Archive for June, 2009
New Indices for Maritime Stocks
There is a new set of indices following the shipping sector. I have an in depth article over at my other site: The Shipping Stocks Blog. If you haven’t visited my other site yet, go on over and check it out. Sign up for an email or RSS feed while you are there.
Mid Year 2009: MarketWatch admits failure
Our 2009 investing ideas at midyear: Oops – MarketWatch.
After four months of taking somewhat of a break from writing here I am ready to start the 2nd half of 2009 focusing on investing and making money. We will start out with a some analysis of the self-analysis from MarketWatch.com linked above. The financial website recommended [...]
What will start a housing recovery?
Housing Recovery Still Faces Many Challenges – Economic Conditions, Housing Data, Demographics, Housing Trends – Builder Magazine.
OK, I am about done discussing housing and real estate until the June numbers start to come out. I just found this article through the Sacramento Bee Real Estate blog and wanted to highlight a couple of points. The [...]
Existing home sales gain in May
Here are my quick thoughts on the National Association of Realtors existing home sales report for May. First, the numbers showed small but positive gains from April. Second, the national mean and median prices increased for the first time in a year. Here are the numbers:
May seasonally adjusted housing sales vs. April: +2.4%
May non-adjusted sales [...]
Sacramento home prices start to increase
Median home sale prices rise for most of Sacramento region – Sacramento Business, Housing Market News | Sacramento Bee.
Linked above is one of the three sources I have read concerning the increase in home prices in May for the Sacramento region.
The Sacramento Association of Realtors reported that the median price in Sacramento County increased by [...]
