Comments on: Case Shiller Index Falls 18%

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Boston Real Estate Blog : Blog Archive : Friday Real Estate Links — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:40:32 +0000

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By: Updated: Case-Shiller 100-Year Chart | The Big Picture

Updated: Case-Shiller 100-Year Chart | The Big Picture — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:14:34 +0000

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By: plantseeds

plantseeds — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:06:41 +0000

way late to the party but DeDude….overracting much? for every right wingnut there’s a left wingnut to keep the never ending, pointless arguments warm until the next fool grabs the baton, why all the hate? why all the hate? good luck with that.

By: Mannwich

Mannwich — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:48:03 +0000

@ahab: Well, maybe the U.S. can continue its dominance then by process of elimination, meaning being the least bad country out there, bad but still better than the rest. “Better than expected.” Not something to be gleeful about but it’s better than the alternative, I guess.

@ben22: Yeah, the good thing about this particular friend is that he’s very smart (is a sports doctor here in the TC), is open to discussions like the one we had about shorting the market, and is very open to changing his mind when presented with a good argument based on facts. He appreciates a healthy debate and doesn’t run away from talking about things because they’re serious and may be somewhat sobering to think about. Thanks for the compliments, by the way. I always enjoy reading your posts. Yours and other posts here make the TBP a must-visit/read site every day for me.

By: Wes Schott

Wes Schott — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:22:04 +0000

Walt –

you are calculating second derivatives on your calculator?

that ain’t no HP35

is MathCad passe?

By: WaltFrench

WaltFrench — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:41:13 +0000

Rats; I don’t have enough decimal places on my calculator to calculate the second derivative here. At this rate of declining declines, we will hit a bottom when?… 2020?

By: Mike in Nola

Mike in Nola — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:35:39 +0000

uno:

Well, what they do, it better be in the next 20 years while they are fit for duty. Maybe there are some Sabines around.

By: uno

uno — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:14:16 +0000

There are other wild cards as regards China. One of them is that they have an excess of young males by about 32 million or so due to sex-choosing (by one means or the other) parents that can only have one child. Hmmm...what's a country with growing investments in their military/defense to do with 32 million excess males? Not a good thing, in any case. More good info on China by way of Stratfor for those who are truly interested.

By: Onlooker from Troy

Onlooker from Troy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:02:29 +0000

Mike in NOLA

Your reference to demographics re: China is spot on, IMO. That’s a very key factor that is often (almost always, it seems) overlooked these days when speculating about their future and status as the next economic power. Their population is aging very rapidly and will reach a tipping point much sooner than many understand. Due of course to the one child policy. That’s a huge wild card in the game.

By: call me ahab

call me ahab — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:28:31 +0000

Mucho data coming out tomorrow-

Jul 1 8:15 AM ADP Employment Change
Jul 1 10:00 AM Construction Spending
Jul 1 10:00 AM ISM Index
Jul 1 10:00 AM Pending Home Sales
Jul 1 10:30 AM Crude Inventories
Jul 1 2:00 PM Auto Sales Jun
Jul 1 2:00 PM Truck Sales

should be interesting