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Winter, Again, this was strictly a home econ exercise. I ignored quality of life since it is highly subjective and can't be quantified. You and others have suggested that living in a house implies a better quality of life, but of course that depends on your preferences and on the particular...

The poll results show more than 2-to-1 against owning a home strictly as a tax shelter. I'm pleasantly surprised. Perhaps some of the numbers posted here helped clarify the trade offs. I agree with Hamlet and others that a rental property may be a profitable investment. My poll was meant to...

Much debate about renting vs owning. Let's look at renting an apartment vs owning a house. U.S. median rent: $940 Annual rent: $11,280 From my earlier post, the total cost of owning for 30 years is $667,812. The annual cost of owning is $667,812 / 30 = $22,260. Thus, if you rent, you...

I thought that might come up. Here are the numbers: Average U.S home appreciation, 1987-2005: 5.36% (NAHB) U.S median home price (Mar 2006): $232,500 Home price after 30 years at 5.36% compounded: $1,113,514 But how much did the homeowner have to invest? Home cost: $232,500 Interest...

Where else can our creditors invest their funny money?

Question: Does it pay to purchase a house for a "tax shelter"? U.S. median home price: $232,500 (Mar '06) Down payment: 20% Loan amount: $186,000 Interest rate: 6.13% (Mar '06) Term: 30-year fixed Total interest paid over 30 years: $275,609 Average annual interest paid: $9,187...

Your timing estimate confirms my observation that the 'insider' concensus is consistently for a near-term peak. Whether we sustain a "hard" vs "soft" landing will be a combination of factors including enforced conservaton, economic growth, geopolitics, energy alternatives, etc. But the single...

Jay, What is your insider's take on peak oil and peak gas?

As opposed to Jerry and the Pacemakers.

A government big enough to do things for you is big enough to do things to you.

Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot.

My post wasn't about quality of life. I guess we believe what we want to believe.

Oh, boy. The powerful are too comfortable to notice the pain of the weak, and the weak lack power. As for who will be the Dem [or Repub] candidate... What matters is not who does the voting but who does the nominating. And who does the nominating is who owns the political apparatus. And that...

ZZZ's below chart, http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=1043364 is a basic TA pattern called ascending triangle continuation. http://stockcharts.com/education/ChartAnalysis/triangle-Ascending.html The idea here is to buy the thing. Similar idea behind TXN. As...

Balls of steel -- or, at least, silver.

Jesus! It just dropped 0.60, then shot up 0.30 within seconds. Talk about wiplash.

ZZZ's charts are self explanatory for anyone with a modicum of TA knowledge. No commentary necessary. Take it or leave it.

What markets and what kind of size do you trade?

http://charts.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=CLK6&data=Z05&date=040406&den=MED&divd=Y&evnt=ADV&grid=Y&jav=ADV&size=C&sky=N&sly=Y&vol=Y&late=Y&ch1=011&arga=&argb=&argc=&ov1=&argd=&arge=&argf=&ch2=&argg=&argh=&argi=&ov2=&argj=&argk=&argl=&code=XSTKIC&org=stk

Yes. And no.