstudent on 15 Apr 2014 58 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ The recommended solution: "We have argued for some time that Japan has a lot to learn from Australia and the U.S., which have demonstrated successfully that welcoming people ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 15 Apr 2014 58 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ The recommended solution: "We have argued for some time that Japan has a lot to learn from Australia and the U.S., which have demonstrated successfully that welcoming people ...
Vicious Loop Seen in China
by Heraclitusstudent on 10 Apr 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
“The banking system and the shadow banking system are becoming concerned about exposure,” David Cui, China strategist at Bank of America said in an interview yesterday. “Once people refuse ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 10 Apr 2014 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
“The banking system and the shadow banking system are becoming concerned about exposure,” David Cui, China strategist at Bank of America said in an interview yesterday. “Once people refuse ...
Lending is accelerating
by Heraclitusstudent on 28 Mar 2014 2 comments, latest 12 years ago
All these excess reserves stuck at the fed are starting to leak into the economy. http://research.stlouisfed.org All of you who are worried about a fallback into deflation should instead ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 28 Mar 2014 2 comments, latest 12 years ago
All these excess reserves stuck at the fed are starting to leak into the economy. http://research.stlouisfed.org All of you who are worried about a fallback into deflation should instead ...
Tech companies cartel conspiring to keep engineer wages low
by Heraclitusstudent on 22 Mar 2014 32 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://pando.com/2014/03/22/re "Back in January, I wrote about “The Techtopus” — an illegal agreement between seven tech giants, including Apple, Google, and Intel, to suppress wages for tens of thousands ...
by Heraclitusstudent on 22 Mar 2014 32 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://pando.com/2014/03/22/re "Back in January, I wrote about “The Techtopus” — an illegal agreement between seven tech giants, including Apple, Google, and Intel, to suppress wages for tens of thousands ...
suckerberg calls Obama to complain about privacy
by Heraclitusstudent on 13 Mar 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/ Unbelievable bad faith from the 2nd biggest spy and privacy violator on the planet. #politics
by Heraclitusstudent on 13 Mar 2014 3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/ Unbelievable bad faith from the 2nd biggest spy and privacy violator on the planet. #politics
Is that Iwog?
by Heraclitusstudent on 6 Mar 2014 2 comments, latest 12 years ago
"Hugh Best, LCP's investment director, said: "The average price in prime central London is now £1.5m, and has been growing at 9% a year, which we think is firmly ...
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by Heraclitusstudent on 6 Mar 2014 2 comments, latest 12 years ago
"Hugh Best, LCP's investment director, said: "The average price in prime central London is now £1.5m, and has been growing at 9% a year, which we think is firmly ...
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