The Headwinds to Growing Your Wealth The Wealth of Nations Housing: Are We at the Bottom? Alt-A is the New Subprime 3.5 million Unemployed and Counting La Jolla, South Africa and London This week we look at the housing market in some detail. When can we expect it to turn around? Part of the problem is...
In this weekend's Thoughts from the Frontlines, I quoted from part of a very thoughtful, right-on-target analysis by David A. Rosenberg entitled "The Elusive Bottom." Over the weekend, I decided that you should read the whole piece, as Rosenberg makes some very solid points about how the...
The Velocity Of Money Is the Money Supply Growing or Not? P=MV A Slow Down in Velocity If You Are in a Hole, Stop Digging And More Write-offs to Come South Africa, La Jolla, Toronto and Maine The late and great Milton Friedman told us that inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon. But...
The Muddle Through Question Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right of Me, Here I am Stuck in the Muddle Through Middle With You! A Soft Depression? Not. South Africa and Swiss Mountains A few weeks ago I asked for readers to send me questions and said I would try and answer them while I was in...
This week in Outside the Box, Van Hoisington and Dr. Lacy Hunt of Hoisington Management undertake an assiduous analysis of the economy, specifically quantifying the underlying impact of the real estate market on GDP growth through the follow-on adverse effects on consumer spending. As outlined in previous...