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I've been watching INTC closely, and I'm pretty tempted to nibble at this level, but I'm still not sure that it feels "right" for some reason.

The thing that I don't understand about this talk regarding affordability is that nobody seems to be mentioning that median home prices are also a component of affordability. Housing prices aren't high due to low interest rates alone, speculation is also playing a large factor. When I look...

You might want to check out the 20" widescreen models from various manufacturers, prices sure have been plunging.

Sure, here you go, though there isn't much to the spreadsheet (I didn't bother with any formulas). I'm not certain how they would go about calculating required payments for this product after the end of the interest-only period, since a normal amortization schedule ($200K over 20yrs am) would...

Here is the chart, showing the maximum available loan balance as the HELOC product being described amortizes. Keep in mind that you could actually owe less than your maximum available amount, this is just illustrating how much you would be able to draw on. I will comment more on this later...

I can draw a graph for you later if necessary, but what is being described is that the full amount of the line of credit (e.g. $200,000) would be available for the 10 year interest-only period, and then the maximum amount available would start amortizing. For example, after your 11th year of...

Intel is typically stronger for the types of products that Apple is interested in (mobile, lower power, lower heat). Manufacturing capacity is also an important consideration - AMD is rumoured to have been running flat out for the last half year or so, whereas Intel likely has surplus capacity...

There are OTC forward contracts and options for the purposes you are describing, exchange traded derivatives aren't the only instruments that companies have access to.

I don't understand all of these cuddly "soft landing" predictions - the market will be the market, and I doubt it will treat home owners tenderly if it does correct downwards.

Correct. It also helps to shape sentiment in Canada and the US, e.g. helping to reduce protectionism.

I live in Alberta, Canada, and our local real estate markets are starting to get more than a little frothy. I make a point of talking to many people about the state of housing, and pretty much everyone seems to feel that continued price appreciation is a guaranteed thing. Apparently nobody reads...

I wonder how low INTC will go, it's been quite interesting to watch as it steadily slips lower. Probably a very good example of why one should cut losses as quickly as possible. I'm expecting sentiment to start shifting sometime this summer, apparently the NDAs on Conroe benchmarks expire...

I'm expecting it to continue sliding a bit as well, but I agree that it will once again start to become quite attractive the closer it gets to $20 (fundamentally speaking). TZOO is valued fairly richly right now, but I'm quite impressed with their financial statements - this isn't just some "dot...

Interesting that you should mention this, I've actually started watching TZOO again fairly closely. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=1085224>

I read those the other night, not very impressive (aside from perhaps the forthcoming low-power models). I'm very, very interested to see some official benchmarks on the Conroes, though we will be seeing Woodcrest (server) benchmarks quite soon.

Do a business degree, then you will study both; I would recommend majoring in finance though. I had to do three mandatory econs for my business degree (intro microeconomics, intro macroeconomics, intermediate microeconomics), which give you a pretty good start on what economics is all about...

Haha. :)

Go to your bank, borrow $1,000 from them, invest the funds with them in a GIC that secures the loan. Zero risk for the bank (you can't touch the GIC until the loan is paid off), and it's a way to get your credit history started.

Sounds like this issue is a bit more complex in the US than it is in Canada? In Canada we submit personal tax returns to the CRA (federal), the returns also include a provincial tax form; essentially the federal government collects income taxes on behalf of the provinces.

Thank you for posting this, it was an excellent video (though not quite as detailed as I might have liked). One thing I found interesting about this video were the interviews with various big names in finance. For example, Miller (half of the Modigliani-Miller theorem team) sure had a messy...