On Thursday 03 May 2007 5:51 pm, Shyam Visweswaran wrote:
The devil is in the details.
Indeed. The devil IS in the details. Thanks for the inputs anyway.
When I work out the economics of getting a Green card and weigh cost against
risk in the short, medium and long term, India appears to be a
--- shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday 03 May 2007 5:51 pm, Shyam
Visweswaran wrote:
The devil is in the details.
Indeed. The devil IS in the details. Thanks for
the inputs anyway.
When I work out the economics of getting a
Green card and weigh cost against
risk in
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 09:13:29PM +0530, shiv sastry wrote:
When I work out the economics of getting a Green card and weigh cost against
risk in the short, medium and long term, India appears to be a better bet for
me and my family. I can do more for them from here. However, I will mull
The key observation is that the rural land hasn't appreciated because
of wealth created by the rural people...
To first order, isn't this true everywhere?
Urban areas may be good at producing capital because they have to be; when
one must trade for resources, one must develop export goods
Dear Shiv, Having just seen one of those Maternity Hotels, your
email struck a chord...
PS - I have a garden with a lake for sale - about 240 acres in all. It's
called Lalbagh. Anyone interested? I'm selling it cheap because I'm
emigrating to the US
I want. If you could just throw in your
Can someone point me to a couple of examples of instances where the
real estate market went belly up? I am more interested in examples
where investments lost value over a large period of time rather than
short-term losses. I ask because I keep hearing dire warnings of real
estate meltdown, but
Can someone point me to a couple of examples of instances where the
real estate market went belly up? I am more interested in examples
where investments lost value over a large period of time rather than
short-term losses. I ask because I keep hearing dire warnings of real
estate meltdown,
On 5/1/07, Shyam Visweswaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am currently looking for a home and have been doing some
reading. With respect to the US, till around 2001, the value
of a home bought a century ago remained even when adjusted
for inflation. I have a reference somewhere for it. Since 2001
Thaths wrote [at 01:17 PM 4/30/2007] :
Can someone point me to a couple of examples of instances where the
real estate market went belly up? I am more interested in examples
where investments lost value over a large period of time rather than
short-term losses.
This is a long, data-laden (and
--- Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 4/28/07, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
but what we have in India is a spiraling
inflation of urban land
prices while rural land continues to lie untouched
by the Indian
economic miracle unless it has some potential of
touching
On 5/1/07, Pavithra Sankaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
This is completely untrue. In and around Bandipur
where I work, which is 80 kms from anywhere, land
situated 2 kms from the highway, accessible only
through a dirt track, sells for 5-600,000 Rs. an acre.
Merely two years ago, it was
http://bullnotbull.com/archive/dow13k-1.html
My personal prediction is that it's much easier for currency to inflate
than for housing prices to significantly decline.
Looking from the outside, much of the climb in the Dow has been a reaction
to the decline of the dollar -- just for the
On 4/28/07, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://bullnotbull.com/archive/dow13k-1.html
This is a description that would fit the current state of the Indian
economy rather well. In an inflation ridden India of first time
frivolous consumers and debtors, it seems difficult to afford a
On 4/30/07, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Were I to be rash enough to splurge on a house of my own at the
present moment, it would cost me a rather large fortune, financed no
doubt by usurious debt. Debt which I would possibly find hard to repay
if the Indian economy were to hit
Thaths [30/04/07 13:17 -0700]:
Can someone point me to a couple of examples of instances where the
real estate market went belly up? I am more interested in examples
where investments lost value over a large period of time rather than
short-term losses. I ask because I keep hearing dire warnings
On Tuesday 01 May 2007 12:06 am, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote:
but one statistic I
heard yesterday of 9 out of 10 car buyers taking out a loan to finance
their purchase strikes me as about right.
Loans for cars make eminent sense for many reasons. A whole lot of people who
run businesses (such as
I suspect you credit authorities with more responsibility than they
actually bear. May I recommend Robert Neuwirth's Shadow Cities?
Here's a review:
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002029.html
Here's the author's blog:
http://squattercity.blogspot.com/
Here's him giving a talk at TED
On Tuesday 01 May 2007 12:06 am, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote:
The US maybe headed for a fall, but a similar fall in India will have
rather more pronounced and dire consequences.
This may be a simplistic assessment.
If you drive up towards Yelahanka past Mekhri circle you will see, on your
left a
On Sunday 29 Apr 2007 10:06 am, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
On Sat, April 28, 2007 8:52 pm, Venkat Mangudi wrote:
http://bullnotbull.com/archive/dow13k-1.html
This stuff is particularly interesting to me.
Ages ago, after living in the UK for long enough to acquire permanent resident
status there
shiv sastry wrote:
This stuff is particularly interesting to me.
I have been asked to attend a visa interview with my family in two in
3 weeks from today.
I was weighing the educational opportunity options for my kids in
the US.
By education, I assume you do *not* mean public schools?
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:22:09AM -0400, Bruce Metcalf wrote:
I was weighing the educational opportunity options for my kids in
the US.
By education, I assume you do *not* mean public schools?
It's expensive, but it's still one of the best educations to be had
in the world, if you choose
http://bullnotbull.com/archive/dow13k-1.html
Inflation, Dow 13K and the Second Great Depression
April 26, 2007
Michael Nystrom, MBA
When I was about 9 years old, my father took my elder sister and I to
see a performance by a famous magician called Blackstone
Excellent article.Thank you.I am not economist enough to have an
opinion about its predictions; I will wait and see.
Deepa.
On 4/28/07, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://bullnotbull.com/archive/dow13k-1.html
Inflation, Dow 13K and the Second Great Depression
April 26, 2007
On Sat, April 28, 2007 8:52 pm, Venkat Mangudi wrote:
http://bullnotbull.com/archive/dow13k-1.html
I think that what will break the back of the US economy will be the coming
real estate crash (and its attendant death spiral of foreclosures and
distress sales) along with steadily rising oil
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