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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

Can Wall Street withstand weak housing?

Some experts say real estate slump may spell trouble for equities

ANALYSIS

By Peter Coy BusinessWeek Online

Updated: 1:28 p.m. PT Sept 19, 2006

If your nest egg is made of 2-by-4s and you're watching the real estate slowdown with a mixture of fear and nausea, then this article is for you.

The question: If real estate tanks, will stocks follow? Or will the market ignore housing? Or maybe — just maybe — will a decline in housing trigger a rise in stocks? It's something you really ought to think about if you're trying to figure out where to put your money.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: depression; despair; doom; dooooooooomed; dustbowl; endoftheworld; fearmongering; grapesofwrath; housing; housingbubble; realestate; realestateslowdown; theskyisfalling; tinfoil
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1 posted on 09/20/2006 10:26:44 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: ex-Texan

ping


2 posted on 09/20/2006 10:27:04 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

Wait, how bad can it be with the economy so good?


3 posted on 09/20/2006 10:28:10 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: GodGunsGuts

The answer is "yes."

Besides the housing stocks are already off by 25-to-30% since May 10th of this year.

It is usually best to buy when everyone is fearful, and to sell when everyone is greedy. Good advice, but hard to follow. :)


4 posted on 09/20/2006 10:29:16 AM PDT by RexBeach (Will Rogers Never Met Bill Clinton.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

a big duh, yes.

I remember when people insisted OWNING was stupid when the market provided better returns. So the savy rented and put the money in stocks. When the market fell, they became the house flippers.


5 posted on 09/20/2006 10:31:22 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Meaningless fearmongering gobbletygook to get people to get hits on their site. "Is it good? Is it bad? Is it both?"


6 posted on 09/20/2006 10:33:05 AM PDT by jdsteel ('nuff said (old Marvel Comics reference....))
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To: GodGunsGuts

7 posted on 09/20/2006 10:33:24 AM PDT by conservativecorner
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To: conservativecorner

But this time it is different!


8 posted on 09/20/2006 10:34:38 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: conservativecorner

Interesting chart, more people but not much more land being made!


9 posted on 09/20/2006 10:35:12 AM PDT by SF Republican
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To: conservativecorner
Current boom is off the charts.

Thanks for posting this.

10 posted on 09/20/2006 10:35:46 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: longtermmemmory

MSNBC. Feh!


11 posted on 09/20/2006 10:37:59 AM PDT by Safetgiver (Stinko De mayo, Stinko to the Commies.)
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To: conservativecorner

Of course, this Yale professor knows that the key word is "standard", which in the 50's and 60's meant one bathroom and maybe a one car garage, perhaps 1,200 square feet. But then his chart would not look like he wanted it to look.


12 posted on 09/20/2006 10:38:01 AM PDT by jdsteel ('nuff said (old Marvel Comics reference....))
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To: GodGunsGuts

Yes, it can.

Money that would of gone into buying property will go into securities investments.


13 posted on 09/20/2006 10:41:51 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: jdsteel

LOL! You are kidding me right? LOL!


14 posted on 09/20/2006 10:42:55 AM PDT by conservativecorner
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To: stainlessbanner
Liar's Loans
15 posted on 09/20/2006 10:44:11 AM PDT by conservativecorner
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To: conservativecorner

Wow. Great chart. Thanks--GGG


16 posted on 09/20/2006 10:45:38 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

Be sure to read "Liar's Loans" which I posted a link to moments ago. Ya just won't believe how bad it really is.


17 posted on 09/20/2006 10:47:09 AM PDT by conservativecorner
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To: SF Republican

Land availability is only one factor re: real estate. If land availability were the overriding issue in real estate, then Japan's RE market would have never collapsed.


18 posted on 09/20/2006 10:50:18 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: conservativecorner
Good chart - after all, there are the exact same number of people in America now as there were in 1890, the average size of homes has not changed at all since 1890, the facilities and furnishings of homes today are unchanged since 1890, and the percentage of Americans who own their own home hasn't changed either.

Right?

19 posted on 09/20/2006 10:50:52 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)

Interesting you should pick Coolidge to quote.

20 posted on 09/20/2006 10:55:23 AM PDT by conservativecorner
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