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    notsosmart
    Aug 30 12:58 PM
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    Islamic Banking in America? [view article]
    circumventing interest is just more bs.the shennanigans involved to do this are just the same scam as all the others.these folks dont want to charge interest or collect it. no they willonly kill their own family member for some perceived slight that disses them.what a crazy world. Reply
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    squashnut
    Aug 30 01:11 AM
    Islamic Banking in America? [view article]
    The Islamic interest taboo encourages "clever" financial shenanigans designed to deceive everyone involved, including themselves. Things may be working in Malaysia, but most Arabian states are still basically just pumping oil and the distribution wealth is more inequitable than even the US. Reply
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    1000000money
    Aug 29 05:23 PM
    Islamic Banking in America? [view article]
    Author forgot to "highlight/emphas... the moral/ethical aspects. Traditional banking CEOs earn millions to squander investors money. Nothing happens to them for screwing up. Oh yeah, government will bail them out.... FRE/FNM CEOs combined got 32million for 500billion screw up... same with C/MER/BS... and story goes on... hey i am not saying mistakes do not happen, but somebody needs to pay for greed and irrational self promotion at the cost of investor.. do not let them fudge numbers for bonuses... if you get bonus for good fudged profits,, why not loose when you screw ups... do these CEOs return their bonus after fraud is detected.. oh no govt will bail them out..... i hope this new banking systems, whatever they are based on do not lose their ethics..... I am willing to give them a chance over our govt promise and jackass CEOs. Reply
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    Big Al45
    Aug 29 01:53 PM
    Islamic Banking in America? [view article]
    If the "borrower" fails to repay the loan, will he be treated as a thief and have his hand chopped off? Reply
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    crankyinvest
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    Aug 29 09:34 AM
    Islamic Banking in America? [view article]
    1. calling these institutions banks is a misnomer
    2. the "trust" they're built on doesn't work as well in Western countries where honor killings are frowned upon.
    3. the "trust" they're built on presupposes that a "borrower" will act honorably when faced with the choice of paying for his wife's medicine or repaying these loans.     Reply
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    Menachem
    Ben Yakov
    Aug 26 08:35 PM
    Dividends Show Differences Between Financials [view article]
    Both HSBC and Lloyds TSB have committed to a progressive dividend policy and have adequate capital to maintain that policy. I applaud the write as the fundamental truth regarding any stock, that its worth increases regardless of market conditions if its dividend increases, is often ignored.
    Great article and should be read by every investor.     Reply
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    jimsep
    Aug 26 01:39 PM
    Dividends Show Differences Between Financials [view article]
    If more banks paid out more dividends to their shareholders (why not, that's primarily what they are there for) they would be paying more attention to what they were doing with their money and less likely to do the stupid things they have been doing. Reply
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    fxtrader07
    Aug 26 07:34 AM
    Dividends Show Differences Between Financials [view article]
    dividends have been raised at ACAS, which I consider to be superior to any of the stocks mentioned in the article.
    and looking at stocks like LEH and AIG it is pretty obvious that dividends were raised contrary to the companies' fundamental shape just to keep/attract investors.
    Go figure.     Reply
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    Richard
    Wendling
    Aug 26 05:16 AM
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    Dividends Show Differences Between Financials [view article]
    Dividends are also the first thing to be cut as these supposed pillars of strength falter. These issues will all be dropped as the market continues to deteriorate to the 9,200 levels. For more information click on my site link.

    Richard     Reply
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    Ames
    Tiedeman
    Aug 21 08:12 AM
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    Finding Relative Value in Financial Services [view article]
    All of your relative value plays go lower. The financials are melting down again.
    Stay away from all of these names.     Reply
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    John Egan
    Aug 20 02:48 PM
    Finding Relative Value in Financial Services [view article]
    Certainly hope you're wearing shoes while you're out there wading around in the murky swamp of financials. Wouldn't want to see you step on anything nasty and squishy. Having said that, I'd be looking elsewhere...

    ITU (Brazil) Seems to be coming off a low and looks like it might have 25% upside within a 3 month period. It is also on an uptrend. Watch it though. Brazil has a lot of commodity exposure...But it also has a booming internal economy - unlike (err...hack..cough..) the US.

    IBN (India). I'd let it come back up through $28, for what might be a potential double. (Don't buy it now... It's dropping again.) Although India has a lot of problems with infrastructure and barricading itself against outside forces, it could be a nice growth story.

    I'd also look at a nice stop just below the recent lows on either..

    jegan ;-)     Reply
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    tuskagee
    Aug 17 09:49 AM
    An Evaluation of the SEC’s Prohibition on Naked Short Selling [view article]
    To put it shortly, it takes a long time to grow a tree and only a few minutes to chop it down.... Reply
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    tuskagee
    Aug 17 09:45 AM
    An Evaluation of the SEC’s Prohibition on Naked Short Selling [view article]
    The 'Short and Distort' artists we see destroying the market and companies today are basically supported by organized crime. Buying a quantity of puts beyond which are needed to protect long positions actually held should be prohibited. Naked shorting should have NEVER been allowed, even for market makers and their ilk. Offshore hedge funds seem to think they can operate with impunity from the balmy blue of the Carribean. Local sleezemeisters think they can do so due to SEC oblivion. In the process of shorting, naked or otherwise, the legitimate dreams of many law abiding investors have gone down the toilet. There was a time when investors had faith in companies and trusted that companies would do well over time, despite market perturbations. This healthy confidence has been usurped by liars, cheats, and thieving rumor-mongers who shout 'Fire' in a crowded theatre. The SEC simply must stop this and also reinstitute the uptick rule so normal investors have at least some scintilla of a chance. Reply
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    trendsrus
    Aug 15 07:29 PM
    An Evaluation of the SEC’s Prohibition on Naked Short Selling [view article]
    Maybe actually reading the information contained in the study by Arturo Bris would help? The study claims that the stocks in question did worse than others and they did. The caveat that all seem to overlook is that the period the study covers is the first half of the year. Well of course the stocks in question performed worse in the period PRIOR to the emergency order --that is why they were put on protection from the naked short onslaught... Reply
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    jjason
    Aug 15 02:49 PM
    An Evaluation of the SEC’s Prohibition on Naked Short Selling [view article]
    The inept management of the SEC in not doing anything about naked short selling is part of the problem. You probably know about the threshhold list and the fail to deliver statistics.

    I would like to see naked short sellers prosecuted for this unlawful practice.     Reply
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