Monthly Archives: August 2010

More consumers having the "AHA moment": less is more

Trulia Real Estate Search has published their most recent survey of consumer attitudes to home ownership completed in July. More than 90% of those surveyed said that their ideal home size today is less than 3200 square feet and one … Continue reading

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Good discussion of secular shifts in investing and consumption

Some good points made re bond markets and the Fed needing to back out of artificial intervention and let the economy right-size itself for the future.

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Newsflash: consumers are not shopping like they used to

Here is an epiphany for those still clamoring to stimulate consumer spending: people who are over-extended on credit and under-employed, or unemployed, do not do a lot of shopping. America's job market stats provide the catalyst for a secular shift … Continue reading

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