Posts Tagged ‘ houses ’

Cheap Houses Hedge Inflation Risk

Jan 5th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Housing, Investing Strategies
Investment ideas are cyclical. They come and go, like fashions or cicadas, obeying their own curious rhythms. In the last few years, rare was the investment thinker who said you should buy a house. Housing was in a bubble that was deflating. But the investment seasons turn. Today some smart investors ...read more


Adding Hurricanes to Foreclosure

Jun 1st, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
The first of June is the opening day of "Hurricane Season," which makes it an excellent time to consider insurance companies, again, in terms of whether or not they should be in our portfolios--if, indeed, anything much ought to be other than metals and sound energy sources. Insurance is taking hits ...read more