Comments on TradingHelpDesk's articles RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/author/trading-help-desk/articles http://seekingalpha.com/article/184155/comments?source=feed#comment-866943 866943 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:58:24 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/184155/comments?source=feed#comment-866700 866700 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:04:40 -0500
"in China political stability is directly linked to constant growth"

If correct, this becomes a guide to investment strategy and almost everything else.

A S Prisant/Prism Ltd
wordsmithwars.blogspot...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/184155/comments?source=feed#comment-866324 866324 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:22:15 -0500 www.etoro.com/A8334_TC...

Just to clarify. Have a great day.
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/181843/comments?source=feed#comment-846294 846294 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:15:46 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/181843/comments?source=feed#comment-846260 846260 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:00:07 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/181843/comments?source=feed#comment-846224 846224 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:06:37 -0500
Thanks for being part of the light.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/181843/comments?source=feed#comment-846223 846223 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:05:40 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/181843/comments?source=feed#comment-846153 846153 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:43:29 -0500 You are so RIGHT. Vote with cash.

The article is very alarming, written with much need foresight. Thanks.

]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/181843/comments?source=feed#comment-845957 845957 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:45:14 -0500 created for their money masters. Smells like Rothschild rotten eggs
all over our American faces again.
STOP THE NEW WORLD ORDER PEOPLE!
Take back our country by not investing in Big Government, Big Banks,
Big Corporations, Big Pharma, Big Biotech, Big Insurance, Big Anything... Invest in the small decent people that still believe in freedom. Anything Big is Big Brother marching you to the financial
slaughterhouse. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/181843/comments?source=feed#comment-845450 845450 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:45:06 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/181843/comments?source=feed#comment-845129 845129 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:20:04 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/181843/comments?source=feed#comment-844919 844919 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:33:15 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/181843/comments?source=feed#comment-844641 844641 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:44:19 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/180474/comments?source=feed#comment-828758 828758 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:06:03 -0500 www.etoro.com/A13666_T...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/180474/comments?source=feed#comment-828151 828151 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:29:50 -0500 'Dudenhoeffer predicts that Volkswagen will see its domestic sales drop by nearly 30 percent while Opel will see a 26 percent drop. All told, he expects sales in Germany to decrease by 25.8 percent compared with 2009.'

www.dw-world.de/dw/art...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/179048/comments?source=feed#comment-815716 815716 Unions, this plan supports union jobs. > > To the detriment of the rest of us. > > Another buy the vote plan, what a shock. > > Glad the government workers keep their paychecks, pensions and great > health care. > > Too bad the rest of us just have to pay for it without jobs or incomes.]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:44:33 -0500

On Dec 20 11:52 AM TeresaE wrote:

> Unions, this plan supports union jobs.
>
> To the detriment of the rest of us.
>
> Another buy the vote plan, what a shock.
>
> Glad the government workers keep their paychecks, pensions and great
> health care.
>
> Too bad the rest of us just have to pay for it without jobs or incomes.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/179046/comments?source=feed#comment-814623 814623 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:10:06 -0500
The problem is that there aren't that many profitable business plans out there that aren't of the freebie enterprise system variety. Getting more from the gov and/or giving less. There are some problems attached with this though. EVERYBODY is playing this game whether they want to or not. Many players are pros with long experience and political clout. That's mighty stiff competition when you think about. I mean seriously going up against EVERYBODY.

If the freebie enterprise system were an efficient wealth creator then you might expect more opportunities in spite of the heavy competition. There seems to be some slippage though and it's logical to assume that lowering interest rates will have decreasing effect. It is more interesting for people who prefer zero sum games.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/179046/comments?source=feed#comment-814582 814582 Almost every small businessman that I know would sell their business > right now if they could get a price that would make them whole.
> > The writing on the wall is clear: > > Higher taxes. > Higher employee costs. > More regulation. > Lower volume.]]> Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:21:59 -0500
ZERO. We would sell and lose 25 years of investment, risk and work in exchange for zero.


On Dec 20 09:28 AM yellowhoard wrote:

> Almost every small businessman that I know would sell their business
> right now if they could get a price that would make them whole.

>
> The writing on the wall is clear:
>
> Higher taxes.
> Higher employee costs.
> More regulation.
> Lower volume.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/179048/comments?source=feed#comment-814545 814545 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:52:38 -0500
To the detriment of the rest of us.

Another buy the vote plan, what a shock.

Glad the government workers keep their paychecks, pensions and great health care.

Too bad the rest of us just have to pay for it without jobs or incomes.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/179046/comments?source=feed#comment-814367 814367 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:19:07 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/179046/comments?source=feed#comment-814309 814309 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:51:29 -0500 Perhaps because both are geared to the power of words, and of the written word, so that in some kind of magical process if the incantation is got right, or if the right law is passed, then reality will alter in sympathy.
So in the UK we have the academically based Brown, and the lawyer Darling as Chancellor, who wish to pass laws to mandate reduction of the deficit by half in four years or whatever, so that everything will be alright, although they delay any actual attempt to rein in spending.
In the US banks are instructed to increase lending, whilst simultaneously told to increase reserves.

All this is child-like or magical thinking, rather than the actions of responsible adults.
So ultimately to create economic growth all that is needed, they think, is to mandate enough academic posts charged with studying it, and pay the holders generous enough salaries, and growth will follow.
Meanwhile small business is eviscerated, as they are not connected enough to the systems of patronage which have replaced the capitalistic allocation of money to where it will earn the most return.

Perhaps some hint of reality may start to get through to the enclosed world of the beltway and Whitehall when th inadvisability of talking loudly and carrying a very small stick hits some of the actors personally, so in Obama's case he gets an appropriate response when he tries to tough talk the Chinese, and is really pulled on the powerlessness of a borrower relative to it's biggest creditor.
In the case of the UK, the last vestiges are disappearing of the establishment's ability to command a seat at the table of the poweful, no matter how subservient they are to the Americans.
The aircraft carriers they have on order will certainly never be built, and with them any ability to project force into the outside world
They are dropping back to the same relative power as they had in 1688, before the whole imperial adventure.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/179046/comments?source=feed#comment-814246 814246 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:28:55 -0500
The writing on the wall is clear:

Higher taxes.
Higher employee costs.
More regulation.
Lower volume.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/179046/comments?source=feed#comment-814188 814188 Most businesses are not investing because of fear and pessimism. > The source of both is the US Regime whose caprice, callousness and > corrution grow by the day. > > Fear that cascading risks generated by the US Regime will depress > revenues, raise operating and fixed costs, inflate the cost of capital > , penalize genuine innovation and entrpreneurial value addded.
> > Pessimism that the middle class will continue to be assaulted financially, > culturally and socially and as the middle class is systematically > and ruthlessly destoyed by the US Regime, so too will be the many > and various middle class markets on which most businesses rely for > revenues, margins, skilled employess and growth. > > Finally, there is the growing conviction and dread that the US Regime > is now more interested in emboldening our enenmies and strenthening > our economic, cultural and military adversaries than in making even > a token effort to preserve and protect the Constitution and honor > our legacy of liberty. > > Small, start and new businesses feel that they are under siege for > a very good reason........ because they are.]]> Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:34:37 -0500
There comes a point where suspending belief can no longer work.


On Dec 20 08:25 AM User 353732 wrote:

> Most businesses are not investing because of fear and pessimism.
> The source of both is the US Regime whose caprice, callousness and
> corrution grow by the day.
>
> Fear that cascading risks generated by the US Regime will depress
> revenues, raise operating and fixed costs, inflate the cost of capital
> , penalize genuine innovation and entrpreneurial value addded.

>
> Pessimism that the middle class will continue to be assaulted financially,
> culturally and socially and as the middle class is systematically
> and ruthlessly destoyed by the US Regime, so too will be the many
> and various middle class markets on which most businesses rely for
> revenues, margins, skilled employess and growth.
>
> Finally, there is the growing conviction and dread that the US Regime
> is now more interested in emboldening our enenmies and strenthening
> our economic, cultural and military adversaries than in making even
> a token effort to preserve and protect the Constitution and honor
> our legacy of liberty.
>
> Small, start and new businesses feel that they are under siege for
> a very good reason........ because they are.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/179046/comments?source=feed#comment-814183 814183 Most businesses are not investing because of fear and pessimism. > The source of both is the US Regime whose caprice, callousness and > corrution grow by the day. > > Fear that cascading risks generated by the US Regime will depress > revenues, raise operating and fixed costs, inflate the cost of capital > , penalize genuine innovation and entrpreneurial value addded.
> > Pessimism that the middle class will continue to be assaulted financially, > culturally and socially and as the middle class is systematically > and ruthlessly destoyed by the US Regime, so too will be the many > and various middle class markets on which most businesses rely for > revenues, margins, skilled employess and growth. > > Finally, there is the growing conviction and dread that the US Regime > is now more interested in emboldening our enenmies and strenthening > our economic, cultural and military adversaries than in making even > a token effort to preserve and protect the Constitution and honor > our legacy of liberty. > > Small, start and new businesses feel that they are under siege for > a very good reason........ because they are.]]> Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:26:45 -0500

On Dec 20 08:25 AM User 353732 wrote:

> Most businesses are not investing because of fear and pessimism.
> The source of both is the US Regime whose caprice, callousness and
> corrution grow by the day.
>
> Fear that cascading risks generated by the US Regime will depress
> revenues, raise operating and fixed costs, inflate the cost of capital
> , penalize genuine innovation and entrpreneurial value addded.

>
> Pessimism that the middle class will continue to be assaulted financially,
> culturally and socially and as the middle class is systematically
> and ruthlessly destoyed by the US Regime, so too will be the many
> and various middle class markets on which most businesses rely for
> revenues, margins, skilled employess and growth.
>
> Finally, there is the growing conviction and dread that the US Regime
> is now more interested in emboldening our enenmies and strenthening
> our economic, cultural and military adversaries than in making even
> a token effort to preserve and protect the Constitution and honor
> our legacy of liberty.
>
> Small, start and new businesses feel that they are under siege for
> a very good reason........ because they are.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/179046/comments?source=feed#comment-814182 814182 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:25:08 -0500
Fear that cascading risks generated by the US Regime will depress revenues, raise operating and fixed costs, inflate the cost of capital , penalize genuine innovation and entrpreneurial value addded.

Pessimism that the middle class will continue to be assaulted financially, culturally and socially and as the middle class is systematically and ruthlessly destoyed by the US Regime, so too will be the many and various middle class markets on which most businesses rely for revenues, margins, skilled employess and growth.

Finally, there is the growing conviction and dread that the US Regime is now more interested in emboldening our enenmies and strenthening our economic, cultural and military adversaries than in making even a token effort to preserve and protect the Constitution and honor our legacy of liberty.

Small, start and new businesses feel that they are under siege for a very good reason........ because they are. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/178008/comments?source=feed#comment-806026 806026 < significantly to real economic growth. In fact, the speculative sub-sector > of financial markets offers close-to-zero economic benefits for the > real economy. It’s just re-distribution of wealth from one party > to another with the industry taking fees on the transaction for facilitating > the transfer. >> > > Ah, yes, stupidity in black and white. Shifting wealth doesn't create > or destroy wealth? Please...take a book on theoretical phsyics out > of the hands of an MIT professor and give it to a longshoreman. Please...take > a billion dollars away from Steve Jobs and give it to Barack O'Bama. > No impact on the real economy?]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:39:17 -0500
I am referring to you, me and others pointlessly buying the same AAPL stock - or any stock - post listing. How does that create wealth. It doesn't. Any profit I make is offset by the economic loss another party makes (as they should have held the stock) less of course the fees earned by a broker for facilitating the transfer.

That is the best case scenario. Now imagine I and many others borrow to speculate and inflate the price of the stock beyond its true economic value? Where's the real economic growth in that speculation? There is none.


On Dec 14 10:12 AM cyclingscholar wrote:

> <> significantly to real economic growth. In fact, the speculative sub-sector
> of financial markets offers close-to-zero economic benefits for the
> real economy. It’s just re-distribution of wealth from one party
> to another with the industry taking fees on the transaction for facilitating
> the transfer. >>
>
> Ah, yes, stupidity in black and white. Shifting wealth doesn't create
> or destroy wealth? Please...take a book on theoretical phsyics out
> of the hands of an MIT professor and give it to a longshoreman. Please...take
> a billion dollars away from Steve Jobs and give it to Barack O'Bama.
> No impact on the real economy?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/178008/comments?source=feed#comment-806018 806018 1. If there were no secondary markets for e.g. equity or bonds, the > primary, or initial, investments would be riskier to make. This increased > risk would be priced in to the investment, so reducing entrepreneurialism > and economic growth. > > 2. Secondary markets are also used for primary placings. New equity > and bonds are sold through the efficient mechanism of the secondary > markets. > > 3. The secondary markets are part of the overall process of efficiently > matching investment capital with desired risk. For example, without > them, returns on pensions would be significantly reduced as investing > in risk assets, rather than cash, would become more difficult and > expensive. That would make us all poorer. At the same time, the pension > money injected in to the market releases an equal amount of money > to the original owner of the stock. That money can then be used to > make other primary investments or other wealth generating allocations. > > > 4. If the secondary markets exist, then some level of speculation > is required in order to make them efficient. Take the commodity markets. > If the farmer needs to forward sell his corn, who is he going to > sell to if there are no speculators?]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:29:20 -0500

On Dec 14 09:42 AM chap08 wrote:

> 1. If there were no secondary markets for e.g. equity or bonds, the
> primary, or initial, investments would be riskier to make. This increased
> risk would be priced in to the investment, so reducing entrepreneurialism
> and economic growth.
>
> 2. Secondary markets are also used for primary placings. New equity
> and bonds are sold through the efficient mechanism of the secondary
> markets.
>
> 3. The secondary markets are part of the overall process of efficiently
> matching investment capital with desired risk. For example, without
> them, returns on pensions would be significantly reduced as investing
> in risk assets, rather than cash, would become more difficult and
> expensive. That would make us all poorer. At the same time, the pension
> money injected in to the market releases an equal amount of money
> to the original owner of the stock. That money can then be used to
> make other primary investments or other wealth generating allocations.
>
>
> 4. If the secondary markets exist, then some level of speculation
> is required in order to make them efficient. Take the commodity markets.
> If the farmer needs to forward sell his corn, who is he going to
> sell to if there are no speculators?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/178008/comments?source=feed#comment-805103 805103 1. If there were no secondary markets for e.g. equity or bonds, the > primary, or initial, investments would be riskier to make. This increased > risk would be priced in to the investment, so reducing entrepreneurialism > and economic growth. > > 2. Secondary markets are also used for primary placings. New equity > and bonds are sold through the efficient mechanism of the secondary > markets. > > 3. The secondary markets are part of the overall process of efficiently > matching investment capital with desired risk. For example, without > them, returns on pensions would be significantly reduced as investing > in risk assets, rather than cash, would become more difficult and > expensive. That would make us all poorer. At the same time, the pension > money injected in to the market releases an equal amount of money > to the original owner of the stock. That money can then be used to > make other primary investments or other wealth generating allocations. > > > 4. If the secondary markets exist, then some level of speculation > is required in order to make them efficient. Take the commodity markets. > If the farmer needs to forward sell his corn, who is he going to > sell to if there are no speculators?]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:38:22 -0500
Evolve the easier way or the very hard way, that is the true debate that must continue to occur around the world. Personally, I prefer the easier correction. Nothing CB or the 'Order' does ever stays 'contained'.


On Dec 14 09:42 AM chap08 wrote:

> 1. If there were no secondary markets for e.g. equity or bonds, the
> primary, or initial, investments would be riskier to make. This increased
> risk would be priced in to the investment, so reducing entrepreneurialism
> and economic growth.
>
> 2. Secondary markets are also used for primary placings. New equity
> and bonds are sold through the efficient mechanism of the secondary
> markets.
>
> 3. The secondary markets are part of the overall process of efficiently
> matching investment capital with desired risk. For example, without
> them, returns on pensions would be significantly reduced as investing
> in risk assets, rather than cash, would become more difficult and
> expensive. That would make us all poorer. At the same time, the pension
> money injected in to the market releases an equal amount of money
> to the original owner of the stock. That money can then be used to
> make other primary investments or other wealth generating allocations.
>
>
> 4. If the secondary markets exist, then some level of speculation
> is required in order to make them efficient. Take the commodity markets.
> If the farmer needs to forward sell his corn, who is he going to
> sell to if there are no speculators?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/178008/comments?source=feed#comment-804954 804954 > Ah, yes, stupidity in black and white. Shifting wealth doesn't create or destroy wealth? Please...take a book on theoretical phsyics out of the hands of an MIT professor and give it to a longshoreman. Please...take a billion dollars away from Steve Jobs and give it to Barack O'Bama. No impact on the real economy?]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:12:05 -0500 >

Ah, yes, stupidity in black and white. Shifting wealth doesn't create or destroy wealth? Please...take a book on theoretical phsyics out of the hands of an MIT professor and give it to a longshoreman. Please...take a billion dollars away from Steve Jobs and give it to Barack O'Bama. No impact on the real economy?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/178008/comments?source=feed#comment-804937 804937 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:01:00 -0500