Showing posts with label US economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US economy. Show all posts

I just need a place to lay my head

Take a load off fannie, and put the load right on me (i.e. the taxpayer.)

The charts versus Jim Cramer



Charts, charts and more charts.

The great real estate crash


I posted this one a year back, but it is still one of my favorites. Lou Minatti meets Patsy Cline

Good-bye boom time


Recession and redemption

The slowdown


The bailout bombshell

The crisis is upon us, run for the hills


More financial sector madness

Shiller on housing


Shiller on the housing bubble. Check out the vista.

One bubble follows from another


So long as the central banks keeps printing the cash, bubbles will inflate and explode.

Jesse Jackson on subprime


On December 10, the subprime borrowers are marching on Wall Street.

It is a bit pointless, in my view. Wall Street has already heard from subprime borrowers. Bankers already know that there is a problem.

Carli Blum on the subprime crisis


Here is a view of the subprime crisis from the bed of two female students.

I found this clip hilarious.

The bush bubble


Just one more reminder of what a mess we are in right now.

Oh boy.....

California - what went wrong


If you want to understand why housing prices are collapsing so fast in California, this video will explain everything.

US economy


Do you get the feeling that the US economy is going off the rails. This short video will confirm that uneasy feeling.

Fools rush in.....


A quick tour of the recent housing chart. Somehow, all the charts end the same, with things falling off a cliff.

Bad advertizing.


Here is an advert from a UK house rental agency. The ending certainly has a twist, but I fail to see how this ad would encourage me to become a customer.

But hey, what do I know? Take a look and judge for yourself.

Lost in America


Housing inventory is certainly elevated. Here is a short video of a drive around a NJ suburb. There is a plague of "for sale" signs.

More on the sub prime mess


Here is Jim Jubak on the subprime mess. He has some interesting things to say. Well worth watching....