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Interesting. In the space of 10 days 20 Jan - 30 Jan the odds of a cut went from 18% to 67%. That's a fairly radical shift in thinking. My guess is the SNB unpegging from the Euro and the Greek election has rattled a few in the game. I was reading an article the other day that suggested...

Deflation's already in the system primarily in the form of bulk commodity prices and some services. That's lowering the price of goods (and some services). The reality is though that an economy has inflation, disinflation and deflation all at the same time. Each components percentage effect...

At a guess I would say that 'evil price-wrecking' investors don't actually constitute any significant portion of the market and I wouldn't have the foggiest where they might be investing.

You need to keep up. It used to be 18%. PI's make up 50% of all new mortgage money.

Yes and no. You have to remember that 80% of PI's are absolute amateurs and only own one property. It takes time to develop an unemotive approach to buying. When it's all said and done I doubt there's a PI out there that didn't pay too much for one because they 'liked' the place. While it's...

It's all BS. The big box stores like WW screw the logistics suppliers like Toll down to pretty tight contracts. Large tpt co's then screw their subbies who bear the brunt of price increases and just have to suck it up. When the screws turn the opposite way I certainly don't blame them for not...

That was mentioned in NZ. The retail grocery chains claimed that fuel costs represented little more than fractions of a percent; "For example, for every $100 a customer spends in our stores, 18c is related to fuel," she said.

I'm 51/49 against. If I was holding the whip I'd hold off for the time being. They're going to need more bullets than they've got to head this baby off. I think the RBA heads will be thinking the same thing. Do we keep easing or hold till things leg down another notch?

Thanks Crusty but living to 80 isn't really a goal of mine. Just trying to jam in as much as I can and help my lads get set. Heart attack 6 years ago and two stents put in. The reality is I have arterial heart disease. Seems to be genetic not environmental. Always been as fit as a buck rat...

Current status on distressed property. Currently low but some areas are still quite high as a percentage Article on SQM research report

Jeez how long's a piece of string. How things unravel depends of what the polly's and CBsters do. For the average bloke in the street keeping his job is the key to survival. The value vs leverage of his/her property won't be the deciding issue It'll depend on leverage, and class of...

I'm not an investment guru. Never have been never will be. My game is business because I can get in and out reasonably quickly with low cost and high returns. I don't like assets but that's a personal thing and doesn't suit me at my time of life. I want cash flow and lots of it. I'll be dead...

Touche... Pinkboy and team 1 .....................Freckle ........ Thank God. Somebody with real grit! But shouldn't a real hard man like yourself have a tougher name.... Sorry mate I have to go. I think I've wet my pants.

You kind of get that when you have your selective glasses. You want absolutes knowing there are none. Keen, while I respect his opinion and agree with much of what he says, is no better than anyone else at hitting a definitive timeline. Any prediction will be a best guess and there are many...

I've been putting my money where my mouth is for decades Mr Dob. Keep trying :p

I know you're confused but that aside when have I ever predicted anything?? What I've said and continue to say is that given current global conditions, CB management and policy and the direction of the trend things will go tits up big time. That's not an absolute although I consider it...

Already is. They were the future once. Go check out PI if McKnight hasn't obliterated everything And jolly good luck to them I say Do tell and these credible commentators who can nail these things down with such precision would be??? ..and the difference would be??? I'll keep...

Jeez are you crazy... look what happened to those guys shorting the CHF. Lotsa guys trying ......lotsa guys dying. Shorts have been crushed in just about every corner of the market. There's not many left.

It's one thing to stand on the sideline and watch the game. It's another to be in the game. Even the big boys are falling like nine pins.

Mcknight like to pump the 'Free' theme when it's anything but. They're hooks to flog other stuff. I never had an issue with the fund per se. Just another investment fund but like all spruikers he played up the potential outcomes (and still does) with exceptional examples which don't even...