Topic: Robert Shiller

What the Apple dividend really pays out

The world's most valuable company, Apple, finally shares the wealth with investors. And Goldman Sachs tries to recover from the Greg Smith oped. The world of high finance is finally reckoning with its social purpose.

Is this the worst time to buy stocks?

Some cautious financial minds are predicting that right now might be a good time to sit out the stock market, despite the economic recovery. Are they right?

The Federal Housing Administration may need bailing out

With the housing market crash continuing on government time, it should be no surprise that the FHA’s cash reserves have fallen to such a level that the odds are 50/50 the agency will run out of money and be looking to the Treasury to keep its doors open.

Home sales jump in August: why it's not enough to revive housing market

Even as home sales increased in August, median prices fell. Experts point to a 'shadow inventory' of homes that will eventually face foreclosure and say prices won't keep up with inflation for years.

Homeowners still in denial

It's hard for homeowners to come to terms with the loss of value of their homes when they're trying to sell

Four ways Japan disaster affects investors

When the world’s third-largest economy is hit with its worst earthquake ever, a tsunami, and a subsequent nuclear crisis, the human and physical toll has been enormous. The disaster is also sending ripples through the world economy. Here is a look at four ways the Japanese crisis changes the investment landscape:

Home prices falling to level of 1890s

In real terms, home prices today are comparable to 120 years ago.

Never surrender: Fed fights failure with more of the same

The current policy of quantitative easing has had the opposite effect from what was intended, but the Fed is staying the course.

New home sales plunge to record low

New home sales fall to an annual rate of 300,000, the lowest level since at least 1963.

The great economic correction continues

While many on main street think the danger has passed and everything is back to normal, the indicators show that we are not through the woods yet, and the economic correction isn't yet over.

Looking at the housing market as a futures market

The overheated housing market has taken many by surprise and turned many away, but while markets ebb and flow there is a strong argument for a more sophisticated futures market in house prices in the UK and elsewhere.

Still Pending: the 'great correction'

Is this really the “great correction” that we think it is?

Two weaknesses in the bullish scenario

In the debate between bullish Jeremy Siegel and bearish Robert Shiller, Siegel makes two mistakes.

Four financial innovations for a new generation

While financial innovation is often associated with nearly toppling the international economic system, some entrepreneurs are preparing a different breed of financial tools.

For three US cities, a lost decade in real estate

Fighting recession has become a new kind of warfare

Five months into the economic crisis, experts predict a years-long recovery.

Qualities you need to invest successfully in 2009

Two habits of the best investors: knowing your limits and cultivating curiosity.

What qualities do investors need in 2009?

They'll need a dash more discipline and a measure of humility, analysts say.

The U.S. mortgage game: How should it change?

As Washington works to bail out firms laden with bad debts, discussions begin on preventing a recurrence.

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Home prices: Where's the bottom?

Down 3.3 percent in the past year, median US home values are still 7.6 percent above 2004 levels.