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    • Look Out FDIC [view article]
      The FDIC exists to prevent unnecessary bank failures caused by runs on banks, not to prevent necessary bank failures caused by the failure of their business models.

      We haven't seen runs on the bank and likely won't.

      We will see many more bank failures.       Aug 29 01:01 PM
    • Chrysler Considers Sale of Gas-Guzzling Dodge Viper [view article]
      Who would buy Viper now, when they can wait until Chrysler goes BK in a few months and buy it then for pennies on the dollar? Aug 29 12:55 PM
    • China and Starbucks' Late Stage Growth Obesity [view article]
      slow growth means revolution when millions of freshly educated unemployable young adults lose confidence that the government knows what it is doing. Aug 26 06:51 PM
    • Geologist: In Terms of Supply and Demand, the Oil Peak Is Past [view article]
      or a disruptive technology like nanosolar's makes energy virtually free (combined with nukes and coal for base load, obviously) and oil demand evaporates, making peak oil alarmists a thing of the past.


       Aug 22 01:47 PM
    • Opportunities in the Real Crisis: Water [view article]
      the point, so emphatically stated by user**** above, is that people consider access to water a right.

      so be careful of any company privatizing water supplies. Bolivia showed us what happens when you take something that people consider a right and try to turn it into a commodity.       Aug 08 06:41 PM
    • Are IPOs Heating Up? A123 Files. [view article]
      A123 batteries rock the party. the B&D tools built around them are as powerful as corded tools and fully recharge during a coffee break.

      and they supposedly last for thousands of cycles.       Aug 08 06:37 PM
    • Is the FHA Effectively Condoning Mortgage Fraud? [view article]
      it means that the buyers should be able to afford their loans. it also means that they have no skin in the game. so if the bet goes the wrong way, it is easy for them to ditch the property and let the FHA eat the losses.

      FHA does do real underwriting, right?       Jun 25 11:15 AM
    • An Energy Policy that Makes Cents (and Sense) [view article]
      incentives are ridiculous and open to perversion.

      just use the markets: cap and trade all CO2 production, including gas and diesel.

      the markets will find the most efficient answer.

      meanwhile, continue funding fundamental research no market would ever pay for.

       Apr 04 02:22 PM
    • Is Something Cooking in Microhoo's Kitchen? (Update) [view article]
      maybe it is an idiotic idea and MSFT is looking for a way to quietly back out.

      yahoo brings nothing but headaches and redundant divisions to MSFT.       Apr 04 02:01 PM
    • Memo to eBay: Just Sell Skype Already [view article]
      isn't the PC-to-Phone (and Phone-to-PC) communication a tech that skype offers and google talk doesn't? Apr 02 04:57 PM
    • Wal-Mart: What PR Won't Fix [view article]
      y'know what other companies were generous with benefits for labor?

      Ford and GM.

      maybe Walmart is smart to be evil.       Apr 02 04:18 PM
    • Bernanke Brushes Aside Inflation, Focuses on Growth [view article]
      how can there be a 90% chance of a .25 cut and a 20% chance of a .5 cut? Apr 02 01:21 PM
    • Why Yesterday's Optimism Wasn't Warranted [view article]
      otoh,

      people are tired of negative nominal returns from managed treasury accounts, don't trust or understand commodities, and won't put more money into real estate right now.

      if every other investment option is worse, the stock market is comparatively attractive.       Apr 02 01:17 PM
    • Why Yesterday's Optimism Wasn't Warranted [view article]
      don't trust market optimism.

      if loan performance is worsening worldwide, only about 25% of the estimated losses have been written down (292B out of 1.2T), and industry is slumping (auto sales down more than 15% yoy), how do markets go up?

      how does any of this represent a bottom?       Apr 02 01:14 PM
    • Big Ben, Please Tell Us You Have a Plan B [view article]
      given today's massive rally on uniformly bad news, Ben will be hard pressed to justify any cut at all. Apr 01 05:32 PM
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