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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

For those unaware: this article is at best suggesting people should cast aside doubt and keep spending like good little drones... and at worst imply that home prices aren't in a bubble (they are) and the job market is stable when the economy contracts (it isn't.) If one were to fully extract what is being asked: you have home equity and a job? Leverage that to the tits.

What could go wrong? Surely history has never seen record debt leveraging the bubble pricing of homes (or other assets) for speculation purposes ... never ever.

If the article was written by a human they should be beaten for suggesting such an asinine thing. If it was generated the editor should be beaten instead. That isn't a fluff piece or financial advice: it's worse. It's a crafted half-lie to prey on human emotion. Why? To bilk just one more retail investor into carrying some bags a fund is offloading.

Fuck me. That article is infuriating.