The Aft Deck

Betting Big on Small Cap China

Super Article

Get Fugu and the Mobile Internet $GFGU, $GOOG, $YHOO

I like the Fugu tech, I am concerned about debt and spending levels, once I have made up my mind I will let you know

Many Life Science/Healthcare Stocks Share Delisting Issues

Some Good companies in that list of 51 stocks, I already own 2 of them HYTM and PPHM, I will have a look at some of the others if I get time, great article.

NPWZ and the Shift to the AMEX

The Update pennystocks.12buzz.com...

The First 200 Days of Obamanomics Have Been an Economic Success

Yes and all in only 200 days, given 4 years it will be a new USA.

A socialists state with a worthless dollar and mountains of debt.

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Losing $162m a day, The stupidity of this administration is astounding! If they can not fix Fannie May, what chance does the USA Economy have?

The Dollar's Continued Decline: Unintended Consequences

Amazed so many people miss this valuable point. I do not live in or spend USD, so right now a market rally for me minus the drop in the USD many times means little.


On Aug 06 11:06 AM Living4Dividends wrote:

> "Every time the dollar declines 1% we see about a 1% increase in
> equities which means there is no real gain in stocks as Americans'
> buying power was simply reduced. The reason for the dollars descent,
> which has been years in the making I might add, is because of our
> loose monetary policy. "
>
> I agree. I also agree with Archman, Hangdog & Micheal Clark's
> points. Yes, the dollar is fundamentally weak. Yes, it probably will
> continue to slide over the next decade. No, it is not good to be
> long dollars.
>
> Here is the caveat: Many of the other countries are busily trashing
> their own currencies as well. It is a global race to see who will
> trash their currencies first. The dollar's weakness does not mean
> that the other currencies are any safer.

Expecting Another Fun-Filled Friday Jobs Report

Numbers mean little from this administration

Buffett's Betrayal

Buffett delivered the best result to his shareholders as always. He did not grant the bailouts or set the policy. As a BRK.A shareholder, I say well done!

Cisco: Mostly Cloudy

We use Amazons Cloud, Cloud computing will be a growth area.

The Obama administration says aid to auto-industry states - mainly Michigan, Ohio and Indiana - will intensify in the next six to nine months. At 15.2%, Michigan still has the nation's worst unemployment rate.

Administration is now bailing out those it just bailed out. I assume this is an admission the Cash-for-clunkers clunked.

Goldman Sachs (GS +0.6%) faces two 'major' competitive threats, analyst Dick Bove says in a note this morning. One is the rise of powerful investment banking firms in China. The other is the ability to trade freely in the U.S.

Reactionary legislation may impact many US firms in the next year, taxes may well be the 3rd reason GS has problems.

Ancestry.com's IPO Likely to Hit Markets in Q4

Nice business, best of luck with IPO

The U.S. still leads the Internet industry, right? Wrong, says Tom Melcher: China's now the biggest Internet market in the world - with more users and serious players in revenue and market cap like Tencent and Baidu (BIDU).

Emerging Markets are going to be the Battleground for Google/Microsoft

Already five times delayed, Boeing's (BA) Dreamliner take-off might get pushed back another six months.

I have been buying and holding BA for a while, guess it will be another 6 months now