Comments on: Federal Reserve Cover-Up http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/federal-reserve-cover-up/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:01:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dean B. http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/federal-reserve-cover-up/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Dean B. Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:12:20 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=224#comment-256 You can't forget the famous quip 'irrational exuberance'...in 1996. Maybe the Fed was way ahead of the curve? In all seriousness, the Fed governors is just as politically astute as the best politician. Why kill the golden goose (stock market appreciation, cap gain taxes, and increasing income taxes) with acknowledging inflation? /cynicism You can’t forget the famous quip ‘irrational exuberance’…in 1996.

Maybe the Fed was way ahead of the curve?

In all seriousness, the Fed governors is just as politically astute as the best politician. Why kill the golden goose (stock market appreciation, cap gain taxes, and increasing income taxes) with acknowledging inflation?

/cynicism

]]> By: Robin http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/federal-reserve-cover-up/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Robin Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:53:16 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=224#comment-255 I meant "short of". Pardon my typos. I meant “short of”. Pardon my typos.

]]> By: Robin http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/federal-reserve-cover-up/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Robin Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:52:28 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=224#comment-254 I'm willing to try to believe that we're in the midst of a real estate bubble since housing prices are so high, but sort of a massive plague hitting the states and drastically reducing our population, it seems to me that prices may go down a few percent, but that'd be the extent of it. We're growing too fast as a country, especially in metropolitan areas, for me to believe that housing could possibly become less desirable for individuals. Maybe there's some information I don't have here, but overall it seems if you have a few years' leeway for selling a property, you'll do just fine. Can you give me any basis for being worried about the "bubble"? I know everyone talks about what happened in the Eighties, but even so it seems that within ten years home prices were higher than ever. I've been thinking about this quite a lot since my guy and I are real estate investors, and even if fuel prices go sky-high, it seems that demand will just increase for smaller, non-McMansion homes, just like hybrid sales rose and SUV sales declined when gas prices hiked. Please, let me know what I'm not considering here--I want to make sure we're considering everything as we look at purchasing yet another property.... I’m willing to try to believe that we’re in the midst of a real estate bubble since housing prices are so high, but sort of a massive plague hitting the states and drastically reducing our population, it seems to me that prices may go down a few percent, but that’d be the extent of it. We’re growing too fast as a country, especially in metropolitan areas, for me to believe that housing could possibly become less desirable for individuals. Maybe there’s some information I don’t have here, but overall it seems if you have a few years’ leeway for selling a property, you’ll do just fine. Can you give me any basis for being worried about the “bubble”? I know everyone talks about what happened in the Eighties, but even so it seems that within ten years home prices were higher than ever.

I’ve been thinking about this quite a lot since my guy and I are real estate investors, and even if fuel prices go sky-high, it seems that demand will just increase for smaller, non-McMansion homes, just like hybrid sales rose and SUV sales declined when gas prices hiked.

Please, let me know what I’m not considering here–I want to make sure we’re considering everything as we look at purchasing yet another property….

]]> By: Dawn http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/federal-reserve-cover-up/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Dawn Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:42:07 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=224#comment-253 This was an eye opener, thanks for the heads up This was an eye opener, thanks for the heads up

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