Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN)

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    billp37
    Aug 20 08:14 PM
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    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    "Wednesday August 20, 6:46 pm ET The banks are the three biggest players in the auction-rate securities market that have not already reached a settlement with Cuomo, who is seeking deals on behalf of regulators and state authorities. Five major Wall Street firms including Citigroup Inc. and Switzerland's UBS AG have agreed to $42 billion in settlements.

    For the next phase, Cuomo has directed staff to spend more time gathering facts and talking to the three banks about the sale of the risky securities, said a person inside the attorney general's office who asked not to be identified by name because he was not authorized to speak publicly."

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    [[t]he $330 billion auction-rate securities market ...]

    MSM [aka corp/media according to george Ure] may be playing games with this story.

    "The courts, in practice, can do anything they want for the reason their actions are invisible to the public. But citizens are generally powerless to do anything about it for the reason of the reason of unaccountability in this system.

    "Newspapers don't report the news, they shape the news." quipped Libertad co-founder John Gowan.

    Mark Twain expressed a similar sentiment when he wrote "Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will steal your HONOR. That awful power, the public opinion of a nation, is created in America by a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poorhouse."

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    Ishortyou
    Aug 20 08:03 PM
    Seth Klarman, Meryl Witmer and Marty Whitman - Q2 2008 Portfolio Moves [view article]
    Lets assume the worst and that is the Fannie and Freddie stock go bust to zero, the government take the GSE's, so what? are we going to h*** for that? are the mortgages in their books go bust? are we going to crush? the answer is no! all those mortgages in their books will automatically be backed up by the government and even be rated as triple A, that will upgrade the books of all of those holding them into CDOs, MBS, SIVs and cause massive write ups! so what is the nonsense in here? that would be the best case scenario for bond and mortgages insurers, I am sure there are many of them praying for the government to take over the books of Freddie and Fannie. Reply
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    Boulder
    Biker
    Aug 20 11:30 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Having been in Macau last month, I second the comment that the idea will disappear.

    The opposite has actually happened for tourist visits to Disney Hong Kong. Typically a migrant worker in one of the border towns would have to return home to apply for a Visa to go to Hong Kong. With revenue not meeting expectations, the Chinese government worked out a deal whereby tour groups could go directly to Disney, but no where else in Hong Kong. (The other tourist sites are complaining.) Thus, avoiding the migrant the issue of going home first, where they would most likely stay put.

    Money does talk!     Reply
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    User 218405
    Aug 20 10:57 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    LVS and WYNN and MGM will throw a few dollars to their Chinese contacts and I have a feeling that the idea to curtail visits to Macau from 6 visits a year to 2 visits a year will disapear. Money talks in China the same as Washington. Continue to buy low and sell high and the gaming stocks are way too low now, (a great buy to hold) I'll sign my name Daniel Kowkabany Reply
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    Rick Konrad
    Aug 20 08:36 AM
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    Looking Inside the New Ben Graham ETN Baskets [view article]
    I do appreciate the commentary from everyone.

    Mr. Carson, I especially appreciate your commentary regarding some dividend paying ETNs. The unique features of some of these ETNs are certainly worth exploring. Thanks again!     Reply
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    Heydar
    Aug 20 02:55 AM
    Seth Klarman, Meryl Witmer and Marty Whitman - Q2 2008 Portfolio Moves [view article]
    STUDY THEN YOU WILL LEARN


    On Aug 20 01:35 AM sr9web wrote:

    > Thanks for the info. Where do you get this data?     Reply
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    Heydar
    Aug 20 02:52 AM
    Seth Klarman, Meryl Witmer and Marty Whitman - Q2 2008 Portfolio Moves [view article]
    GOOD THINKING YOU ARE RIGHT I AGREE


    On Aug 19 07:59 AM Ishortyou wrote:

    > The best opportunities are in finantials right now even if Fannie
    > and Freddie are in trouble, going long with them won't go wrong.     Reply
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    sr9web
    Aug 20 01:35 AM
    Seth Klarman, Meryl Witmer and Marty Whitman - Q2 2008 Portfolio Moves [view article]
    Thanks for the info. Where do you get this data? Reply
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    sumosama
    Aug 19 02:55 PM
    Looking Inside the New Ben Graham ETN Baskets [view article]
    GREAT article! Thank you, very informative!
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    america_f_ye
    ah
    Aug 19 01:35 PM
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    Looking Inside the New Ben Graham ETN Baskets [view article]
    Just buy the S&P 500, this ETN will do no better than the overall index in my opinion Reply
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    Chickenguy
    Aug 19 12:41 PM
    Seth Klarman, Meryl Witmer and Marty Whitman - Q2 2008 Portfolio Moves [view article]
    IBA has only 50 M shares. It is a small gem of a poultry/egg/feed producer-distributer in Mexico. Dominated by a single family this is a modern company that is growing organically and by acquisition in an otherwise fragmented market. Reply
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    Tall
    Aug 19 11:22 AM
    Seth Klarman, Meryl Witmer and Marty Whitman - Q2 2008 Portfolio Moves [view article]
    Finantials? If you can't spell it.... Reply
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    Ishortyou
    Aug 19 07:59 AM
    Seth Klarman, Meryl Witmer and Marty Whitman - Q2 2008 Portfolio Moves [view article]
    The best opportunities are in finantials right now even if Fannie and Freddie are in trouble, going long with them won't go wrong. Reply
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    Chance
    Carson
    Aug 18 09:21 PM
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    Looking Inside the New Ben Graham ETN Baskets [view article]
    Rick...Excellent article about ETNs!

    Just to clarify, however, there actually ARE 4 ETN's which currently do(or are planning to) pay dividends. (You had mentioned that "ETNs don't pay dividends, interest or capital gains")

    The four ETNs which pay dividends are GCE (Goldman Sacks-Claymore CEF Index Linked ETN), BSR (BearLinx Alerian MPL Select ETN) ,PGD (Barclays Asian and Gulf Currency Revaluation ETN) and JEM (Barclays GEMS Index ETN).

    GCE invests in a basket of 75 discounted Closed-End Funds following a CEF Index selected by Claymore Securities (claymoresecurities.com). GCE's distribution rate is variable with the past three quarterly dividends being $1.66, $0.28 and $0.64.

    BSR is an energy infrastructure play which invests in fifty Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) which track the "Alerian MPL Select Index" (alerian.com). One unique feature of this ETN is its issuance of a 1099 at year end, rather than the K-1 Partnership tax reports normally associated with individual MLP holdings.

    Both PGD and JEM are currencies bundles pegged, to some extent, to the US Dollar, and were just recently brought to market by Barclays on June 18, 2008. PGD includes currencies of the Saudi Arabian riyal, Hong Kong dollar, United Arab Emirates dirham, Singaporean dollar and the Chinese yuan. The GEM bundle will include currency holdings from 15 Global Emerging Markets (hence the symbol, GEM) in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America an Asia. Both PGD and GEM will distribute interest earned on the locally earned currency deposits on a quarterly basis. The rates are yet to be determined. (ipathetn.com)     Reply
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    User 244491
    Aug 16 05:32 PM
    Friday Options Update: CIT, LEH, CMC, MAS, JCG, TXN, CY, MSFT [view article]
    One of articles I like on soon to become junkyard SA,correct statistics,good knowledge.Traders can decide what to to with such info.
    I would not bet on any call for SP500 members,at markets next year at below 50% from today's price it is hard to pick up a winner.     Reply

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