Dan Schmeidler

Sure It’s Legal … But Is It Right?

Riots, no. Anger, no. That would certainly not be the right approach. Heck, who likes to listen to a rioting angry person. They are scary. Kind of like LA Raiders personnel. So, (and in reference to the title of this article), let's solve this the "right" way.

Sure It’s Legal … But Is It Right?

I stand corrected: There is no "easy way" out of this one.

Sure It’s Legal … But Is It Right?

Tough issues to deal with here. And it's not right. But our society has become so complacent to these changes that it is no longer a question of what is not right. Most people prefer to take the easy way out of this dilemma by withdrawing into their own world, trying to fix their own lives, and to look for blame only within their immediate surroundings. But taking that bigger leap and seeing the world for what it is: That is a heartbreaking choice to make.

Jim Cramer's 10 Predictions for 2008

Stop bashing on this Cramer guy. It's pointless and not contributing to any direction on how to treat his stock predictions. If my opnion about him helps, I see him as someone who is simply motivated by his fearlessness of the markets. He survived hell when he was working professionally as a hedge fund manager, and now, he lingers around as a quasi semi-retiree because he feels that this is the kind of enjoyment (for him, at least) that he should have had in the first place when he worked on wall street. He also seems to have some kind of obsession with trading, which he readily would admit to. If you read his book "Confessions of a Street Addict", he will formulate to you $ by $ on how he made his millions. He gives you all the trades (generally by sector, or the maket as a whole), the time, and even the payout $$. This guy had a lot of guts (or the stupidity of a dare devil). He would borrow VERY heavily and cash in on big one or two day payoffs. His timing of the market was everything. Plus the fact that he is probably crazy helps him.