Timeline of QE (and Twist operations):
• November 25, 2008: Press Release: $100 Billion GSE direct obligations, $500 billion in MBS
• December 16, 2008 FOMC Statement: Evaluating benefits of purchasing longer-term Treasury Securities
• January 28, 2009: FOMC Statement: FOMC Stands Ready to expand program.
• March 18, 2009: FOMC Statement: Expand MBS program to $1.25 trillion, buy up to $300 billion of longer-term Treasury securities
• March 31, 2010: QE1 purchases were completed at the end of Q1 2010.
• August 27, 2010: Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke hints at QE2: Analysis: Bernanke paves the way for QE2
• November 3, 2010: FOMC Statement: $600 Billion QE2 announced.
• June 30, 2011: QE2 purchases were completed at the end of Q2 2011.
• September 21, 2011: "Operation Twist" announced. "The Committee intends to purchase, by the end of June 2012, $400 billion of Treasury securities with remaining maturities of 6 years to 30 years and to sell an equal amount of Treasury securities with remaining maturities of 3 years or less."
• June 20, 2012: "Operation Twist" extended. "The Committee also decided to continue through the end of the year its program to extend the average maturity of its holdings of securities."
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Commerce Department revises its number quarterly and clearly says that these are preliminary – not definitive – numbers. It turns out the NAR hasn’t double checked its math in five years.
Na ennyit a fundáról.
-In the 2000s, they overstated Existing Home Sales by 14%;
-Their Housing Affordability Index is worthless;
-They make absurd marketing claims (i.e., its always a good time to Buy or Sell a house).
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Real (inflation adjusted) house prices (Source: Barclays Capital; gray area is forecast; Q1 1997 = 100)
Ez a chart azért elég jól mutatja a részvénypiac előnyét az ingatlanpiaccal szemben. A legnagyobb növekedés az íreknél volt, 97-07 között átlagosan 15% éves reál értékváltozás (USA csak 10%). 10% éves hozamot az USA részvénypiacon jó portfólióval 50 évig is lehet csinálni.
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