Comments on: New Home Sales Fell 41% in February 2009

By: New Home Sales Fall 30.6% in March | Low Interest Student Loans

New Home Sales Fall 30.6% in March | Low Interest Student Loans — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:21:19 +0000

[...] Media Misreports New Home Sales –they didn’t rise, they fell 41% (March 26th, 2009) [...]

By: New Home Sales Fall 30.6% in March | All about MICROSOFT

New Home Sales Fall 30.6% in March | All about MICROSOFT — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:40:13 +0000

[...] Media Misreports New Home Sales –they didn’t rise, they fell 41% (March 26th, 2009) [...]

By: New Home Sales Fall 30.6% in March | The Big Picture

New Home Sales Fall 30.6% in March | The Big Picture — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:38:44 +0000

[...] Media Misreports New Home Sales –they didn’t rise, they fell 41% (March 26th, 2009) [...]

By: cttfinder

cttfinder — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:56:09 +0000

Barry:
Where’s the proof of how you’ve done over a long time Barry?
Where?
We can all see Buffet’s long-term track record…where’s yours? How about over the past decade?

I responding to your changing of the subject when you said:

BR: And the people who stayed long from 14,000 all the way to 6500?

THEN, you accused me of changing the subject:

BR: Given up on the New Home Sales? Changing the subject to something else?
Fine, I’ll play along: Yes, I’ve done dramatically better. And no, you don’t have to market time — all you need is an adequate stop loss system.

By: Mark E Hoffer

Mark E Hoffer — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:54:26 +0000

and, for those still playing along..

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There is blood on your hands!
1/2 the Story = 1 Complete Lie.
Learn How the Broadcast News Media Deceive You!”

http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/

They’re so good at it, it even spawned its own URL:

By: some_guy_in_a_cube

some_guy_in_a_cube — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:18:44 +0000

Great job calling out them out BR.

It’s no surprise that America’s Fucked-In-The-Head media is furiously sucking it’s thumb while the whole damn thing is coming apart.

By: Greg0658

Greg0658 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:14:41 +0000

philipat Says: at 6:07 pm “Part of the problem is the way Maths is tought these days, so that younger generations have no “Feel” for numbers”

I wonder if anyone has an opinion on the slide rule in math along the lines your talking. I was indroduced a bit in 8th grade multi-shop and more in 9th grade Electronics. Then the TI-30 with red LED display came out at about $160 bucks if I remember right. We pretty much switched 100% to the calculator at that point.

By: Pat G.

Pat G. — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:36:50 +0000

Misread my ass. It’s skewed. Even when it’s pointed out to some airhead on CNBC that the traditional way of comparing numbers is year over year and not month over month the ding-dong makes the same comparison in the next interview. This is all about positive spin as the market’s cheerleaders attempt to make it go higher. It’s working. For now.

By: How the Common Man Sees It

How the Common Man Sees It — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:27:27 +0000

I guess the important question to ask is are those potential buyers moving from new homes to used homes(I really shouldn’t be so lazy and go look it up)? If that is the case then it may be bad for the housing market specifically but not for the US economy in general.

By: philipat

philipat — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:07:05 +0000

I’ve commented extensively on this in earlier threads so please excuse any repetition. Part of the problem is the way Maths is tought these days, so that younger generations have no “Feel” for numbers. I see this in my kids, who had the best education at top Universities, but who cannot deal with mental maths. They are amazed when I can do calculations mentally before they can reach a calculator to confirm what I have already said. Not being arrogant, it’s just that those endless hours of competitive quizzes on “Times tables” provided a very strong grounding in numbers upon which to build more sophisticated and intuitive numerical literacy.

The best way to explain such trends to with this lost generation is to use Moving Annual Total charts. If its up, its up. If its down its down. They can understand that!!