Helping Good Investors Make Better Decisions
We received several emails yesterday for the most part agreeing with us in our veiled criticism of the media’s interpretation of the S&P’s Case-Shiller data released yesterday. Several news sites mentioned the OFHEO index data also, as did several of those commenting on our post.
We’d strongly suggest that following both of these indices is critical […]
Interesting opinion piece in the WSJ yesterday commenting on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s announced plans to license mortgage brokers. Written by Wheeler and Kleiner, University Profs at Univ. of Chicago and Univ. of Minnesota, the article makes some interesting points.
Kleiner and Richard Todd, a vice president of the FRB of Minneapolis, recently studied mortgage broker […]
It’s a long way from happening yet, but there are those in the administration and in Congress who postulate that tax credits ($3-5K) for home buyers would make home ownership more likely and incentivize buyers to purchase during these months of lagging home sales. Democrat house leaders have gone as far as to signal support […]
We’re going to be seeing more articles like this one written by Hagery and Karp in today’s WSJ - “Housing Bust Fuels Blame Game”, and frankly we think it’s a good idea to be looking at the “what got us here” part of the equation along with the rational and necessary solutions.
We agree in concept […]
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