Best US Housing Markets for Buyers and Sellers

By: Diana Olick As the overall housing recovery gains steam, local market divergences are growing wider. That is because one […]

By DennisGao | 20 Dec 12 | Posted in North America | Comments (0)

‘Super cycle’ for forest products expected to send lumber prices up in 2013

By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun,   VANCOUVER — Lumber prices are expected to soar next year before hitting all-time highs […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

3 Historic Properties in Montevideo – Under $130,000

By David Hammond, International Living, I like living near the Port Market (Mercado del Puerto) in Montevideo’s Old City (Ciudad […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Dec 12 | Posted in Latin America, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Housing Affordability Begins to Slide

By Diana Olick | CNBC It is a double edged sword, no doubt. Rising home prices are necessary for the […]

By DennisGao | | Posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Real Estate Still Years Away from a Sustainable Recovery!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Oxstones Investment Club, I believe the overall housing market is still years away from a sustainable […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 11 Dec 12 | Posted in Commodities, Food for Thought, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How Not To Run A Hedge Fund: Geoff Grant Edition

Most amusing little snippet in FT’s Alphaville: Grant Capital Partners is being shut down. This hedge-fund manager wind-down is brought […]

By MarketAngel | 07 Dec 12 | Posted in Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, North America | Comments (0)

Home prices post biggest jump in over six years: CoreLogic

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Home prices posted their biggest annual jump in more than six years in October in a […]

By DennisGao | 05 Dec 12 | Posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Earnings, Data Shed More Light on Housing Recovery

By Elizabeth Trotta What kind of housing recovery is it going to be? Toll Brothers’ (TOLL) quarterly reportand data from […]

By DennisGao | | Posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Housing Data Are Stable. Housing Stocks Are Awfully Hot

By Chris Nichols Homebuilding stocks continue to reflect the belief that the housing sector is the healthiest it’s been since […]

By DennisGao | 18 Nov 12 | Posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Buy Trees…Sell Timber

By Chris Mayer, From Daily Reckoning, At the recent Grant’s Fall Investment Conference, I heard Bob Saul deliver a presentation […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Nov 12 | Posted in Commodities, North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)