Tag: real-estate

Deflation Theory Reality Check: Why Inflation is Severely Understated; Feel Good Effect
February 13, 2014 0

Deflation Theory Reality Check: Why Inflation is Severely Understated; Feel Good Effect

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Amazon: AMZN : The PE of Amazon is 592, Valuation is $160 Billion Linked In: LNKD : PE of Linked In is 837, Valuation is $23 Billion Facebook : FB: Facebook PE is 106, Valuation is $165  Billion Priceline : PCLN : PE of Priceline is 36, Valuation is $64 Billion Hertz : HTZ: PE of Hertz is 37, Valuation is $12 Billion Starbucks : SBUX : PE of Starbucks is 483, Valuation is $57 Billion  Boston Beer (Samuel Adams) : SAM : PE of Boston Beer is 43, Valuation is $3 Billion I could go on and on but I won’t. At current earnings, investors in Amazon will have to wait 592 years for a positive return on earnings. More realistically, they would have to wait forever because Amazon does not pay a dividend.

"Bubblicious" High End Flipping Up 350%, Overall Flipping Down 13%
October 20, 2013 0

"Bubblicious" High End Flipping Up 350%, Overall Flipping Down 13%

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MarketWatch reports House flipping makes a comeback For the market as a whole, flips of single family homes fell 13% in the third quarter, according to new research from RealtyTrac, with investors earning a gross profit of nearly $55,000 on each property. But at the higher end of the market, homes seem to flip as quickly as a griddle full of hamburgers

Sweden Housing Crash Coming Up; Average Swede to Repay Mortgage in 140 Years; Swedish Central Bank Ponders New Rules
June 2, 2013 0

Sweden Housing Crash Coming Up; Average Swede to Repay Mortgage in 140 Years; Swedish Central Bank Ponders New Rules

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Sweden Housing Crash Coming Up; Average Swede to Repay Mortgage in 140 Years; Swedish Central Bank Ponders New Rules Average Swede to Repay Mortgage in 140 Years Swedish repay their mortgages so slowly that it will take 140 years on average , according to the IMF. The International Monetary Fund lamented Friday that Swedish households pay their mortgages so slowly that they are planning to do an average of 140 years.

Netherlands, the Next Chip to Fall?
April 7, 2013 0

Netherlands, the Next Chip to Fall?

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First consider Underwater: The Netherlands Falls Prey to Economic Crisis . The Netherlands, Berlin’s most important ally in pushing for greater budgetary discipline in Europe, has fallen into an economic crisis itself

Golf star Phil Mickelson may bolt California over taxes; Time to Send Taxifornia a Message
January 21, 2013 0

Golf star Phil Mickelson may bolt California over taxes; Time to Send Taxifornia a Message

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Fox News reports Teed off: Golf star Phil Mickelson may bolt California over taxes For golf legend Phil Mickelson, the low 60s makes for a great score on the links — and a lousy tax rate in his home state of California. Mickelson said “drastic changes†are ahead for him due to federal and California state tax increases that have pushed his tax rate to what he figures adds up to “62, 63 percent.†The left-hander will talk more about his plans — possibly moving out of California or even retiring altogether — before his hometown Farmers Insurance Open, the San Diego-area event that begins Thursday at Torrey Pines.