http://dailyreckoning.com/china-bubble-version-20/ Entertaining Ideas on the Economy, Markets, Gold, Oil and Investing Strategies. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:35:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dailyreckoning.com/china-bubble-version-20/#comment-18240 Dean Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:45:27 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=17744#comment-18240 What a second. If you want to buy a home in China you need a deposit of about 40% of property value. Weren't US banks giving 110% home loans a few years ago? I'm not going to argue that chinese stocks are not in a bubble, but it's doubtful that property prices are (perhaps Shanghai is an exception). Also, whatever the Chinese make there is one thing that they're not making anymore of, and that's land. What a second. If you want to buy a home in China you need a deposit of about 40% of property value. Weren’t US banks giving 110% home loans a few years ago? I’m not going to argue that chinese stocks are not in a bubble, but it’s doubtful that property prices are (perhaps Shanghai is an exception). Also, whatever the Chinese make there is one thing that they’re not making anymore of, and that’s land.

]]> http://dailyreckoning.com/china-bubble-version-20/#comment-18229 Giraffe Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:24:32 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=17744#comment-18229 To answer the opening question (how do you say "bubble" in mandarin): pàomò (two falling tones) To answer the opening question (how do you say “bubble” in mandarin): pàomò (two falling tones)

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