Yale Economist Robert Shiller, one of the creators of the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index (which new data shows rose for the seventh straight month in December), says buyer confidence is behind…
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Shiller, Case on Housing Market
Housing data has been improving in recent months, but Professors Robert Shiller and Karl Case (creators of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices) say several potential problems are on the horizon…
Metrics to Watch in 2010: Confidence, Unemployment
As part of its 2010 preview, PBS NewsHour asked some top economists what they think will be the key economic metric to watch in 2010. Robert Shiller, the Yale economist…
Shiller: Market Overvalued, but that Doesn't Mean You Should Dump Stocks
Yale economist Robert Shiller, who called both the Internet and housing busts, says that he doesn’t see another era of “irrational exuberance” occurring anytime soon. But that doesn’t mean he’s…
Shiller: Housing to Move Sideways
Yale economist Robert Shiller, who predicted the recent housing bust as well as the Internet bust earlier this decade, says that a meaningful recovery seems to have occurred in the…
Short-Term Opportunities, Long-Term Questions
After the huge rally in stocks over the past six months, the big question for investors is, can it continue? Fortune recently posed that question to several successful strategists, and…
Shiller: The Recovery's in Our Minds, Not Our Metrics
Unemployment, GDP, manufacturing statistics — what’s the best way to tell that we’re headed into an economic recovery? According to Yale economist Robert Shiller, the answer might lie less in…
Has Housing Bottomed? Shiller Weighs In
Yale economist and Case-Shiller housing price index co-founder Robert Shiller talks with Bloomberg News about the current housing market, and the impact of psychology and emotion on home purchases. He…
"Green Shoots" Talk Overdone -- Stimulus Underdone, Says Shiller
In an interview with CNBC’s India affiliate, Yale economist Robert Shiller says that governments across the world should be focused on greater economic stimulus — and put concerns about rising…
10-Year P/E: Stocks at Fair Value
After years of being overvalued by one of the tougher value metrics — the 10-year P/E ratio made famous by Yale economist Robert Shiller — stocks finally appeared undervalued a…