Quote from: magneto on May 09, 2018, 09:35:18 AM

The real estate bubble is still going on in some countries, and housing prices have absolutely gone berserk again after the recovery from 2008. If this trend continues, it could potentially brew up into something huge again. Hopefully though that the adjustment comes sooner than later so that the consequences of this real estate bubble v2 isn't as big as the GFC.

Quote from: bobo012 on May 09, 2018, 01:42:57 PM

I agree that there is once again a housing bubble. Prices in my country are unreal. You cant afford anything with the paychecks we have. It has been brewing for the past 3 years.

Quote from: Nuky1289 on May 09, 2018, 01:50:02 PM

But i guessing the housing sector could be in a bouble once again, if u follow the price development over the recent years.

It's uncanny. At least urban areas seem to be utterly overpriced all over the world, no matter where you look. Whenever I read about real estate in a country it's about how owning a flat has become unattainable to pretty much anyone other than the exceptionally wealthy or the people that already own a flat to begin with. That seems to be true for Northern America, most of Europe and at least India as far as Asia is concerned. Worst case, real estate is in a bubble. Even worse yet, it's not and this modern form of feudalism is our mode of life now.

As far as bonds are concerned -- I'm not sure how bonds can turn into a bubble to begin with. Junk bonds, maybe, but in general bonds are an incredibly boring investment, as they should be. Naturally their prices will fall once monetary policies around the world inevitably change, but I doubt that they are that much overbought to begin with. My hunch is that currently more money is waiting on the sidelines in the form of cash, rather than bonds.

As far as cryptos are concerned -- heck, who knows. Cryptocurrencies are leading the concept of bubbles ad absurdum, as market cycles move at a pace that traditionally took decades. Can one still talk about bubbles if losses can be recuperated within the duration of what usually amounts to a mid-term bond? Or maybe the bubble to end all bubbles is yet to come...