If you don't have enough to read......

[graphrix_IHB]

Then Calculated Risk was kind enough to post all the links to the PDF files from the Fed symposium.

I don't know where to start.

 

[Rocker_IHB]

I'd start with, and probably end there.

I have been following Mr. Shiller work since he released his now famous S&P/Shiller Housing Index.

His Index and the CME helped to create the first US housing derivatives market.

So you can buy a house and buy puts to protect your house in this downtrend cycle.

Also, in the future you can invest in US housing without really buying a house, if you buy calls for example.

"Recent Trends in House Prices and Homeownership"

Presented by Robert Shiller, MacroMarkets' Chief Economist

Federal Reserve Jackson Hole Symposium

August 31, 2007

asd

 

[kate_IHB]

On the macroeconomic picture:

The Economist Intelligence Unit briefing: Heading for the Rocks: a special report on the turmoil in the world's financial markets http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9747967

Credit bust bypasses banks: part 2: bank deregulation fuels abuse. http://www.atimes.Global_Economy/II07Dj01.html

 

[Trooper_IHB]

Slacker,

A new face ! Thanks for the links, however the atimes one is busted.