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...That, in turn, means that sustained outright declines in home prices are unlikely, but a brief downturn is entirely possible as the market adjusts to the plunge in demand and inventory spikes higher....
...But for Cassandra Ellis, founder of Atelier Ellis, colour has undeniable power....
...Now, the New York Times would have you believe that there is another Cassandra on the scene: Tim Lee....
...Investors would be wise to ignore the growing chorus of Cassandra cries and look through the noise to the fundamentals....
...However there has been no dramatic spike in headline unemployment while consumer spending is holding up....
...The result is that every twitch in the system – say, the spike in China’s interbank rates – is a fresh fill-in-the-blank opportunity for China Cassandras to press their favourite theory of doom....
...The dramatic spike in prices has been driven, to no small degree, by the huge bonuses at hedge fund and private equity firms; a big setback in one or both of those industries – or any sort of financial-market...
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