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Chontichajim commented on an article. 8:44 PM

What's This Talk of a New Housing Bubble?

Homes are temporarily selling quickly here mostly to owner occupiers since new building has been slow over the past few years. The builders sold all the pre 2009 inventory and may be waiting for a stronger recovery before taking on

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Chontichajim commented on an article. 2:35 PM

Was Solyndra's Failure a Fluke or the Status Quo?

There is no free ride. Either we invest in infrastructure and R&D to support future energy sources or we import the energy and technology from the countries that are willing to make these investments.

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Chontichajim commented on an article. 10:57 AM

4 Wild Facts About Taxes in America

Payroll tax increases reflect the fact that we were not paying enough for Social Security until recently. We are still not paying enough for Medicare, so it needs to go up more or we pay through another tax.

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Chontichajim commented on an article. 11:29 PM

5 Reasons You Should Stop Obsessing Over the Dow

The "Wilshire 5000" is a comprehensive (not total) index of American stocks of all cap groups and industries. There are days when all 3 major indexes go one way and the Wilshire still goes the other, but not very

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Chontichajim commented on an article. 12:58 AM

Don't Underestimate Mayer's Huge Gamble at Yahoo!

I am not sure what kind of work people who say "working from home is a privilege", but this is far from true and often done at the companies "request".

Working from home saves money since

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Chontichajim commented on an article. 6:24 PM

How the Postal Service Is Being Gutted

Most of this article is true, but it does not mention the subsidization urban areas are providing for rural areas. Privatization with regulations that preserve this subsidy will probably be less popular than the current system.

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Chontichajim commented on an article. 5:13 PM

The Dow's Lost Decade Finally Finds Its Way

It hasn't been the most stressful decade of investing in my lifetime, but that just means I am older than the writer.

The decline in 2009 was across the board with most companies recovering (except

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Chontichajim commented on an article. 6:03 PM

30 Facts That Demystify Nuclear Energy

Nuclear power has been viewed both positively and negatively throughout my life, but two concerns has limited its use at least along the West Coast.

1) It requires an abundant supply of cooling water not

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