Archive for the 'Economy' Category

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 [...]

For the American Pessimists

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Due to the twin budget deficits and other problems in the U.S., many investors in Singapore seem to write off investing in the U.S, thinking that America is losing its global lead in technology.
The following is an article from Economist.com, titled Venturesome Consumption, “in praise of America’s fearless consumers of new ideas and products”.
For a [...]