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Tag Archives: housing
There’s more upside yet in lumber stocks.
Back in early February, I posted an article suggesting Canadian lumber stocks were poised to perform. I mentioned that I’d bought one myself – West Fraser Timber (cost $57.85) – which is now just above $70. A 22% return over … Continue reading
Posted in GOLD & COMMODITIES, Random Thoughts
Tagged canadian, demand, economy, housing, housing market, lumber, stock market, stocks, supply, united states
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Housing Market – Boom or Bust?
The last recession was unequivocally a housing bust. Home sales plummeted and housing starts hit the skids. But then, the recession was indeed caused by a housing crisis: The mortgage-backed security scam ultimately destroyed the housing market. Today, we’re confronted … Continue reading
Posted in markets, Random Thoughts
Tagged economy, forest products, housing, interest rates, mortgages, real estate, recession, stock market
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Why are mortgage rates REALLY falling? Will this increase home prices?
A recent article posted on CBC Business News was entitled “Why worries about the coronavirus are pushing mortgage rates down.” Below is the explanation: Fixed-rate loans are highly influenced by bond yields, because a mortgage lender makes money on the spread between … Continue reading
Posted in PERSONAL FINANCE, Random Thoughts
Tagged bonds, canada, economy, housing, housing market, markets, mortgages, rates, recession s, stocks
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Since when is the weather an economic barometer? Absurd!
Most of the economic data we’ve been seeing (don’t forget it’s historical data) belies the common thinking that the weather has been dampening economic growth. The just reported U.S. GDP revision for the 4th quarter (up from 2.4% to 2.6%) … Continue reading
Posted in markets, Random Thoughts
Tagged confidence, consumer, contrarian, economy, GDP, housing, indicator, industrial, investors, jobless, malvin, market, markets, maverick, maverickinvestors.com, monetary, mortgage, overvalued, production, rates, slump, spooner, stimulus, stock, tapering, unemployment, weakness, weather
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High Consumer Confidence is bad news for stock market!
The latest consumer confidence release shows a significant improvement. “Rising home prices and a rising stock market are two key factors that are boosting consumer confidence. And a third factor is rising strength in the jobs market. The consumer confidence … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts
Tagged 500, bearish, bubble, bullish, confidence, consumer, economy, employment, equities, finance, housing, Index, indicator, interest, investors, mal, malvinspooner, maverick, maverickinvestors.com, money.ca, overvalued, prices, rates, risk, s&p, spooner, unemployment
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Does divergence of stocks and commodities tell us anything at all?
I read a blurb from Business Insider – entitled One Of The Biggest Arguments Of Fed Haters Is Getting Obliterated Before Our Eyes – discussing the adjacent chart (published on May 15th) that still has me confused. Here is a … Continue reading
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Tagged 500, banks, basic, bernanke, business, commodities, curde, currency, easy, economy, equities, fed, financials, housing, Index, industry, insider, interest, investors, mal, malvin, malvinspooner, manufacturing, market, maverick, maverickinvestors.com, mining, money, Ponzi, rails, rates, s&p, spooner, stimulus, stock, stocks, train, unemployment, west texas intermediate, wti, yield
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When to rotate into cyclicals? NOW!
I’ve been preaching for decades (and discussed in both my books ad nauseum) that the right thing to be doing at any point in time is the exact opposite of what everyone else is doing. If it’s a difficult thing to … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts
Tagged 500, assets, cash, commodities, commodity, consumer, copper, credit, cyclicals, economically, economy, EFT, europe, European, exchange-traded, fund, funds, global, gold, growth, healthcare, housing, inflows, interest, investors, malvin, malvinspooner, manager, market, maverickinvestors, maverickinvestors.com, oil, portfolio, prices, rally, rates, REITS, s&p, sectors, sensitive, software, spooner, Staples, stock, stocks, U.S.$, woes, wti, yield
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Spread for RISK narrowed; as predicted!
You might recall that in December I posted the adjacent chart, recommending that the spread between equity yields and treasuries was “NUTS” and a narrowing of the spread between more risk and less risk would favour stocks. It remains in … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, Asia, assets, balance, behavior, behaviour, biases, blackberry, bonds, capital, consensus, crisis, economic, equities, europe, experts, financial, growth, housing, iPhone, markets, press, psychologists, psychology, returns, risky, sheets, spread, thinking, treasuries, yield, yields
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Will demographics worsen the debt crisis?
In prior postings, I’ve illustrated that a by-product of the financial mayhem in recent years has been shrinking employment in the financial services sector. It got me thinking – perhaps there’s more to it than just the single volcanic-like eruption ignited by the … Continue reading
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Tagged age, baby, banking, boomers, Care, crisis, debt, deficits, distribution, education, employment, financial, food, GDP, generation, Health, household, housing, income, inflation, insurance, interest, investment, investors, jobs, labour, mal, malvin, maverick, maverickinvestors, mortgage, rates, retail, retirement, s&p, savings, services, social, spending, spooner, trend, U.S.$, x, y
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