San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (SJT)

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    User 158320
    Apr 14 09:29 PM
    Greenspan, Bailouts and Fed Policy [view article]
    Baloney,

    Greenspan warned of the perils so often he was like a broken record, a softspoken monotone broken record that nobody listened to, its not his fault 99.4% of the population didn't listen to his state of the economy speeches and fell asleep before he made his points or heed his warnings, he warned over and over and over for years, its not his fault the people and Congress followed Paris Hilton more closely than Alan Greenspan's numerous DIRE WARNINGS.

    You can buy his speeches, take a red bull, tough it out listen & analyze the speech maybe even more than once-he definitely warned and advised of GSE reform over and over and over.

    For the folks looking for a more "proactive" fed chief maybe they should have appointed MrT as fed chair, Greenspan aint gonna scream or bitch slap anybody, other than that I'd say he gave FAIR WARNING of the housing problem YEARS IN ADVANCE.     Reply
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    Cousin A.
    Apr 14 07:56 PM
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    Greenspan, Bailouts and Fed Policy [view article]
    Thanks for another interestng article Fitzman. And User 130138 is, sad to say, truely right on target. Reply
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    ROOSTERMAN
    Apr 14 01:34 PM
    Greenspan, Bailouts and Fed Policy [view article]
    IF THOSE HEAVY HITTERS THAT HAVE TAKEN THEIR BATH ARE NOT/WILL NOT/CAN NOT IMPOSE A DISCIPLINE ON THE RATING AGENCIES, SO BE IT. I CANNOT BELIEVE THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE "HEAVY HITTER" THAT DID NOT CHALLENGE AN AAA RATING. Reply
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    iThinkBig
    Apr 14 12:49 PM
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    Greenspan, Bailouts and Fed Policy [view article]
    To The Ftizman and others:

    1) Socialism will be the instruement of the politician to stave off depression, it will fail as it has always failed in the last 6,000 years of modern history since it has been tried. American's don't know all the reasons why their quality of life is quicjly eroding before there eyes. So the collective cries bailouts and they are getting them. The word is Socialism and it simply means the responsible are forced to repair the damage of the irresponsible. Expect 2-3 years of Socialism until America gets the tax bill, then expect a further economic contraction and collapse of our fiat currency system. Banks cannot regain there momentum when customers can't or won't borrow money. Congress, Bernanke and this Administration just don't get it. I don't need to provide a thesis to convince you that Socialism is happening, the bailouts and Fed power grabbing to cover up bad government and fiscal policy sums up what is occuring. Actions speak louder then words.

    2) I don't believe NOT creating an effective energy policy is a plan to control the masses. The real problem is politicians can invest in energy and have direct inside information you and I can only dream about. This is the true reason our nation didn't stay the course on energy independence after the last energy crisis of 1980. Back then, the crisis was caused be geopolitics. Right now, peak oil is a consideration but the higher energy and food prices has far more to do with horrible fiscal policy. Partying our way out of debt has never worked either in modern human history. Only sacrifice and ingenuity saves a culture from retreat and misery. Every empire needs the raw materials to maintain a quality of life. The Romans had slaves, this kept the top echelon in power while the border frontiers and empire began to contract. Energy is our slave labor and our economic power has begun to contract.

    A lot will change and for the better after the Socialism stage made in point number one. Americans will go from wondering why such pain occured to knowing exactly whom is to blame and how to repeat these mistakes. 2012 our country will be considered second class with serfs serving the top 1%. We will elect responsible leaders and will begin holding them accountable to performance standards. This will also go for businesses which will go back to focusing on fundamentals. America is now learning and will keep learning from pain. Such is the nature of us humans, despite our arrogant claims to complex fiscal mastery/models run by supercomputers.     Reply
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    nukldrager
    Apr 14 12:46 PM
    Greenspan, Bailouts and Fed Policy [view article]
    Since you are getting at root causes etc., isn't it a at the root of the central banks mo to eliminate competition? Reply
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    The Fitzman
    Apr 14 11:09 AM
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    Greenspan, Bailouts and Fed Policy [view article]
    thanks for your comments. yes, I have been reading about Alexander Hamilton in David McCullough's great book "John Adams". i started reading this book after watching the HBO Series on Adams. sure it's TV, but the book has really made me a John Adams fan, and and it makes me realize how far the US has fallen in terms of the REAL patriotism, vision, and the statesmanship of its "leaders". User 130138 is, unfortunately, dead-on correct. the vast majority of Americans have been taken in by the "distractions&quo... the power-elite provide for their ready consumption: emphasis on "Britney-esque&qu... type idols, sports, gay marriage, preaching on "moral values", sensationalism in journalism, reality TV - all the things that don't really matter for the welfare of our country. Even CNBC, a supposed "financial network" continues to fully back Bush fiscal, foreign, and domestic policies even after it is so abundantly clear that they have been a complete and unmitigated disaster from the point of view of the middle class (that said, the upper 0.001%, those with net worths of over $100 million, have been doing great) and the sovereignty and security of these United States. this is why i am so concerned about peak oil...i mean if the middle class is stuggling now with oil at $100/barrel (and the price of gasoline hasn't even caught up, yet...) what will happen when oil hits $200/barrel, or worse yet, when the government takes control of supply and begins to ration it as they see fit. that day is certainly coming if we don't develop a *real* energy policy NOW. but think about it, perhaps that is why Congress isn't developing an energy policy. what better way to control the masses than controlling their energy and ability to transport themselves?

    so, that's why i am on Seeking Alpha, which is one of the very few places people like us can get unedited viewpoints distributed in a fairly wide fashion (i first saw it on yahoo finance, which is very heavily used). am i a cynic, or is it correct to wonder how long it will take rupert murdock to take over Seeking Alpha and put an end to this discussion forum? i mean he's got the wall street journal ... how much longer do you think we'll get accurate and non-biased editorials out of the WSJ, the craddle of american financial journalism? not that the WSJ was non-biased and much of a proponent of the middle class to begin with....     Reply
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    Tracy
    Apr 14 10:34 AM
    Greenspan, Bailouts and Fed Policy [view article]
    The saddest part of it all is that most Americans have no idea of what is happening to them. Reply
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    crookedwood
    Apr 14 09:39 AM
    Greenspan, Bailouts and Fed Policy [view article]
    I agree fraud is the word for the actions of the rating agencies. Economic and political leadership failed. We need men of ethics and courage in leadership and Paulson, Snow, Greenspan as well as both political parties failed the people, Time for the people to wake up. Reply
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    wawhittaker
    Apr 14 09:22 AM
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    Greenspan, Bailouts and Fed Policy [view article]
    Distorting the truth and twisting reality in order to be the High Priest of Mammon is nothing new. Anybody ever hear of Alexander Hamilton? Reply
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    kowalski
    Apr 14 08:31 AM
    Greenspan, Bailouts and Fed Policy [view article]
    Excellent article. Welcome to the real world. Reply
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    SeekingAlpha
    Editors
    Apr 06 05:18 AM
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    General Discussion on SJT
    Is this a buy or a sell? Reply
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    BIGBRAIN
    Mar 29 06:43 PM
    Jim Cramer's Mad Money In-Depth, 3/5/08: Killinger Makes a Killing [view article]
    The depletion allowance, which lowers your tax on the dividends from the Oil and Gas Royalty Trusts, is NOT recaptured when you sell the shares as it is for a depreciation allowance. These things pay great, largely PERMANENTLY tax sheltered, income BUT they are depleting assets to hold so the reserve life is VIP to consider. The reserve life is listed in the annual report in the footnotes, and may require you to calculate OR a quick call to the company usually gets the current estimates.
    \WWF     Reply
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    Phil Obal
    Mar 24 04:30 PM
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    Jim Cramer's Mad Money In-Depth, 3/5/08: Killinger Makes a Killing [view article]
    TELOZ is a nice US based Oil & Gas Trust --- on Wednesday it will announce it's quarterly dividend... watch this baby go... Growing dividend is very nice... US based.... 100% versus 85% for CanRoys Reply
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    r.d.glover
    Mar 24 06:19 AM
    Stocks That Pay Monthly Dividends [view article]
    I have owned IGR for two years. The return is much more than 6% as IGR pays a very large long term capital gain in December AND a many times larger dividend also in December. Do you know of others in your list that may have this "December" effect? I own several on your wonderful list and thank you sincerely. r.d.glover vanvangg@prodigy.net Reply
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    p2pvoice
    Mar 23 01:53 PM
    4 Reasons To Be Bullish on Chesapeake Energy [view article]
    Chad:

    It appears that your #3 reason "Extensive Hedging Program" doesn't seem to hold for CHK. When natural gas - along with all commodities - fell on Mar 19/20, CHK fell right with it - reaching a low of 42.15 on 3/20 (-5.76 from the close of 3/18) before recovering to close at 44.29; but still -3.62 from 3/18 close. I should also note that the broad rose significantly on 3/20!

    I would very much welcome your interpretation of this movement.

    Thanks.     Reply

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