online.wsj.com - 11/12/2008
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The "denominator effect" looms as the next force that could pressure the slumping real-estate market. Falling stock prices are leaving institutional investors overexposed to real estate, which could trigger further declines in property values as some of the market's most-active players move to ...
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Asset Allocation Rules May Lead Institutional Investors to Reduce Real Estate Holdings
naked capitalism —
The high concept of this Wall Street Journal story is that because the stocks have fallen so badly, institutional investor may have to cut their real estate exposures to keep them from becoming a disproportionately large component of their portfolios. Note however that this may not be achieved via sales, but simply by not making any purchases until the ratios reach the level that the institutions likes. From the Wall Street Journal: Falling stock prices are leaving institutional investors overexposed to real estate, which could trigger ...
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The Mess That Greenspan Made —
... AP U.S. Slump May Be Longest in Decades as Growth Fell Off `Cliff' - Bloomberg American Express seeks $3.5B from feds - CNN/Money Global Stock Market Rout May Continue, Rogers Says - Bloomberg Cost of crude rising to $200 by 2030 - CNN/Money Presto Change-o - Kunstler MARKETS/INVESTING Gold dips in line with oil, soft dollar supports - Reuters Oil Prices Drop to 20-Month Low - NY Times Institutional Investors May Need to Cut Property Bets - WSJ Getting it right and still ...
Where the 'Denominator Effect' Lurks
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