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How do you feel about the stock market vs. the economy?

March 21st, 2011

I ask because I can’t seem to understand how the stock market is going so great while the economy is in such a horrible state. The stocks are pushing 14,000 and the value of the dollar is getting less and less. The real estate market is hitting the dust. People are spending much more than they get. Foreclosures are running rampant. Unemployment is high.

Last time this kind of thing happen, we ended up in the Great Depression. The stocks were great. The Roaring 20s were full of partying and pizazz. The 30s? People were living in shacks because the stock market crashed.

Now, I may need to brush up on my history, but isn’t this pretty much how things went? I don’t think we’re far from the same ordeal. Even if we don’t hit a depression, things aren’t getting better. I know there’s an economic cycle, but it seems that we’re not rebounding into the positive side. I can’t see how things are going to get better.

For those of you business scholars out there, maybe you can help me.
I feel, though, that if we do hit another depression, it will be much, much worse than that of the 30s.

Your thoughts?

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How does real estate investment trusts work?

July 12th, 2010

What are real estate investment trusts or REITs and how do they work. Is there some law that give these trust some tax efficiency status and how can investors invest in these REITs. With the real estate market in the US the way as it is, is it a good time to invest in the property market through real estate investment trusts. What kind of people manage these funds or trusts and what are their typical return on investments?