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Déjà Vu? 2023 is Not 2008

The Big Picture

But that is incomparable to the 2008-09 era, where every financial institution had consumed CDOs, where toxic sub-prime loans were securitized into ticking time bombs. Therein lay a massive difference between 2008 and 2023. ~~~ Market turmoil to is often chalked up to fear and emotion, and with good reason.

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This is Not 2008

The Irrelevant Investor

The post This is Not 2008 appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor. Such is the story of many famous investors who got rich and famous at one specific moment in time. John Paulson is one of these people. Gregory Zuckerman.

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What If You Invested at the Peak Right Before the 2008 Crisis?

A Wealth of Common Sense

Despite 5% short-term interest rates and stickier inflation than some people would like and the Fed potentially pushing back interest rate cuts for a few months and the new True Detective seasons being a massive disappointment…the S&P 500 continues to take out new all-time highs.

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Interview: The National Debt, Hyperinflation and Lessons from 2008

Discipline Funds

The biggest lessons from the 2008 financial crisis and why that means a repeated of 2008 is unlikely. How banks create money and why the recent Fed programs are unlikely to create high inflation. Risks of the national debt going forward and why policymakers need to use fiscal policy to dampen inflation. I hope you enjoy this.

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Global Bonds Surge Toward Best Month Since 2008 Financial Crisis

Advisor Perspectives

Global bonds are soaring at the fastest pace since the 2008 financial crisis.

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The Most Unattractive Stocks Have Looked Since 2008

Validea

And looking only at the thin equity risk premium doesn’t account for the whole picture, says DeSpirito of BlackRock; in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the Fed’s intervention created an odd risk-reward profile. The post The Most Unattractive Stocks Have Looked Since 2008 appeared first on Validea's Guru Investor Blog.

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National Association of Realtors Is Imploding

The Big Picture

November 3, 2006) Tracking NAR Spin (April 23rd, 2008) Realtors Get Real (March 2007) Pending Home Sales Index, NAR Housing Market “Bottoms” (January 2008) How Counter-Productive is Realtor Association Spin?

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