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Can Wall Street withstand weak housing?
Business Week Online ^
| September 19, 2006
| Peter Coy
Posted on 09/20/2006 10:26:44 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: durasell
Can Wall Street withstand weak housing?You are correct!
Dow Ends Up 72 at 11,613, Nasdaq Ends Up 31 at 2,252
Or not?
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:38:45 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Goldbugs, immune to logic and allergic to facts.)
To: Petronski
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:41:19 PM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: Toddsterpatriot
To: Petronski
That's because gold is an ultra-conservative means of storing wealth.
Kind of goes along with the tenor of the website. In fact I would go so far as to say that 'goldbuggery' is inextricable from FR.
BUMP
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:42:59 PM PDT
by
capitalist229
(Get Democrats out of our pockets and Republicans out of our bedrooms.)
To: GodGunsGuts; Petronski
And BTW, the fact that gold has been rising is by definition a warning sign to the global economy.So is the 20% decline from gold's peak by definition a sign that the global economy is okay?
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:43:01 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Goldbugs, immune to logic and allergic to facts.)
To: GodGunsGuts
OMG, housing is taxed less and increases in value! Definitely proof of a bubble! LOL!
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:45:04 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Goldbugs, immune to logic and allergic to facts.)
To: Toddsterpatriot
We haven't seen the full effects of the deflating bubble yet. These things simply don't play out as quickly as you'd think.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:45:40 PM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: capitalist229
That's because gold is an ultra-conservative means of storing wealth.Down 20% since May doesn't sound conservative.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:46:03 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Goldbugs, immune to logic and allergic to facts.)
To: GodGunsGuts
You are starting to sound an awful lot like Charlie (you know, that guy from the chocolate factory). Well then let me tell you about yourself too. Your investment advice and constant goldbuggery make you sound just like Professor Harold Hill.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:47:24 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Living His life abundantly.)
To: capitalist229; Petronski
That's because gold is an ultra-conservative means of storing wealth.To the contrary, gold is a highly volatile commodity - not a conservative investment at all.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:47:30 PM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: conservativecorner
Very interesting chart; thanks for posting it.
To: capitalist229
That's because gold is an ultra-conservative means of storing wealth.It's not very conservative to let your assets waste in a non-dividend-bearing ingot. Adjusted for inflation, gold's high is more than $2,500 dollars.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:52:19 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Living His life abundantly.)
To: Petronski
Actually, I suppose goldbuggery is "conservative" in the same way that Paul Craig Roberts and Joe Sobran are "conservative."
Lunatic fringe = conservative in the minds of some.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:52:51 PM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: RobRoy
The wild card is large scale telecommuting with office rents what they are here in San Francisco, I cannot understand why people do not share a space, one person work 2 days, another work 2 days at same desk. Rents expense could go down 30%.
To: capitalist229
That's because gold is an ultra-conservative means of storing wealth.
Uh, no. It's a commodity and subject to wide swings on the global market.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:53:14 PM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: conservativecorner
Silent Cal's economy was fine. What ARE you talking about?
To: wideawake
To: capitalist229
Yeah, those $600 krugerrands I bought back in the Carter admin turned out to be a really conservative investment. NEVER again!
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:56:56 PM PDT
by
Comico Atómico
(I want the government to defend this country, not to wrap it in cotton.)
To: GodGunsGuts
Let's see now. Prices are down or flat.
Real estate provides leverage. If I invest $50,000 in RE, the appreciation is based upon an investment of $500,000. Or I can invest the $50,000 in the market or metals and it increases from a base of $50,000. Sounds like it's time to buy real estate.
To: Petronski
Only those who would also buy stocks or bonds from a "boiler room" phone call, would. LOL
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