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The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Why Housing is Guaranteed to Recover All markets are cyclical, and when you look at the numbers it's hard not to think we're near the bottom of this cycle. |
The Motley Fool December 6, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Slow Jobs Market? Blame Housing The key to getting the economy back on track is deleveraging -- paying off debt accumulated during the bubble years. For households, the vast majority of that debt is in the form of mortgages. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2006 Anthony Downs |
Hard Truth of a Softer U.S. Housing Market Rising home prices and falling stock prices have greatly changed the composition of household assets since 2000. This shift has significant implications for commercial property markets as well as housing. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Anthony Downs |
Dissecting the Housing Bubble Question The most widely discussed real estate issue in the United States today boils down to a two-part question: Does a housing bubble in America exist? And if so, will it burst? |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Second-Half Preview: The Future of Jobs and Housing Right now, two things in particular are on people's minds: jobs and housing. Here are a few things to ponder when considering where each is headed for the rest of the year. |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Goldilocks in the Housing Market Not too hot, not too cold. |
The Motley Fool November 29, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Why It's So Slow Deleveraging is by far the largest reason our economy is so slow. |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2011 Morgan Housel |
A New Black Eye for Housing Revised sales and inventory data could paint a bleaker picture. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 Michael J. Mandel |
Sure, The Trade Deficit Is Scary -- But We Can Handle It America's wealth is growing fast enough to easily cover its debt. |
The Motley Fool June 24, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Why It Could Take Years to Recover We're drowning in debt, and no one wants to rescue us, but these problems that took decades to create can't be solved in a matter of months. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Morgan Housel |
How Much Further Do Home Prices Need to Fall? These numbers tell me we're not out of the woods just yet. |
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Michael Mandel |
The Real Threat Isn't Housing If productivity growth keeps sliding, a widespread crisis could be next. |
BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Michael J. Mandel |
Where Wealth Lives The productivity boom has made asset owners rich -- and left many wage-earners behind. |
The Motley Fool February 8, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Still Waiting (and Waiting) for Jobs to Return Two more reasons it's going to be a long, painful wait for jobs. |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2011 Morgan Housel |
5 Important Things Now Completely Recovered From the Financial Crisis Look closely, and you might be surprised how well much of the economy is doing. Some of the most important parts have actually fully recovered from the recession. |
Finance & Development March 2009 Claessens & Kose |
What Is a Recession? The ongoing global financial crisis has been accompanied by recessions in many countries. It stands to become one of the longest and deepest recessions since the Great Depression of the 1930s. |
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Walls Won't Come Tumbling Down Mortgage rates in 2005 will remain low enough to keep housing affordable. |
The Motley Fool September 19, 2006 Mike Norman |
A Bubble or a Value? Housing market comments by Toll Brothers' CEO triggers some contrarian reflection. Investors, is this builder a bargain? |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. Housing: Still Solid, but Creaking a Little Key first-time homebuyers look at steeper prices and mortgage rates. |
BusinessWeek June 18, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why Consumer Spending Won't Drive a Recovery Households are paying down debt and rebuilding their nest eggs, so they're not spending. Still, that's unlikely to thwart a modest economic upturn. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Tom Samuels |
Is the Recovery Real? Professional investors' opinions about the future of stocks and the economy have rarely been as divergent as right now. The gap between bulls and bears has widened to a chasm. |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Where Will Housing Prices Go Next? It's all in the numbers. |
BusinessWeek January 15, 2007 James Mehring |
Housing: The Best Indicators Of A Rebound According to some housing indicators, there is some light at the end of the tunnel for homebuilders, but that cautious optimism comes with caveats. |
IndustryWeek November 1, 2005 Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- Ignore The Bubble Babble Despite what the alarmists contend, U.S. housing prices will continue to rise in 2006 and 2007. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Bernanke May Need To Dig Deeper Into His Toolbox It could take a broad rate cut to stabilize the markets and the economy. |
CFO March 1, 2010 Russ Banham |
The Shape of Things to Come L, V, or W? Perhaps a check mark, or something with a wiggly tail? Top economists debate what the recovery will look like. |
BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Consumers Aren't Sweating The Housing Slump Yet The debate over the direction of the economy and Federal Reserve policy in the coming year boils down to one basic question: Will the housing slump drag down consumer spending and the economy? |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2012 Morgan Housel |
A Big Upgrade for America's Jobs Market Finally, good news. |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Where All The Jobs Went Here's a sobering statistic: All nine recessions between 1948 and 1990 saw employment return to pre-recession levels within 31 months. Today, 42 months after our recession began, we've only regained about a fifth of lost jobs. |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Morgan Housel |
It's the Debt, Stupid What's really slowing the economy. The recession that started in 2007 was different. It was caused by an inherently unsound economy driven by debt. |
BusinessWeek December 3, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Consumers Are Opening Their Wallets Again Despite weak labor markets, heavy debt, and low confidence, U.S. households have already begun to spend, especially on services |
Finance & Development June 2009 Kose et al. |
Out of the Ballpark By any measure, the ongoing global recession is the deepest and the most synchronized of the postwar period |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger |
Is the Government Really Helping the Economy? The Obama administration has stepped up to try to soften the blow to the careening economy by passing a stimulus plan and detailing a housing plan for foreclosures. But how much will the stimulus and housing plan help? Part 2 of an interview with Bill Greiner. |
BusinessWeek October 8, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Why The Fed's Cut Won't Spark Inflation Housing woes, tighter credit, and a softer labor market should douse inflation. |
The Motley Fool July 20, 2011 |
Roundtable: Values in Housing? Are there any winners in the beaten-down housing sector? |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Claessens et al. |
When Crises Collide Recessions accompanied by credit crunches or asset price busts are deeper and longer lasting. |
Financial Advisor November 2006 Evan Simonoff |
Deflation Or Inflation? Leading bond managers debate what's ahead. |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Housing's New Risks For The Economy Mortgage rates are up, credit is tighter, and home prices are falling faster. |
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 James Mehring |
Housing: Builders Bite The Bullet It's unlikely that the housing recession has suddenly deepened. Rather, homebuilders have set themselves up finally to reduce their inventories of unsold homes. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Kristin Graham |
The Motley Fool's Recession Survival Guide Join us as we help you navigate through a down market. From learning about the formations of a bubble to stocks you should be buying, this survival guide will arm you with all of the information you need to feel confident in these trying days. |
U.S. Banker October 2002 John Adams |
Of Housing and Helium Is the housing market a bubble waiting to pop? |
BusinessWeek October 15, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Don't Count Out The Consumer Just Yet If the job markets don't falter, households may keep up their spending. |
BusinessWeek February 19, 2007 James Mehring |
The Housing Drag Casts A Long Shadow During 2006, productivity growth was the weakest in nine years, while the labor cost required to produce a given unit of a good or service surged. But don't fret too much: The data on productivity and unit labor costs are being skewed by the housing downturn. |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Rich Miller |
Sunny, with a Chance of Relapse Strong growth or tepid bounceback? Economists ring in 2010 |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Housing Prices: Another 7%-10% Left to Fall The slow slide continues. For at least the next year or two, everyone touching the residential housing industry, from Home Depot to Citigroup, will continue to feel the aftermath of this historic bust. |
Financial Advisor December 2009 Eric Rasmussen |
Which Way Is Up? Conflicting signs make it hard to embrace the idea that the recession is over. Yet some investment sectors are starting to perk up. |
Global Services May 28, 2008 Imrana Khan |
Number of Layoffs in the U.S. Touches a 19-Month High Interestingly, the ever-blamed outsourcing became the reason for only 3,576 job cuts in the country. Market conditions, business closing, cost cutting, restructuring, demand downturn and bankruptcy were the major reasons of job cuts in April 2008. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Tanner & Abdih |
Rebuilding U.S. Wealth A world that frets about lost consumer demand should also worry whether newly frugal U.S. households will save enough. |
BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Peter Coy |
Stocks Can Handle The Housing Chill The numbers are scary. But history shows that the market can shrug them off. |
Financial Advisor July 2011 Somnath Basu |
Will The Economy Double-Dip? Other than the stock market, most indicators reflect a trough, not the early stages of a growth cycle. Here's what advisors should watch for. |