tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13164186.post114425470210820052..comments2024-01-27T19:26:32.604-05:00Comments on Bubble Meter: Live Housing Chat on WashingtonPost.comDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169148764438565562noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13164186.post-1144285781800040442006-04-05T21:09:00.000-04:002006-04-05T21:09:00.000-04:00Article on Post:Is Reliance on Real Estate a Crack...Article on Post:Is Reliance on Real Estate a Crack in the Foundation?<BR/><BR/>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/04/AR2006040401629.html<BR/><BR/>There are no hard numbers yet...since NAR may be keeping a lid on the data for obvious reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13164186.post-1144268143552271122006-04-05T16:15:00.000-04:002006-04-05T16:15:00.000-04:00Due to the publicity in this Washington Post onlin...Due to the publicity in this Washington Post online discussion this webpage:<BR/>http://bubblemeter.blogspot.com/2006/03/bubblicious-bench-flippers.html<BR/><BR/>has recieved at least 350 page views in the past 4 hours since it has been posted. The truth is speading.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11169148764438565562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13164186.post-1144267596925683242006-04-05T16:06:00.000-04:002006-04-05T16:06:00.000-04:00"I've been noticing that the doom and glommers are..."I've been noticing that the doom and glommers are out in full force now that the housing market is starting to slow. I'd love to see an article in the Post that tracks some of the more prominent economic forecasts. Some economists / prognosticators continually predict a recession year after year. Then when one finally ocurrs, they say take credit for predicting it. What they don't take credit for is missing wildly on their forecast in the previous 10 years."<BR/><BR/>This kind of person should provide some examples instead of speaking in generalities. Who are some of these perma-bears who have been wrong?<BR/><BR/>I'm curious, because the perma-bears I've been reading for the last ten years (Bill Fleckenstein, Bill Bonner, etc.) seem to me to have been right far more often than wrong.<BR/><BR/>A Redskins fanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com