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I agree ipop, I'm thinking now is the time to get into the market. the time to get in is when everyone else thinks it's going down which is now. there's no reason why the market will drop even if the country goes into recession. companies will downsize to maintain earnings. where else...

"I want you to find me one sector that has seen growth in the last year, aside from healthcare and education" Exactly my concerns. Healthcare has to be in bubble growth mode two. I think it was Minksy who said that in the late stages of a bubble, growth continues because everyone...

ipop is 1 in a million... He is a trained in finance, was a former day trader and manages the retirement fund for his company. Very few people are this suave. I wouldn't use ipop as a typical case.

No they wouldn't. These loans were only made possible by wall street's ability to package loans together and resell troughs of income streams (SIVs) as AAA rated securities to unsuspecting investors. This path is over now, gone, good riddance. Were back to bank financing and banks...

How much space you looking for? I have a bud w a class B building in Newport, next to 57 south of John Wayne used to have an engineering firm occupy the top floor. Engineering firm vacated for smaller space as business shrunk and lease was comming up for renewal.

My folks carry Earthquake ins. for the SFR. I haven't at my property yet, it's a condo though. You have to remember the Earthqake ins has a huge deductible, $50k or more. One way of looking at it is, can you afford to protect yourself for every act of god.

Put this comment in the time capsule and open on April 16, 2009 "Ron who?"

ipop, you can by personal mortgage insurance in case anything happens to you for a lot less then a whole life policy. thats what I would do, just get personal mortgage insurance so you don't have to worry, takes this out of the equation.

I wouldn't describe the emotion as fear. I have felt fear watching my tech stocks go down and the need to sell and sometimes lost sleep. Fear is not what I felt when home values dropped in the 90's. When my house dropped in the 90's I was just depressed and disgusted. I continued to make...

I oppose the current stimulus package because I think there is no way in hell it will do anything to our economy other than increase the deficit. But it makes the dems feel good and the Republicans bought into it because Bernake (the economy czar) told them to do it. That said, extending...

ipop came over to the dark side, he's one of us now. we need a new bull

it's worse than that. my wife doesn't even want me to eat burger because of the "bad fats and oils" she's buying tofu and vegtible based "meat substitutes" oh, the joys of marriage P.S. I can afford burgers....

On the other hand, we are the most obese nation in the world so going on a diet, even if forced, would be good for us.

Your a little late on this story. Rioting over food prices has already started. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7347697.stm">Rising food prices have sparked recent riots in several countries, including Haiti, the Philippines and Egypt</a> Stagflation is here...