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    A sense the housing market has bottomed.

    How in the hell do you get loans 20-25% above the appraised value. I've been a private mortgage lender for over 20 years. There's no way someone is going to get a 120-125% loan from me. To the lenders that did, I say tough shit. You're gonna get what you deserve.
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    Correction Coming?

    By Ian C. Sayson and Pimm Fox Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Marc Faber, who predicted the U.S. stock market crash in 1987, said global assets are poised for a ``severe correction'' and says it's time to sell. ``In the next few months, we could get a severe correction in all asset markets,'' Faber...
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    OSTK ceo

    I missed this when it came out, but Bluehorseshoe hit the nail on the head. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/overstockcom-completes-40-million-common/story.aspx?guid=%7B127C5A2C%2D737D%2D428D%2DBBC8%2D5AC983464774%7D&sid=1149266&symb=
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    Ford new CEO cancels his order for a Lexus

    Well, I guess it could have been worse, he could have ordered a Caddy.
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    So what does Wednesday bring.....

    What does Wednesday bring? Why, opportunity, of course.
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    I know i'm sounding redundant but, a good starter setup?

    Slightly sarcastic perhaps, but nevertheless, very true.
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    House of Cards ready to fall

    http://www.rgemonitor.com/blog/roubini/167408/
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    What does a Reuters feed cost?

    Its my understanding that I believe beginning in January, the Michigan Consumer Confidence Survey is being underwritten by Reuters, and thus reported exclusively through them. Anyone know the cost and how to subscribe to it?
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    Skilling can remain in house arrest

    He was about as smart as Bernie Ebbers. He turned over all his assets, and still got 30 years. Catch me if you can.
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    Skilling can remain in house arrest

    Yep, you and me both. 24 years? They would have to catch me first. I would have had my stash of cash already set up long before the conviction.
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    50 year mortgages....

    $500,000 @ 7% for 50 years: At the end of 30 years, when most traditional mortgages are paid off, the home owner will still owe about $388,000. They will have paid $695,000 in interest during that time as well.
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    Goldman Sachs Flagship Hedge Fund Falls 11.6 Percent

    WRONG! It is precisely because of this volitility that a larger fractal period, not a smaller one must be used.
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    ***BUY, BUY, BUY or BYE, BYE, BYE?***

    Don't really wanna make it tough, I just wanna tell you that I had enough. It might sound crazy, But it ain't no lie, Baby, bye, bye, bye N'Sync
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    = more cha ching for me.
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    Sounds like Jackie Mason impersonating Junior Samples. :D
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    Oh Bey? Funny. I think you mean Oy Vey, my yiddish friend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oy_vey
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    Black Friday Sales Up 6 Percent Over '05

    Not so sure about that. Walmart sales weak. http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=businessNews&storyid=2006-11-25T165458Z_01_MOL550612_RTRUKOC_0_US-RETAIL-HOLIDAY.xml&src=rss&rpc=23
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    Stop gloating over declining home prices - it hurts

    A typical flipper: ...The fun time has ended for Leonard and Joyce Sondheimer. In October 2005, the Bradenton couple bought a $338,900 MiraBay townhome on Aberdeen Pond Drive. The bayside investment home with stone counters, hardwood floors and stainless steel appliances was sure to...
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    Interesting Article on Mortgage Fraud/ID Theft

    Busted!!!!!!!!!!!!! Matthew B. Cox., a former Tampa mortgage broker who rose to the top of the most-wanted list by purportedly masterminding a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme, was captured Thursday by federal agents at a home he shared with his girlfriend in Nashville. Eluding...
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    Traders make money, but here is how some traders make serious money

    Guess you didn't know he filed bankruptcy four times. http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,747199,00.html
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