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  • Phoenix Housing Market: The Rise of the Investor
    This is an article describing the changing dynamics in the Phoenix housing market ...From Craig Anderson at the Arizona Republic: Real-estate investors, who once fueled a run-up in home values, now helping stabilize market (ht JG) For decades to come, participants in the Valley's housing economy are sure to remember 2009 as the Year of the Investor. ... […]
  • Federal Home Loan Bank sues Wall Street Banks for Billions
    This was lawsuit was filed on March 15th. Here are some details from the bank and see Morgenson's story in the NY Times for more ...From the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco: Statement Regarding PLRMBS Litigation Today the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (Bank) filed complaints in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, […]
  • Economic Outlook: Review of Possible Downside Risks to Forecast
    Last week I reviewed some possible upside surprises for my economic outlook for sluggish and choppy growth in 2010. The most likely upside surprise appears to be coming from consumer spending and the lack of an increase in the saving rate. I still think the saving rate will continue to rise - although maybe not as fast as I originally expected. Before I comm […]

• Big Picture

  • The Threat to Muddle Through
    March 20, 2010 By John Mauldin O Canada The Threat to Muddle Through Back to 1971 The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars GDP = C + I + G + Net Exports An Optimistic New Venture, San Diego, and New York If the Chinese allowed the renminbi to rise, would that make the USA better off? That is the contention [...] […]
  • Amazon Apologizes to Michael Lewis Over Kindle Flap
    On Wednesday, I posted my disgust with the kindle fanboys trashing of Michael Lewis’ new book, The Big Short. I was surprised to hear from a number of literary agents who wrote to thank me for that. They have apparently been having all manner of issues with Amazon reviewers over the years, and the kindle kooks [...] […]
  • Charles Johnson: Why I Parted Ways with the Right
    Dangerous Minds: It was the blog post heard ‘round the world. When Charles Johnson wrote Why I Parted Ways With The Right in the space of a few minutes and posted it on his popular Little Green Footballs blog, he had no idea the firestorm it would set off. Nasty denunciations, death threats and a New [...] […]

• WAPO Housing

  • A new real estate cost to watch for: Developer's private transfer fee
    How about this for a new and ingenious real estate money machine? Every time a house sells during the next 99 years, 1 percent of the price goes back to the original developer or is shared among investor partners. Ka-ching! […]
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  • Mortgage rates under 5%
    Long-term mortgage rates have remained below 5 percent for the third consecutive week. (FRE) […]
  • Lowe’s to expand presence in Canada
    Lowe’s Cos. Inc., which operates 20 home-improvement stores in the Raleigh-Durham area, plans to expand its operations in Canada by adding its first store in Saskatchewan early next year. (LOW) […]

• NC Business

  • Mariners face Fayetteville today at 1st Mariner Arena - Baltimore Sun
  • Quick exit for Hartford - Boston Globe
  • Military deaths - Los Angeles Times
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• AP Business

  • GM's SKorean unit recalling nearly 60,000 vehicles
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• WSJ

  • China Warns Against U.S. Sanctions
    China's commerce minister cautioned the U.S. against citing the Chinese currency as a reason for imposing trade sanctions, as both nations intensify their verbal sparring on the yuan exchange rate. […]
  • Bernanke Assails Giant Firms
    Bernanke called for action on financial-services firms that are "too big to fail," describing the problem as "pernicious" and an "insidious" barrier to competition. […]

• NYT

  • Fundamentally: Should Investors Celebrate Year 2 of This Rally?
    Strategists warn investors not to assume that the market will perform as well in 2010 as it did in 2009. […]
  • Your Money: Have Extra Cash to Cut Mortgage? Nice, but Wait
    If you’ve locked in a rock-bottom rate, does it still make sense to make extra payments to reduce your mortgage? It depends. […]

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