Bear Market Investing » Real Estate

In A Sideways Market, Don’t Be A Cowardly Lion

Big Bear — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:00:16 +0000

Vitaliy Katsenelson gives advice to active managers in a time when investors need to be more engaged

A Resumption of the Housing Decline In 2011

Big Bear — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:00:12 +0000

An oft-repeated maxim is that real estate is one of the best long-term investments. For the better part of the last 60 years or so this certainly held true.

California Proving To Be a Bear Market for Hines

Big Bear — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:00:16 +0000

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has replaced Hines as manager of its National Office Partners (NOP) real estate portfolio and tapped CommonWealth Partners LLC (CWP) to take over the huge office portfolio. The news over Hines losing NOP was tempered by the fact that CalPERS recently agreed to increase its allocation to other Hines-sponsored-fund — notably $190 …

Major Real Estate Index Shows no Indication of a Holiday Rally for U.S. Home Prices!

Big Bear — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:00:19 +0000

As of November 30th, the Winans International Real Estate Index â¢ posted a decline of 3.6% through most of the 4th quarter and confirms that housing is still in a severe bear market.

The yellow elephant

Big Bear — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:00:24 +0000

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Soros Gold Bubble at $1,375 Has Miners Push Every Button in Tale of Tears

Big Bear — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:00:26 +0000

James Burton didn’t have a penny invested in gold of the $142.8 billion he managed as chief executive officer of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System in 2002. Why would he? The metal had been in a bear market for two decades.

Soros Gold Bubble at $1,384 as Miners Push Buttons

Big Bear — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:00:25 +0000

A tour of New York’s startup "Silicon Beach"

Big Bear — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:00:04 +0000

It’s not just a real estate term of art — there are over 65 digital companies within a five-block radius in DUMBO, Brooklyn, including Wireless Gen, just snapped up By Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. for $360 million. Here are six more of the hottest:

New York’s hottest startups

Big Bear — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:00:08 +0000

It’s not just a real estate term of art — there are over 65 digital companies within a five-block radius in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Here are six of the hottest.

After 20 Years Of Misery, Here’s Why Japanese Stocks Are Ready To Soar

Big Bear — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 06:00:08 +0000

GMO’s Edward Chancellor penned an insightful column in the FT last week titled, Japan Begins to Look Pretty Cheap . We often find ourselves sitting on the same side of the “investment table” as Ed (we’ve had numerous conversations about the frothy property market Down Under ) and this time is no different.