Follow
_________________________
Category Archives: Main Page
This housing bust is global
Canada led the world in the most egregiously inflated home prices in the past few years, but New Zealand, Australia and Sweden were other top-risk contenders. Now high debt levels are having similar demand and price-depressing impacts in many countries … Continue reading
Posted in Main Page
Comments Off on This housing bust is global
Will the SEC clamp down on HFT cheating?
The scam of high-frequency trading (HFT) has been an insult to fairness and free markets for more than a decade. A few have been allowed to scalp fat profits at the expense of the rest, and reasonable people know it … Continue reading
Posted in Main Page
Comments Off on Will the SEC clamp down on HFT cheating?
Real estate prices typically contract for years after bubbles burst
In the first quarter of 2021, residential ‘investment’ in Canada (real estate commissions, construction of homes, significant renovations, and ownership transfer costs) comprised some 9% of Canada’s GDP, while business investment plunged. US residential investment peaked at 6.7% in 2006 … Continue reading
Posted in Main Page
Comments Off on Real estate prices typically contract for years after bubbles burst
