Economist
Today's Reads all curated from a pile of Economist mags I had on my reading list.
Current state of American and global monetary policy suggests mortgage rates won't spike much.
Worried a machine will take your job? This picture won't help. But at least it's funny.
A primer on the two most important home affordability ratios: debt-to-income ratio and price-to-rent ratio
Here are the two tings you must consider when buying a home.
Movie bank heists are clean and low 8 figures. Real bank heists are a fraction of that.
The Economist's latest analytics show U.S. housing as a sweet spot.
Rates move on MBS trading, and it's been wild.
Pretty funny seeing this Economist cover when I got home last night. I took and published this same photo when I visited Occupy Wall Street 12 days ago, and I also did a Rage Against The Machine post last week. I’m placing my photo of The Economist’s cover boy below so you can see his
The Economist laid out a plan to save the euro this week, saying that any other alternatives are far worse. Below is a summary of their four-point plan and links to their full stories this week. Both are must-reads. So far Europe has only done #2 of the Economist’s four point plan, as announced last
This Economist photo sums up the mood in Washington well, and the article sums up the debt debate well.
This Economist photo sums up the mood in Washington well, and the article sums up the debt debate well.
-Fed Wants Out & Here’s Their Plan (HSH) -Can’t Sell Your Home? Consider Renting It (MSNBC) -Sorry & Pity of Another Liquidity Trap (Bloomberg) -Cost of owning 150,000 foreclosed homes (NPR via RC) -US Debt A Bad Bet But Gross Buying Anyway (InvestmentNews) -Will Fed Really Need to Sell Mortgage Bonds? (MortgageNewsDaily) -Countries Where Global
The Economist this week explores how the U.S. reports certain economic stats, including whether the U.S. over-reports GDP only to revise it down later. It’s a short, worthwhile read—graph, excerpt on GDP, and story link below. The first of three 1Q2010 GDP readings came out last week at 1.8%, down from 3.1% in 4Q2010. The
Even with today’s rebel victory, political chatter is red hot since the UN authorized a coalition of nations last week to bomb Libya in order to protect citizens there from their own leader. Should Western nations even be involved? Can you enforce the UN resolution without occupying the country long-term? Which coalition country should be
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