In Big Picture - Posted 4 days ago

More straight talk from an old hand in the building sector: Billionaire investor Eli Broad said the U.S. economy is in the worst period'' of his adu...

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In Big Picture - Posted 5 days ago

Housing optimists have systematically misjudged themarket. Some became convinced that the huge runup was justified byfundamentals such as population ...

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In Bubble Meter - Posted 5 days ago

From Fortune Magazine:Eli Broad, the billionaire investor and KB Home (KBH) founder, says we re in the worst recession since World War II, and that ...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 5 days ago

From Bloomberg: Broad Says Economy in Worst Slump Since World War II Billionaire investor Eli Broad [the founder of homebuilder KB Home] said the U.S....

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In Bubble Meter - Posted 5 days ago

Click on the images to see the full-sized graphs of housing prices in Los Angeles, Riverside-San Bernardino, and San Diego, California.Source.Do we ha...

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In Random Roger's Big Picture - Posted 5 days ago

A reader asked for a recap of how I use the 200 DMA in deciding on defense and offense.The big macro is that demand for equities is either healthy or ...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 5 days ago

Yesterday I reported Deflationary Hurricanes to Hit U.S. and U.K. Confirmation that the U.K. is about to follow the U.S. in recession is at hand.Bloom...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 5 days ago

From the Telegraph: UK house prices in grip of slump that experts expect to deepen Britain is in the grip of a housing slump as bad as at any stage si...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 5 days ago

The worldwide housing bust continues to pick up steam. Down under, Home lending growth plunges to lowest level since 1991.HOME lending growth has suff...

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In BusinessWeek Online -- Hot Property - Posted 6 days ago

When Wachovia bought Golden West Financial two years ago, executives at the Charlotte-based bank gushed about how they could take the Pick-A-Pay ...

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