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5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
During Clintons first 4 years, 35,000 American families pulled up stakes. Osama Obama wins......you think Rome is burning now? Hang on! Well I am already in the Middle East, might as well fly home to Chile, Portugal, Cyprus or any other country with low taxes and minimum government. Of course those already have lower taxes and less government then the US plus a less biased press.....what the hell, my forefathers were looking for freedom when they went to America. Reply5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
GE is chiefly a financial conglomerate now. Anything else won't move the needle.ACN is NOT where corporate America would turn for cost savings, and it most definitely does not qualify as temporary labor. Inconveniently for your thesis, the great boom in temporary labor decades ago began under Nixon and accelerated under Reagan and Bush I. It happened as manufacturers sought flexibility in dealing with the seasonality of business. Manufacturing is done mostly outside the US now. Corporate America won't be driven to temps by tax rates. Corporate America's chief problem will remain focused on how to improve product and service innovation, and sustain intellectual advantage over increasingly competitive rivals.
ACN does sell IT expertise, but it's pretty generic expertise. It's oxymoronic for a large consulting firm to try to sell highly specialized business solutions. They need large markets. Give one company a proprietary advantage, and you can't exactly resell it. ACN's stuck selling vanilla. Reply
5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
Obama wants to tax the rich and corporations?Gee, wonder where they get their money??
It is from us, the moron!! Reply
5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
KK, please do some research of your own. During the Tech Bubble companies were spending on facilities they thought they would need 2 years down the road and hiring workers they would need 2 years down the road. Colleges courses that fed students everything internet related were the rage, recruiters were on every campus in the nation looking for talent. (Remember Silicon Valley?) These were very high paying jobs which required very little experience because the Sector was still in the process of development.The recovery was slow because We were not the generator, we were/are the recipient of externally generated Global growth. As a Service center economy, our contribution was virtually nil until the commodity sector started rolling and long dormant manufacturing sectors came to life. Unfortunately, because they held little promise, workers trained in the various sectors which were growing explosively had to be trained from scratch. Untrained employees Do Not receive High Paying Jobs (except in Congress on Both sides of the Aisle). Meanwhile millions of illegals were swarming across the border to take what lower paying jobs were available, combine the 2, stagnant pay.
Both sides of the Aisle were pushing Home ownership, Both helped with mandates to Frannie to accomodate the surge and the supposedly independent Fed looked the other way as more and more esotheric methods were found to fuel that growth. When they stopped fighting deflation and increased interest rates, they overshot. Greenspan warned Bernanke but the great inexperienced Academic ignored him. The Housing bubble is still in the unravelling stage. Blame will be laid everywhere when its finally over. But its not over yet.
Instead of thinking, try reading. There are dozens of books on the rise and demise of the Internet Bubble.
Better yet, Gore Invented the Internet, lets blame him for its demise. Reply
Rates for IT Services Under Pressure [view article]
People are wondering why IT jobs go wanting? There's zero job stability with all of the outsourcing "strategies"... Why would anyone want to go into the IT field? Reply5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
If he wins, or if it appears inevitable, I am buying gold and stock in Smith & Wesson and Walmart. Reply5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
One growth area we can count on should either patry's candidate triumph is government. Alternative energy is in the future with any result. Wind farms outside of DC and state capitols looks to be a sure bet. Also, co-generation heat exchanges adjacent to the legislatures, as well. Reply5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
Paultaut: As long as you're laying blame for economic maladies (which I find strange), have you heard anyone mention anything in regard to a housing downturn lately? I think a few more people may have been affected by that than speculation in technology companies. A bit of advice; think, THEN, write. It's seemingly harder for some to do than I assumed. Reply5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
"To date, the Obama camp has promised .... higher payroll taxes.."Do some homework before writing something false. Obama's proposed tax cut help the middle class (<$250k per year) more than McCain's. McCain's tax platform is to extend the 15% dividend and LT cap gains tax and to grant tax breaks to oil companies. How does that translate into higher payroll taxes under Obama?
Even most Democrats are unaware of this - just one more reason Obama will lose in November if he continues this campaigning-on-persona... strategy that lets a few cheap slogans at his opponent's convention convince millions that he will raise their taxes. Reply
5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
After reading all this, I have 3 points to make.1. Some people had to much caffeine reading this article. I read this as a hypothetical scenario, alluding to what companies/stocks could benefit given what policies Obama said he would pursue.
2. Another interesting point, hidden within the confines of Ha!'s message, is that individuals should conduct thorough research on a company before investing in them, rather than relying on hearsay.
3. As for Dem this or Gop that, seriously, what politician actually does everything they say they are going to do :) ? My view is this; Whatever policies they choose, no matter how far out, will get watered down to the point where the politician can get enough support for it. Right or left doesn't really matter, its a battle for the middle ground. Whoever manages to get closest without going over, wins. Reply
5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
Going forward, I believe that natural gas related stocks will be very profitable and especially so if Obama is elected in November.Natural gas or compressed natural gas (CNG) is so clearly a superior transportation fuel to that of foreign sourced gasoline that the only thing ---and it's a big 'thing" at this time, is in- place re-fueling infrastructure before it can become our national transportation fuel of choice.
CNG is cleaner, cheaper, abundant and produced in America. CNG offers us the opportunity to get OPEC off our necks forever while we solve the problems associated with direct solar use.
No more "oil wars" please---crude oil is not only dirty it's also very deadly! Reply
5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
GDP and personal income also rose under Clinton. Tech bubble doesn't affect those metrics.Also, consistently since 1900 stock market does better under Democratic presidents. Even when you correct for the effect of which bunch controls Congress. This has been extensively written up and could easily be Googled. Reply
5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
clinton promoted investment in new technology, bush came into office and supported old technology(coal,oil,ni... ore,etc) the net result was slow job growth and a collapsing technology sector. you want to make money? vote for a democrat. please. Reply5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
Clinton's reign included the Biggest Bubble in Nasdaq history. Millions of people lost Billions. All he was concerned about were the tax dollars coming into the Gov's coffers rather than if the Public was being Mislead. Reply5 Stocks to Buy if Obama Wins [view article]
broad based earnings growth will only exist if obama wins. he is a democrat. have you noticed stock market returns under 8 years of bush are negative. please dont blame clinton for this. Reply