iShares MSCI Japan Index (EWJ)

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    User 141585
    Oct 03 12:03 PM
    Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    "...shotguns, food and booze." I love it... Reply
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    DownOnMyLuck
    Oct 03 11:52 AM
    Why the Bailout Cannot Solve a Thing: Nobody Is Blaming the Right Culprit [view article]
    SuperBOB, The FHA guaranteed 103% loans back in the 80s. Reply
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    selene
    Oct 03 11:17 AM
    Why the Bailout Cannot Solve a Thing: Nobody Is Blaming the Right Culprit [view article]
    Oh please. I have just about had it with people blaming the financial crisis on too many black people getting mortgages. I know I can't stop you from doing it, so I will just vent -- AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! At least our international readers will see that not all Americans are ignorant in this way. Reply
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    TaxConsultan
    t
    Oct 03 11:04 AM
    Why the Bailout Cannot Solve a Thing: Nobody Is Blaming the Right Culprit [view article]
    Maybe your analysis is factually workable, but it overlooks the problem with US consumers who are literally out of the market for anything beyond subsistence goods. This says the US recession will become the central problem and one the US and worldwide are not willing to acknowledge and deal with presently. We can agree that the policy makers missed the target badly. The credit default swaps are the lose end of the derivatives market and the one that will lite the fuse for the final blow. The Treasury deal is just a diversion to avoid, if we can, the house of cards in CDS. Reply
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    TaxConsultan
    t
    Oct 03 10:36 AM
    Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    But what matters is that this post is the mirror of a recession of major proportions. Commodities are volatile, but usually not this much beta on a falling equities market. It seems to say that worldwide the consensus is for a major economic retrenchment. No matter how happy we might be with the Treasury plan, we have yet to see how it can be executed. The devil is, as usual, in the details.

    Thanks, great data.     Reply
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    SuperBOB
    Oct 03 09:18 AM
    Why the Bailout Cannot Solve a Thing: Nobody Is Blaming the Right Culprit [view article]
    @ Andy
    Governments don't set interest rates. Central banks do. In theory, they're independent from each other. In practice, it probably varies.

    Re the housing bubble, governments didn't instruct banks to lend more than 100% of the house value to low income creditors. The banks figured this out on their own. Again, not the governments' fault.

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    Andy1234
    Oct 03 09:12 AM
    Why the Bailout Cannot Solve a Thing: Nobody Is Blaming the Right Culprit [view article]
    incompetent. Reply
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    poet1
    Oct 03 09:06 AM
    Short Cut to Profits? A Closer Look at Inverse Funds [view article]
    anyone know how far out banks do profit projections? calculations on what percentage of people will default? i assume its at least 50 yrs? don't they know what to expect? PS-SRS is doing GREAT Reply
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    Andy1234
    Oct 03 08:57 AM
    Why the Bailout Cannot Solve a Thing: Nobody Is Blaming the Right Culprit [view article]
    capitalism isn't to blame. Its the government. They are the ones who urged lenders to have lax lending standards....plus they set interest rates. This all started in 1999 under the clinton administration for to increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers. Ground zero started at Fannie Mae as a pilot program.

    Capitilism is not the cause of these failures....its the government. They set up the conditions for the housing bubble...and even encourged it.

    and the sad part is.....they tried making homes more affordable....and they did the exact opposite. I don't think the government tries to create bubbles....they are just THAT encompetant.     Reply
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    jackh
    Oct 03 08:42 AM
    Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    "not good, especially if your Canadian or Australian."

    If you think that's bad ...... chart the USA and compare.......     Reply
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    Pauly B
    Oct 03 08:26 AM
    Why the Bailout Cannot Solve a Thing: Nobody Is Blaming the Right Culprit [view article]
    The base cause of this is greed. It infected every part of the capital system whether it be homeowners, politicians, banks, rating agencies, and regulators. We have all experienced the ugly side of capitalism and now we need to fix it.

    This contraction is going to be brutal and humbling. Dr Enzio I like your point of accountability of holding German bankers accountable and this should be applicable here in the states. My other question where were the board of directors on these investment decisions by these CEO's of these banks?

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    User 263318
    Oct 03 08:03 AM
    Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    good stuff... i hope you post this every week! Reply
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    Brian in
    Montreal
    Oct 03 07:48 AM
    My Website
    Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    It's getting chilly up here. Great charts, Scarey too. Even Gold and Oil got hammered, not good, especially if your Canadian or Australian. Reply
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    Stockgobblin
    Oct 03 07:19 AM
    Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    Wow, you are good at drawing lines! Reply
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    The hand
    Oct 03 04:14 AM
    My Website
    Why the Bailout Cannot Solve a Thing: Nobody Is Blaming the Right Culprit [view article]
    watched your interview on channel news asia (singapore). i had one question: why cannot the majority of the most explosive derivative contracts be legislated as null-and-void (all payments to be returned)? Reply
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