Archive for the 'Economy' Category

Housing market in Silicon Valley

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Lately, I have been visiting open houses in Silicon Valley (San Francisco bay area), and I have spent quite some time talking to the real estate agents hosting the open houses. Like everywhere else in the U.S., the housing market has slowed considerably in the bay area, and I find that the agents are spending […]

Re-Listing Houses

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

I have been looking at some houses recently. In my area (San Francisco bay area), houses are sitting longer in the market. I noticed that several houses, upon reaching 60 ~ 70 days in the market were re-listed. The ironic thing is that some listing agents would add “Hot listing! This house would not last […]

The U.S. Public Debt

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

There have been many stories written about the huge public debt of the U.S. Newbie investors in Singapore are sometimes ill-advised by the so-called “more experienced” investors to completely avoid investing in the U.S. for this reason, much to the detriment of the portfolio’s diversification.
To be sure, the public debt of the U.S. is huge […]