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The Catch-22 The Real Estate Market Finds Itself In
by
smaulgld
on 2 Sep 2013
105 comments, latest
10 years ago
“Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t,but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy ...
The Recovery Has Reversed Course Welcome to the Revocery
by
smaulgld
on 11 Sep 2013
81 comments, latest
11 years ago
QE- Recovery Medicine or Extension of Bailonomics? The current recovery was artificially born in 2009 from the ashes of the Panic of ’08 with The Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing ...
What Happens when The Fed and China Stop Buying U.S. Treasuries?
by
smaulgld
on 25 May 2014
181 comments, latest
10 years ago
The United States is able to incur massive deficits funded in part by foreign purchases of U.S. debt and more recently and increasingly through the Federal Reserve’s (the Fed) ...
What Will You Do If/When The Stock Market Crashes? -POLL
by
smaulgld
on 5 Jan 2014
207 comments, latest
10 years ago
Stock market crashes are inevitable. Since 1987 all stock market crashes corrected fairly quickly because of Fed intervention. Will the next one be different? What will the Fed do ...
Will the Shale Oil Credit Bubble Burst and Expose The Fake Economy
by
smaulgld
on 12 Dec 2014
83 comments, latest
9 years ago
Oil Drops Below $60 a Barrel – The Implications Are Lower Oil Prices the Result of a Directive from The U.S. to Saudi Arabia to Harm Russia? Or is ...
Should the Government Promote Homeownership?
by
smaulgld
on 14 Jun 2014
174 comments, latest
10 years ago
Countries with the Highest Home Ownership Rates Are Neither The Richest Nor the Happiest The National Association of Realtors (NAR) constantly promotes and incessantly lobbies for increased home ownership ...
The Coming Real Estate Supply/Demand Inventory Reversal
by
smaulgld
on 22 Jun 2013
63 comments, latest
10 years ago
This was written last week. Looks like demand may drop soon with rising interest rates due to the threat of the Fed's tapering. Or we may get a final ...
The Housing Recovery That Never Was is Over
by
smaulgld
on 15 Apr 2014
88 comments, latest
10 years ago
http://smaulgld.com/housing-re The one (and only) undeniable feature of the current housing “recovery†has been rising home prices. That one pillar of the housing recovery is now threatened by home ...
The Fed Says Americans are Hoarding Money!
by
smaulgld
on 2 Sep 2014
52 comments, latest
10 years ago
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ They print $4 trillion give it to the banks and wonder why people aren't spending money they don't have! #investing
New Car Sales Soar/New Home Sales Don't
by
smaulgld
on 4 Feb 2015
38 comments, latest
9 years ago
https://smaulgld.com/new-home-
Republicans Huff and Puff Over Obama's Executive Order
by
smaulgld
on 22 Nov 2014
74 comments, latest
9 years ago
Republicans have spent the past few days busily issuing statements and furiously tweeting and updating their facebook status denouncing Obama's executive action on immigration reform. Any one think it ...
Who Will Buy Houses To Sustain the Housing Price Recovery?
by
smaulgld
on 20 Mar 2014
64 comments, latest
10 years ago
http://smaulgld.com/will-buy-h Blackstone has cut its home buying binge by 70% as home prices and mortgage rates have surged. The article also noted that American Homes 4 Rent,Colony Financial Inc. ...
Is the Stock Market Near Collapse?
by
smaulgld
on 19 Jul 2014
61 comments, latest
10 years ago
Is the Stock Market Ready to Collapse? Housing Market is Dead 4:14-11:49 Even though interest rates are low and the weather is fine, the housing market is not improving. ...
The Housing Inventory Shortage Myth
by
smaulgld
on 30 Apr 2014
73 comments, latest
10 years ago
Housing inventory is increasing but home sales are declining. According to the real estate recovery cheerleaders it wasn't supposed to be this way. They argued that a lack of ...
Gold and Silver Manipulation - None Proven
by
smaulgld
on 5 Jul 2014
119 comments, latest
10 years ago
For years we have been hearing about silver and gold manipulation. So far none has been proven. Here is a summary of the allegations, investigations and legal challenges. http://smaulgld.com/gold-silve
Three Reasons New Home Sales are at 1960's Levels
by
smaulgld
on 30 May 2016
79 comments, latest
8 years ago
Three Reasons New Home Sales are at 1960's Levels https://smaulgld.com/new-home-
Two Charts That Illustrate Why The Housing Recovery is a Farce
by
smaulgld
on 4 Feb 2014
36 comments, latest
10 years ago
http://smaulgld.com/why-the-ho Annual Existing Home Sales vs. Annual Existing Home Sales By First Time Home Buyers New Home Sales http://smaulgld.com/why-the-ho #housing
Citibank Issues Full Attack on Gold as Save Our Swiss Gold Vote Nears
by
smaulgld
on 26 Nov 2014
50 comments, latest
9 years ago
As predicted, the banks would join rank around the Swiss National Bank to help defeat the Save Our Swiss Gold initiative. Citibank calls bank issued fiat digital and paper ...
The Gold Crude Oil Ratio is at Alarming Levels
by
smaulgld
on 6 Jan 2015
98 comments, latest
9 years ago
An Ominous Sign As oil plummets and gold rises, the gold to crude oil ratio has skyrocketed to levels last seen in late 2008/early 2009. It should be obvious ...
The Obama Real Estate Bubble?
by
smaulgld
on 12 Sep 2013
59 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://www.boston.com/realesta The Obama bubble? Home prices are on a tear again, posting double digit gains not seen since the bubble. And there are mounting questions about how much of ...
The Impact of U.S. Sanctions on Russia on The U.S.
by
smaulgld
on 13 Aug 2014
63 comments, latest
10 years ago
U.S. sanctions on Russia may cause a move away from the dollar creating price inflation in the U.S. and causing the U.S. to spend more on social programs. Podcast ...
Home Sales Drop Again- Got Housing Recovery?
by
smaulgld
on 22 Apr 2014
65 comments, latest
10 years ago
http://www.marketwatch.com/sto Lowest home sales since July 2012 National Association of Realtors blames the weather #housing
Stagflation on the Way
by
smaulgld
on 5 Aug 2014
103 comments, latest
10 years ago
Inflation? What Inflation? Here Comes Stagflation The Fed’s “target†inflation of 2% has been met (based on the Consumer Price Index) YET, the supposed benefits of higher inflation have ...
UPDATE: What Does the Initial Jobless Claim Report REALLY Mean?
by
smaulgld
on 9 Aug 2013
63 comments, latest
11 years ago
REMEMBER THIS ONE-AP AND RUETERS TELLING US: LOWER INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS= JOB GROWTH? We now see it didn't as called by Smaulgld.com ------------------------------ Back in August, while Reuters and ...
Does Face Value Matter When Buying Gold and Silver Coins?
by
smaulgld
on 10 Sep 2014
59 comments, latest
10 years ago
Government minted silver and gold coins are generally considered legal tender in their country of issuance. The silver and gold content of the coins, however, vastly exceeds the numbers ...
Without QE How Will The Government Fund Itself?
by
smaulgld
on 10 Aug 2013
58 comments, latest
11 years ago
We have been talking about impact tapering QE (or eliminating it altogether) might have on the real estate and stock markets But what happens to the US government if ...
Mortgage Applications Fall to 14 year Low
by
smaulgld
on 9 Sep 2014
30 comments, latest
10 years ago
http://www.cnbc.com/id/1019863 Got housing recovery? The Housing Recovery that NEVER Was is Over and has been for quite some time: https://smaulgld.com/housing-r #housing
Swiss National Bank Abandons Franc Euro Peg - Gold Skyrockets
by
smaulgld
on 15 Jan 2015
80 comments, latest
9 years ago
The Swiss National Bank this morning announced that it was abandoning the Franc Euro peg and was taking its interest rates further into negative territory. https://smaulgld.com/bank-swit
Fannie and Freddie To Loosen Lending Standards in Bid to Boost Housing
by
smaulgld
on 14 May 2014
75 comments, latest
10 years ago
The Obama Administration and federal regulators are concerned that the housing “recovery†is in jeopardy. As we noted last month the housing recovery that never was, is over. Existing ...
Got Housing Recovery?
by
smaulgld
on 17 Jul 2015
24 comments, latest
9 years ago
Got Housing Recovery? The homeownership rate is down. New and existing home sales remain far below their 2005 peaks. Housing starts for single family homes are flat. What went ...
We won't own our own homes, we won't be able to afford it.
by
smaulgld
on 28 May 2014
64 comments, latest
10 years ago
David Boyle, a UK government adviser warns of a disappearing middle class where banker bonuses boost home prices making them unaffordable http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cul
How Much Longer Can The Real Estate Market Recovery Last?
by
smaulgld
on 6 Aug 2013
62 comments, latest
10 years ago
Who Will Buy the Houses to Sustain the Real Estate Market? The current real estate recovery is characterized by higher home prices driven by low inventory and high demand ...
How Many Ounces of Gold or Silver Does it Take to Buy A House?
by
smaulgld
on 13 Oct 2014
48 comments, latest
10 years ago
Charts from 1963-2014 Ounces of Silver Required https://smaulgld.com/homes-pri Ounces of Gold Required https://smaulgld.com/homes-pri
Get Ready For A Massive Interest Rate Shock Soon
by
smaulgld
on 27 Aug 2013
59 comments, latest
11 years ago
From CNBC: http://www.cnbc.com/id/1009909 This commentator says rates would be 7% without QE. #investing
QE Encourages Stock Buy Backs, Discourages Hiring and Stunts the Housing Market
by
smaulgld
on 1 Jun 2014
58 comments, latest
10 years ago
Artificially low interest rates encourage companies to use their cash to buy back their own shares to drive up their share prices, rather than to invest in their businesses. ...
An Astonishing and Persistent Denial of Economic Reality
by
smaulgld
on 3 May 2014
69 comments, latest
10 years ago
The 1st Quarter 2014 GDP Number 15:27-18:20 The first quarter GDP was up just 0.1% in the first quarter and the weather was blamed for the poor economic performance. ...
The BRICS Bank Signals the End of the American Financial Empire and U.S. Dollar
by
smaulgld
on 24 Jul 2014
73 comments, latest
10 years ago
What some of us have been discussing for awhile goes mainstream. Most scoff at a competitor to the US dollar- that is based less on analysis than an inbred ...
How the Budget Deal Will Impact the Real Estate Market (It Won't Help)
by
smaulgld
on 17 Oct 2013
114 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://smaulgld.com/what-the-b The real estate market and the economy will only really recover when prices are allowed to fall and a much needed deleveraging and restructuring are allowed to take ...
Warning For S.F. and Silicon Valley
by
smaulgld
on 16 Jun 2015
38 comments, latest
9 years ago
https://smaulgld.com/a-warning A Warning For San Francisco and Silicon Valley 47:15- an analysis of the San Francisco Silicon Valley economies and why they are destined to crash. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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