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    RETIRED
    IBMER
    Oct 11 01:04 AM
    IBM: Lessons from the Great Depression [view article]
    Yepper a great story and I was apart of it;;;was born in Nov 1935 and hired by IBM in July 1956;;got into the employee stock plan and used it to have a great life. After 36.5 years I retired with an early payout and now I set pretty happy in my old age of 72! Judy and I had four sons and they are all ok and none went with IBM! We have 7 grandsons and 1 granddaughter! Yepper what a life;;Thank you IBM! Reply
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    investor88
    Oct 10 10:03 PM
    IBM: Lessons from the Great Depression [view article]
    Inspiring story but of course we have apply it judiciously [survival first?] in making our next moves in these difficult times. Reply
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    a believer
    Oct 10 10:01 PM
    IBM: Lessons from the Great Depression [view article]
    Whidbey, I have to second that.

    In our local paper, the October 10 front page news, ‘Nothing stops stock plunge,’ about the 679 point plunge in the stock market on Oct. 9, was accompanied by ‘They all filled up for $20, and now they’re all wanted,’ and article about ‘possibly hundreds’ of criminals stealing from a local company by participating in a gas card scheme.

    Both articles are actually about the same thing: how far we have fallen, and how much farther down we have to go.     Reply
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    Whidbey
    Oct 10 08:24 PM
    IBM: Lessons from the Great Depression [view article]
    Nice story, but different times. Today we have few people with the guts of Watson. He was honest, informed and determined to serve his customers. Oh, yes he had a sense of history. They have few of those men today who instead tend to be financial engineers and glad handers. It will not be easy to come back this time since we will have a federal government that is convinced it knows more than management and should be in charge. Very different world. Reply
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    Rabbito
    Oct 10 07:57 PM
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    IBM: Lessons from the Great Depression [view article]
    Wow one company made it. How many did not? Reply
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    oldumbguy
    Oct 10 07:25 PM
    IBM: Lessons from the Great Depression [view article]
    Actually if is an even better story when you realize that many of those IBM employees of that time were getting IBM stock through an employee stock purchase program. This in fact ultimately lead to millionaire janitors. Reply
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    Mr. Math
    Oct 10 06:35 PM
    IBM: Lessons from the Great Depression [view article]
    Touching tale of American ingenuity & grit: depths of depression, big factory in New York gets Federal contract for the new-fangled Social Security system.

    I'm sure it's just a coincidence the president at the time was the former governor of New York.     Reply
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    User 277059
    Oct 10 06:05 PM
    IBM: Lessons from the Great Depression [view article]
    Sort of, his advice is to bet the farm in hopes that the government will institute more social programs and need your services to implement them. Reply
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    User 277051
    Oct 10 05:42 PM
    IBM: Lessons from the Great Depression [view article]
    So your advice is to bet the farm in hopes your gamble will pay off? Reply
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    Jake
    Huneycutt
    Oct 10 05:21 PM
    IBM: Lessons from the Great Depression [view article]
    Wow, great story!

    I'm actually amazed I've never heard anyone talk about that before.     Reply
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    Smarty_Pants
    Oct 10 03:23 PM
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    Credit Markets Get Even Scarier [view article]
    If IBM bond yields are such a screaming deal then buy some. Take advantage of that big spread. Lock in an oversized yield before it vanishes. What's stopping you? Credit concerns? This is Big Blue we're talking about. Rock solid. No brainer.

    Oh, and as Goldcorp used to say on their annual reports:

    Gold IS Money.
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    venividivici
    Oct 10 01:38 PM
    Credit Markets Get Even Scarier [view article]
    If you want to get a real feel for where all of this is heading, just spend a few minutes watching the Federal Government's debt clock tick up. It takes just 6 seconds to add another million dollars to the total. And that is just going to get quicker and quicker. I don't want to sound alarmist, but America is heading for bankruptcy at breakneck speed. Reply
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    Brewer
    Oct 10 12:29 PM
    The Year of the Bear [view article]
    I think there is a good chance that Apple will move some manufacturing back to the USA. It's a wild rumor, but it makes sense on several levels and also fits the characters involved and would be a timely move as well given concerns over labor, transportation, environment, energy etc... Reply
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    woodsey
    Oct 10 12:13 PM
    Stop the Week, We Want to Get Off [view article]
    GM retiree here. Also UAW member. Peppio, your education has been sadly neglected. The union ( workers & retirees has loaned GM more than 1 B. Reply
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    phdinsuntann
    ing
    Oct 10 11:38 AM
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    Stop the Week, We Want to Get Off [view article]
    276885, I was a member, Montecarlo can be less risky,
    but analysis on comex and the big picture are
    great, he reads Elaine religiously, and at the end
    of the day is a very positive contribution to all of us.     Reply
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