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Obama and Reagan: Mirror Images, Mirror Ironies

One big difference is Obama didn't have tens of thousands of Latin American women, children and farmers killed thru his proxies and instructors from the School of the Americas. I know what some of you are thinking, "they're dark skinned and don't matter to conservative ideas of freedom" but they do. Why he wasn't tried at Nuremberg I don't know, probably too many statues of him erected by all the corporate gangsters he took care of.

The 'Uptick Rule' (A.K.A The Dangers of Dog Piles)

Thing is, if you've ever read forums filled with short contributions their mentality towards investing has little to do with merits or not of a business, they just want to trap suckers. That cynicism reveals the their sociopathic intents. These characters more often than not resort to racial slurs, vulgarity and fear -- alls fair in love and war is not what Investing is about. I often think, this must be an eighteen year old with some extra money or the behavior of one.

The 'Uptick Rule' (A.K.A The Dangers of Dog Piles)

Republicans hold the record for longest jail sentence given to a representitive. Reason: because they always operate to enrich
the wealthy. I know its such a cliche by now, thats why it still works.
The credit crisis is indeed being piled onto by the apparently deliberate
hands-off treatment by the SEC of returning the uptick rule they eliminated. There is a critical mass of proponents for keeping this elephant from leaving the room and I'll wager they're mostly republicans. Politics is never ...just politics. We wouldn't need big governent if people could be trusted not to stack the deck for their constituencies ...apparantly we need even bigger government ...its a shame.

Beware Ben Stein's Twisted Math

This is an obvious case of a relative unknown trying to distinguish himself by attacking Ben Stein and Gasparino. And such hubris, I had to do a retake of the date of the article, "now maybe its me but I've come to believe that the subprime issue has moved beyond has moved well beyond portfolios themselves, no?", he said with his wrist firmly at ninety degree angle. ( a rhetorical question doesn't use a question mark) And, he would have you think that we think its some lone Gordon Gecko trader -- its banks of traders in tacit collusion in major financial houses across the world, if you don't think that's possible then I suggest you turn the volume down on those bells going off in your head.

Hedge Fund Technology, Wealthcare and Innovation

"Embrace change or change may overtake you."
Its going to overtake someone every time, where else does the money come from. You always have to ask the question, for who is this going to work and not work.

Apple at $135: Low Hanging Fruit

Since Bush appointees at the SEC changed the uptick rule in the summer of 07 the market didn't take long to assimilate to the short side trending we're experiencing. Surly the credit crisis is THE overriding cause for the bearishness but it stands to reason that facilitating shorts can't be
buoying prices. Hedge funds and the major financial houses are just pulling the trucks up to the front doors of retail novice investors who choose not to go on margin. Don't take my word for it, no less a market analyst than JOhn Bollinger has agreed. Do a search and read the editorializings about it. Its out there, it hurts. It shouldn't even be called Investing anynmore.