Thursday, August 11, 2011

The New Normal: Falling Home Prices

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The New Normal: Falling Home Prices
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Dawn Wotapka and Alan Zibel The National Association for Realtors, known for its sunny view of housing, said Wednesday that median existing-home prices fell in about 72% of US metropolitan areas in the second quarter from a year ago. ...
Ben Bernanke Vindicates Bill Gross on 'New Normal'
AdvisorOne
PIMCO's concept of “new normal,” predicated on the belief that global growth and investment returns will be far lower moving forward than in the recent past, continues to generate controversy. Some analysts are now proclaiming Gross right, and pointing ...
Robust copper prices the 'new normal', say analysts
Proactive Investors UK
The copper mining industry is operating under “a high degree of stress”, with forecast demand for the metal over the medium term much higher than projected capacity, according to Canaccord analysts. The outlook suggests robust copper prices going ...
Detroit to Host IABC Heritage Region Conference: "Shifting Gears: Adapting to ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The two-day professional development conference "Shifting Gears: Adapting to the New Normal," features a mix of sessions focused on branding, employee communications, leadership, measurement, social media, and strategy development. ..
Breaking the Fear Barrier
Gallup.com
The recession may be over, but the anxiety and fear that has spread has firmly rooted itself in "the new normal." Gallup has found that half of American workers feel like they are prisoners in their own company. Regardless of industry, company size, ...
CBA's boss Nifty Norris is a hard act to follow
The Australian
Narev, like Grant O'Brien at Woolies, finds himself taking the reins at a time when the new normal is slow growth, consumer and business confidence are shot and, as Norris put it, there are no catalysts in sight to change that outlook. ...
Scary Economics! Is the Sky Falling Yet?
Petaluma Argus Courier (blog)
Get used to the new normal – spooky as it is. Phrases buzz through my head from NPR shows (various). “Is this leading to Civil War?” re the division between Republicans and Democrats. We're looking at a long-term apocalypse (Marketplace commentator) ...
Back to schedule
Indian Express
Both Houses of Parliament did put up a struggle to transact scheduled business on Wednesday, before the presiding officers succumbed to what is now becoming the new normal: adjournment for the rest of the day. The BJP's ire was targeted at Home ...
'Poor weather' hit earnings: Rona
CTV.ca
But it forecast that it can keep profit margins steady by slashing costs and improving efficiencies as it embraces a weaker home-improvement sector, which one analyst called “the new normal.” “That pace could not be maintained,” chief executive officer ...
Golf's open era: The game searches for its next big thing
USA Today
It's the new normal these days in golf, where fans and colleagues are wondering if they ever will see Woods, or anyone else, dominate again. The PGA Tour kicked off the 2011 season with a marketing scheme promoting its next generation of players, ...
Medford woman tells tale of terror
phillyBurbs.com
"I don't know what normal is or what our new normal will be," she said. Fuimaono was initially charged with second-degree sexual assault for the attack that Zucker described in graphic detail in court. By her account, Fuimaono, who was a friend for ...
For CNBC, it's Happy Days
Boston Herald
Now, we are told, 9-plus percent unemployment is “the new normal.” Actually, the more the market goes down, the more stock you should buy. Ever hear of dollar-cost averaging, bub? Recession? What recession — CNBC says we've been in a “recovery” since ...
Scarborough teen, an amputee, has 'No Limits'
KeepMEcurrent.com
With mentors like Damicis, Leighton says, No Limits campers young and old quickly come to terms with their new normal. "It's pretty inspiring, and gratifying," Leighton said, "to see people arrive at camp who hide their prosthetic inside a long sleeve, ...
Exports fall 10.2% on electronics' decline
Malaya
"Remember this happened before the recognition that US economic growth is sputtering and would likely settle at a new normal which is slower and more uncertain," he added. Exports also fell 0.4 percent from the previous month's $4.108 billion. ..
Are robust copper prices the 'new normal'?
Proactive Investors Australia
The projected tight supply-demand environment “should underpin investor confidence that copper prices of US$6600 and above are now simply normal”, says Canaccord. The copper mining industry is operating under “a high degree of stress”, with forecast ...
Some records should stand
Journal Review
If weather extremes become the new normal, city people may have more respect for the rain than provides their food and a source of water. As mentioned last week, the tyrant of our goldfish pond has finally been removed. Yes, that ugly Bull Frog has ...
Sardines Set the Example
Chier Learning Officer
Volatility: Abnormal is the new normal. Highs are higher; lows are lower. Entire industries have vanished. Remember vinyl records? Typewriters? Kodak film? Local bookstores? Healthy newspapers? Value: In 1980, 80 percent of the value of American..
Airline Pilots Fight For Pay
AVweb
Pilots and their employers may soon be engaged in negotiations that may define a new normal for compensation packages. Unions are concerned that if the airlines have their way, those negotiations may take a long time. A 25-year veteran captain for US ...
Canadians in a frugal frame of mind
Globe and Mail
Retail analyst Irene Nattel hinted that consumer restraint is now “the new normal,” requiring smaller stores and revamped business models. New foreign competitors, including US home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos. Inc., are putting pressure on ...
Gross proves Summers wrong
gulfnews.com
BlackRock Inc co-founder Laurence D. Fink, who in January said he didn't believe in the "new normal," is forecasting growth of 1 per cent to 2 per cent for much of the decade. "A lot of the new normal characteristics have played out," Al Erian, ...
Container rate slide sounds alarms
Port Strategy
And as for the brave new world suggested by Maersk – The New Normal - excuse me for being cynical but isn't this what cargo shippers have been calling for for years? So why weren't such appeals listened to before and where is Maersk's contribution to ...
To expect bonds to rally in this market is not full picture: ING Vysya Bank
Economic Times
So it is a little early to call for a settled level or a new normal so to say. But yes, the volatility is still there. ET Now: And that is likely to continue till we get some clarity from the RBI in September policy? Phani Shankar: Yeah, that's the big ...
Choosing the best laptop for your little learner's new school term
Royal Gazette
NET and Visual Studio. This is just a reminder not to put off making these updates to your network. Hacking has become the new normal, with groups out there able to get into any system. At least put up a fight by closing off any holes in your network.
13 WTHRFranklin Township schools open with state's first pay-to-ride program
WTHR
Welcome to the "new normal" in Franklin Township. More children are being driven to school by their parents or other caregivers, leading to congested roads outside campus. "I've been sitting in the line for 45 minutes. 45 minutes in line, ...
PIMCO's Gross: The Days Of The Markets As Saviors Are Over
NPR (blog)
Gross called it the "new normal:" Now Gross and co-chief investment officer Mohamed El-Erian, who coined the term more than two years ago, have been vindicated by the US Federal Reserve, which said yesterday that the economic recovery is "considerably ...
Deustche Bank, UBS AG, To Sell Off $1.4B in CMBS
GlobeSt.com
After the Dow regained over 400 points yesterday, political unrest in Europe and recession anxiety in America caused stocks to take another tumble this afternoon, but analysts predict this may become the new normal. Julia Tcherkassova, a CMBS ...
Idalya's Journey
Burke Connection
We're still adjusting to our new normal.” The couple said they are grateful for all the support they've had. Leslie Estevez' mother, Cindy, a nurse in Florida, has been helping throughout the ordeal. Since Idalya's diagnosis, there has been a steady ...
Strong reported profits for Sampo in January-June 2011
Reuters (press release)
Nordea's contribution to Group profit is expected to remain significant and to strengthen further as the effects of the efficiency measures (the New Normal Plan) outlined by Nordea start materializing. Mandatum Life's profit for 2011 is expected to ...
Entrepreneurs Ask: Will the Downturn Ever End?
Entrepreneur (blog)
All of which raises the question: Will the downturn ever really end, or is this the new normal? It's hard to tell whether it's just a crazy week or the start of another round of stubborn economic doldrums. Prior to this week's rollercoaster ride, ...
Innovation Group Listed in Leading Industry Analyst Firm's 2011 Hype Cycle for ...
Marketwire (press release)
The increased emergence of new technologies and delivery options crucially needed by insurers to compete in a new normal are why a combined software and BPO solution are critical today and in the future." Uniquely, Innovation Insurer, Innovation ..
This is the new "Normal" real estate market!
By Tony Lewis CDPE RE/MAX Hall of Fame (RE/MAX of Valencia (Hall of Fame) 30 year Valencia Resident)
There will be no recovery for our real estate market and the reason is because there is no need for a recovery. This is the modern version of the real estate market. Home prices have stabilized and those of us that have lost value in ...
ActiveRain Real Estate Network

PIMCO's Gross: The Days Of The Markets As Saviors Are Over | KOSU ...
By KOSU News
Gross called it the “new normal:”. Now Gross and co-chief investment officer Mohamed El-Erian, who coined the term more than two years ago, have been vindicated by the U.S. Federal Reserve, which said yesterday that the economic ...
KOSU Radio

Bill Gross was right after all | Investing | Financial Post
“A lot of the new normal characteristics have played out,” El-Erian, chief executive officer of Newport Beach, California-based Pimco, said in an interview. “Some people confused new normal with fatalism, but the intention was the ...
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Bogleheads :: View topic - So, will anything change?
The need to change will remain, the actual change itself won't happen - so it's status quo all around until the next panic (which seems to be the "new normal"). Back to top. View user's profile · Send private message. In The Weeds ...
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