You know, I was not going to respond to Larry because his comments were off topic again and someone has the last word and I could tell it was not going to be me. Now with Potato piling on I just...
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You know, I was not going to respond to Larry because his comments were off topic again and someone has the last word and I could tell it was not going to be me. Now with Potato piling on I just...
Articles and talk about real estate bubbles seem to be always there. The same people who will say you shouldn't time the stock market try and time the real estate market. Fear of bubbles is really...
This thread is supposed to be about the chances of a US stlye housing collapse in Canada , not about the history of Alberta's mortage regulations. Larry, the walking away from the mortgage thing was...
Info about Alberta's non recourse mortgages can be found several places on the web. At least one of our esteemed hosts here have mentioned it in their blogs as well.
I was going from memory about...
I agree with your thoughts about "a period of stagnant price increase" - which would mean a price correction over a longer period of time. It happens with stocks all the time. With real estate, as...
I did not say the can't happen. I said that prices don't plummet drastically unless there are lots of mortgage defaults - which is what is happening in the US. Given our lending practices a flood of...
There are a couple of interesting charts that compare the US and Canadian housing markets since 2000 at http://bubblemeter.blogspot.com/2009/12/housing-canada-vs-united-states.html
Seems to me...
I agree with Moneymaker's list. Do any of the 3 scenarios apply in your situation?
I agree with that 100%. Their Olympic coverage was disgusting.
I have been a loyal watcher of the CBC National News for decades.
Whenever those on the right side of the political spectrum would talk about CBC being biased I was unable to see that myself. I...
Although I believe a house is a lifestyle decision and not an investment, over a long period of time
a home still is a good investment. I say that coming from Winnipeg where house prices did not...
itrade not working again today. I thought the problems were over - apparently not. My orders are not executing today and this has cost me a lot of money.
It is time to move on - staying is costing...
"What is undeniable is the myth that any small investor can become the next Warren Buffett by employing the techniques of Graham and Dodd. If only it were that easy."
The many myths of Warren...
I remember reading "Boom, Bust, and Echo" several years ago and one of the points in the book was that the percentage of boomers in Canada is higher than in the US. The baby boom has more of an...
The volume of institutional trades will change each day for each stock and for the market as a whole. Some stocks have no institutional interest.
The big volume bars on a 5 minute chart are...