Comments on Joe Rotger's articles RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/author/joe-rotger/articles http://seekingalpha.com/article/108084-fed-s-latest-rescue-package-throws-lifeline-to-home-buyers?source=feed#comment-315723 315723 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:12:42 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/108084-fed-s-latest-rescue-package-throws-lifeline-to-home-buyers?source=feed#comment-315463 315463 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:23:14 -0500
How can consumers up to their eyeballs in debt afford to borrow even more to 'stimulate' the economy?

How does guaranteeing mortgage loans help people who owe more than the house is worth and can't afford the payments?

You can't borrow your way out of debt. The consumer bailout package will have little or no lasting impact in the end.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/105800-paulson-s-shocking-change-of-heart?source=feed#comment-306734 306734 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:30:35 -0500
That aside, can he do that? Change his mind? I mean, didn't congress give him control over the bail out on the premise he would spend it they way they understood he would? Is congress buying in on this?

I also had the thought he was just gearing up for the Obama administration. The Bush boat is sinking and he's jumping ship. Good or bad, that remains to be seen, I guess.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/105800-paulson-s-shocking-change-of-heart?source=feed#comment-305887 305887 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:28:24 -0500
No one wants to talk about the inevitable failure nor do they want to be around when the wall collapses. They are just buying time to get out of Dodge. Why the wall cracked is not important (other than going after the criminals) because we won't want to rebuild it; we need a financial and monetary system that is fair and equitable for all, and more importantly, based on sound economic principles. We have to start saving and living within our means and credit needs be tightly controlled.

Greed driven leverage that threatens the financial system and the economy should be prohibited and violaters should be harshly punished.

]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/105800-paulson-s-shocking-change-of-heart?source=feed#comment-305754 305754 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:58:18 -0500 Is paulson's change of heart came because of OBAMA victory or he found real answer to the problem? Was his conscinece pricking him about $700/- bailout?This is serious matter and i hope one has the answers.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/105800-paulson-s-shocking-change-of-heart?source=feed#comment-305480 305480 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:53:24 -0500
which translates to: “We can’t figure out what caused the serious structural cracks to develop so fast in that huge wall over there so let’s throw as much sh_t against it as we can and hope some of it sticks and stops the wall from falling. Then let’s analyze the components of the sh_t that stuck and see if we have enough of that kind of sh_t left to fill the rest of the cracks and make the wall stable again. Only by determining the kind of sh_t we need by trial and error will we ever figure out why the wall cracked in the first place!”

We all need a chuckle during these times.

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Paulsen is a team player and the team is running in a different direction now.

What do you expect him to do, continue running down the field in the other direction after the second half?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/105800-paulson-s-shocking-change-of-heart?source=feed#comment-305027 305027 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:52:45 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/105800-paulson-s-shocking-change-of-heart?source=feed#comment-305021 305021 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:47:33 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/105800-paulson-s-shocking-change-of-heart?source=feed#comment-304946 304946 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:03:56 -0500
Let the big boys fail and choke on their derivative paper. The great reckoning is upon us and we must pay. We cannot weasel out of it. There are plenty of banks with no sub prime sxposure who can step up and manage our money. Is that where he's headed?

I've also argued we need a new deal right now, this thing is gonna leave a mark. I was stunned China introduced a new deal style stimulus package and we decided to get our credit markets flowing again. Aren't they communist? Are we a good ole boys club?

We should have been ahead of the power curve, and we certainly can use some infrastructure improvement. Is that where he is headed? Will Obama take us there?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/105800-paulson-s-shocking-change-of-heart?source=feed#comment-304942 304942 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:57:01 -0500
To boot, Paulson gave the banks another $140 billion in tax breaks by illegally loosening Section 382 of the tax code which will allow acquiring banks to write off losses incurred by the acquired banks. Incidently, the Republicans have been trying to repeal Section 382 for the last twenty years.

They robbed us once and got away with it so they're coming back for another $350 billion score. You can bet your sweet ass that they'll be back for more.

As if they were not already making enough money, the banks are raising credit card interest rates. And of course, the politicians will knuckle under as usual.
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/105800-paulson-s-shocking-change-of-heart?source=feed#comment-304913 304913 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:36:01 -0500 Let's hope that after trashing Wall Street they don't move on to companies like Boeing.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/105800-paulson-s-shocking-change-of-heart?source=feed#comment-304843 304843 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:52:38 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/101698-extreme-stock-market-volatility-equals-derivative-market-mayhem?source=feed#comment-289636 289636 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:00:14 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/100579-how-long-the-economic-slump?source=feed#comment-285839 285839 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:58:55 -0400
jegan ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/100579-how-long-the-economic-slump?source=feed#comment-285769 285769 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:39:50 -0400
User 167260: Armageddon Day - I love it! Maybe it should be Armageddon Season when everybody takes a three month long holiday. That would help the unemployment rate as you wouldn't be counted while your were on holiday (from your unemployment).]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/100579-how-long-the-economic-slump?source=feed#comment-285550 285550 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:54:04 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/100579-how-long-the-economic-slump?source=feed#comment-285547 285547 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:47:35 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/98012-flashback-to-1929?source=feed#comment-270506 270506 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:17:15 -0400
The USA can either protect it's citizens, shield the blow and invest in job creation or it can force the citizenship to pay off the foreign public debts and lobby.

The first Paulson bill was designed to serve the foreign banking interests and domestic politicians whom committed the crimes or are guilty by winking at the problem for years.

So it's like this, continue shafting the middle class until the middle class decides it has had enough and jumps off the debt treadmill from a failed economic policy of 25 years, foreign interests pull out there dough at that point and we have either a physical or voter revolution (around 2012). Or you take care of the US citizenship and force debt restructuring with sovereign nations which will cause serious geopolitical fallout. This would probably be an easy choice for our government if the USA was more energy independent!

The foreign lobby has it's claws into our political system. It is very hard to serve two masters. I know whom I would choose but I am not in the White House. Plans sent to Washington these last few years by those whom considered themselves economists and Patriots have largely fell on deaf ears on both sides of the aisle. Some pride of failed foreign policy by overstretching comes into play as well. Hard to admit we can no longer be the world's policemen for some in Washington. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/27030-oil-contango-roll-yield-rewards?source=feed#comment-112994 112994 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:16:00 -0500 ssrn.com/abstract=1029243 for investigation of commodityasset pricing models and why they're inherently flawed.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/44912-market-pivot-point?source=feed#comment-94131 94131 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:57:15 -0400
Re-read the details of the tulip bulb mania and you will see that it was not the bulbs themselves that were the issue, it was the forward paper contracts that were bid up over and over with no real intention of ever taking delivery of the underlying bulbs.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/26609-global-market-liquidity-lessons-learned-from-the-yellow-submarine?source=feed#comment-81445 81445 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:32:35 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/27030-oil-contango-roll-yield-rewards?source=feed#comment-81428 81428 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:59:47 -0500
I would doubt that any recent explanation of the current contango would be rigorous if it did not go back over a decade, preferably more than one decade, to examine causes of previous futures contract spreads in the CL.]]>