iShares Russell Microcap Index (IWC)

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    Alan von
    Altendorf
    Aug 07 12:53 AM
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    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    Hmm... well, one of us is correct. Double long gold, 80% cash. Reply
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    gabe
    borenstein
    Aug 07 12:09 AM
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    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    I am confident that cyclically I have seen the most dynamic cooperation amongst the FED ,the Congress and the Administration -and the timing was perfect.
    This cooperation had deflected an economic Armageddon which could have been inflicted on the U.S by the various mega speculative sources.
    I have issued a warning about the current debacle as early as June of 2005 (bloomberg -Mark Gilbert interview).Certainly I have discussed pending subprime debacle on September 18 ,2007 (Bloomberg TV -Brian Sullivan)-I do not recall much analytical support from the others.
    Cyclically I have never witnessed such a massive speculation in the process of derailing the greatest bastion of stability -the U.S.A.
    Our implosion would have derailed global economies as well.
    Then again ,I have never seen so much wisdom and cooperation between political and the monetary institutions responding in cooperative and dynamic
    actions ,catching speculators by surprise and injecting unprecedented basis for stability and mega economic/ market rebound.
    It is the ECB's arrogance/ignorance,th... will lead to European economic demise in the period ahead fuelling our market/economic rebound via unprecedented demand for the U.S asset.
    I am quite sure that I am right about this.
    I recognize that volatility will continue.
    We can express our gratitude to Mr.Greenspan for the unprecedented turmoil.     Reply
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    iThinkBig
    Aug 07 12:06 AM
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    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    It's not Otbricki, it's actual very similar to the events leading up to the Great Depression. Socialism with an attempted fix at Socialism. Thank Emporer Hirohito for ending it. Shall we repeat in the age of nuclear weapons? Reply
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    otbricki
    Aug 06 11:32 PM
    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    The US has had huge national debt and massive involvement in foreign wars in the past. It has also had banking crises. How is now any different?

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    iThinkBig
    Aug 06 11:14 PM
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    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    Gabe, I admire a lot of your work but please forgive me for taking up account of your recent statements. I don't believe you are considering 25+ years of a total collapse of an economic theory at play.

    I hate doom and gloom, because things always get better someday so better to get busy working on it today to shorten the pain.

    But are you really that confident in Fed, Administration and Congress? Fed bailed out liars and thieves at iBanks while an entire population twists in the wind. Bear bailout necessary in my opinion but extending the window into 2009? Treasury & Fed granted superman powers with taxpayer assuming direct and indirect losses? 9% approval rating for Congress? You do know it is polled at 13% for Democrats themselves? Dillusions of global grandier from Bush I, Clinton and Bush 2, ummm Doha? 9 T national debt, Boomers retiring but no funds or adequate plan to cover Medicaid? 45% of all Americans on some form of government subsidy? GDP and Labor distortions, manipulations, fabrications and ommissions?

    This is evidence the whole house of cards will now come down at a point and we're just delaying it. Can we get on with it? Nope, must remove scoundrels from Washington first and that is not going to be an overnight mission. I must assume your mention 'help' of the political powers that be is sarcasm.     Reply
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    otbricki
    Aug 06 11:13 PM
    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    Do you know how to tell it isn't different? The fact that people can write articles like this. If it really were different it would be obvious.

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  • commenter
    gabe
    borenstein
    Aug 06 10:12 PM
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    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    Here we go again.WE are at the midpoint of what recession?All we have is past deceleration in the process of stabilizing due to the help from the FED,the Administration and the Congress.Yes ,cyclically this economy is different because recession was deflected by several key institutions mentioned above.
    The market is volatile but in the middle of consolidating.The key difference is that this time around because of the major mistakes by the ECB,Europe is heading for historically relevant contraction.This will cause a massive capital inflows into dollar assets including the equities.We are heading for a major rebound -period and no there is no recession. I am sure CNBC will pick up this theme as well.     Reply
  • commenter
    bearfund
    Aug 06 09:53 PM
    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    This time it's not different. debtacid has it dead to rights. This is same as every other rotten empire that debased its money, transferred unlimited power to its executive, engaged in frivolous and unnecessary wars, and allowed corruption and incompetence to pervade every sector and level of society while too preoccupied with spending ever more on bread and circuses. Like every other such rotten empire, this one is collapsing. Nothing different. Same old story. Reply
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    debtacid
    Aug 06 08:13 PM
    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    This time its different?
    Yes, this time, the fiat dollar won’t collapse like every other fiat currency before it.
    This time, government meddling will actually help.
    This time the Fed will inflate us back to a stable financial system. This time Wall street will flush out the corruption.
    And If you believe any of that, I have a million dollar house to sell you in California because “After all, this time it's not any different.”
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    Muddling
    Investor
    Aug 06 07:50 PM
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    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    It's always different. And always the same. Just a question of comparison base... Is it the same as 1970s now? Or 1930s?
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    Buprestid
    Aug 06 07:47 PM
    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    This is hardly a peer reviewed site. Anyway I asked for it by making the comment. I will spend sometime to make it an article so you can "review" it.

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    jse17
    Aug 06 07:27 PM
    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    "I suggest you take a class if you don't know if something can behave or described by a statistic."

    I have a suggestion; why not fill the pages of Alpha with knowledge by publishing a proprietary, peer reviewable document! Share your “expertise and resources” and empower we “muddled masses!”     Reply
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    Mosh
    Aug 06 07:24 PM
    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    YES! This is the bottom. Buy everything that was beaten so much in the last year or so. You'll make 50% guarantee within 2 years...

    The markets are not gloomy here. They're just being realistic about how bad things really are. Maybe all of the "optimists" who have been calling bottoms in the last 12 months will finally wake up.

    The biggest bubble in U.S. history just burst. History in the making...     Reply
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    Buprestid
    Aug 06 05:37 PM
    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    I am not talking about just a uniform distribution. Of course it can be any distribution.

    I am explaining an example of something that can be characterized as a distribution. Then you can use all the charts and statistical analysis to say what will happen in the long run.

    I suggest you take a class if you don't know if something can behave or described by a statistic.     Reply
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    you_can_call
    _me_Al
    Aug 06 05:29 PM
    Is it Different This Time? [view article]
    Have you ever taken a statistics class? If you had, then you would know:

    1) not all distributions are uniform, and

    2) what a statistic is.

    How does one prove that something "should behave as a statistic?" What does that even mean???

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