Because of all the money that has been printed, we are facing stag-/hyperinflation, so there goes our returns as per the Fisher-effect. Rolfe Winkler pointed that out in 2009.

If we are serious about the environment, growth will have to decrease even further, I wrote something about that under Agnus Crane’s column on Mortgage Giants, for the lack of a relevant article coming up.

I doubt whether middle to top bracket tax payers/voters will bail us out, so the Teenies will come with serious hormonal fluctuations and acne.

Bankers will never let go. It was and is a fatal error to view certain markets as ‘emerging’ as they emerged long ago and then went into hiding to now overdevelop ? Those guys are too bright and informed to allow bubbles. What goes for the US housing/residential market goes for the rest of the World, the Tower of Babel in Dubai a good example. Who cares about a reserve currency anymore ? I think the next decade will also see an exponential growth in conflict between two of the main religions, both geographically and politically, not leaving superpowers many reconciliatory options…

I nominate you for the 2009 ‘Advocacy’ prize under the following link:

http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/ 2009/12/29/honoring-free-expression-onli ne/

ps: voomies, because it costs to exit and re-enter the market while paying off somebody else’s mortgage’s capital and interest component while losing out on the US tax breaks.