DOW closes above 9,500 (Congress, stats, good news, claim)

[sanrene]

The market is definitely encouraged. Have you noticed to correlation the market in relation to obama's agenda?

Looks like a boondoggle of a public option may be dead, market rallies.

Feast your eyes and refute;

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/2...-streets-gain/

Cramer has identified a correlation in the market that can be tracked quite reliably from the March low. What is it? Obama’s disapproval rating. How closely does Obama’s disapproval rate align with the actual market? If you take a close look, Cramer points out that the charts are practically identical, with disapproval for the President rising in tandem with the market’s huge run from the big March bottom.

[ViewFromThePeak]

Near St. Auggy where some of my family lives, you can rent a home for 6 bills/month. FAR less than a mortgage, and less muss and fuss with the neighborhood disintegrating around you with additional foreclosures.

[Pug Life]

Originally Posted by ViewFromThePeak

Thanks, I needed a good laugh.

It makes me laugh that some people are so stupid that they don't realize how much money could have been made since November...

I've made 240% on my portfolio since then (and I barely lost anything because I saw the recession coming in 2007 and moved my money to safer places) and I've turned my friend's $600 investment into over $5,000 with a smart buy of Sirius at .08/share. Hell, even in the past 5 weeks, I've made a killing.

While the idiots were pulling their money out of the 401(k) and investment accounts in November, I was pouring my money in (and telling people to join me)...now I'm definitely laughing all the way to the bank!

[cleanhouse]

Originally Posted by cleoT

Major congrats, Cleanhouse!

thanks , our target is to have a closing date about 3-4 months from now.

[ViewFromThePeak]

Originally Posted by Pug Life

It makes me laugh that some people are so stupid that they don't realize how much money could have been made since November...

I've made 240% on my portfolio since then (and I barely lost anything because I saw the recession coming in 2007 and moved my money to safer places) and I've turned my friend's $600 investment into over $5,000 with a smart buy of Sirius at .08/share. Hell, even in the past 5 weeks, I've made a killing.

While the idiots were pulling their money out of the 401(k) and investment accounts in November, I was pouring my money in (and telling people to join me)...now I'm definitely laughing all the way to the bank!

That's cool. I made all of my money shorting homebuilders in 2006/2007 and participating in shorts of CDOs just before the mortgage meltdown. Whoever though schadenfreude could actually be profitable?

I also have a supermodel wife and a challet in France. See, any unverifiable claims you make on CD are just that, unverifiable. It's too bad I didn't see a forum posting that you saw this coming in 2007, back in 2006. Then I'd believe you.

[Pug Life]

Originally Posted by cleanhouse

here is an interesting breakdown:

Existing Homes: What's Really Selling - Realty Check with Diana Olick - CNBC.com

U.S. Existing Home Sales Yr/Yr
$0 - $100,000Up 38.8%
100,000 - $250,000Up 8.7%
$250,000 - $500,000Down 6.2%
$500,000 - $750,000Down 8.9%
$750,000 - $1,000,000Down 10.6%
$1,000,000 - $2,000,000Down 23.3%
$2,000,000+ Down 32.4%

Wow, I didn't even know houses could be less than $250,000...
(J/K)
At least they certainly don't exist here in San Diego or where my family lives in Silicon Valley!

[cleanhouse]

Originally Posted by ViewFromThePeak

Waiting another year. Raleigh has just begun to join the deflation party and I need to sit on the sidelines for a while longer. Renting a beautiful house for much less than a mortgage on the same house would go, even after the tax deduction.

not an unwise decision at all. I love renting right now but with eventual offspring a 2 bdr townhome is a little tight.

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by Marlow

So....first time home buyers are buying affodable houses. Is that a problem?

It's a problem for everyone who isn't a first-time buyer and wants to buy something more than a "starter home".

[Marlow]

Originally Posted by sanrene

The market is definitely encouraged. Have you noticed to correlation the market in relation to obama's agenda?

Looks like a boondoggle of a public option may be dead, market rallies.

Feast your eyes and refute;

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Is Obama’s loss Wall Street’s gain?

Give it a rest already, Sanrene. Fercryinoutloud....

[Pug Life]

Originally Posted by ViewFromThePeak

That's cool. I made all of my money shorting homebuilders in 2006/2007 and participating in shorts of CDOs just before the mortgage meltdown. Whoever though schadenfreude could actually be profitable?

I also have a supermodel wife and a challet in France. See, any unverifiable claims you make on CD are just that, unverifiable. It's too bad I didn't see a forum posting that you saw this coming in 2007, back in 2006. Then I'd believe you.

I sold my shares of Sallie Mae and Citigroup in August of 2007, I could show you my stock orders...

Plus, I am an investment advisor, so it's kinda my job and the reason why I still have one with my company cutting 30% of the workforce in 2008.