nukldrager's Comments nukldrager's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/126491/comments The Global Oil Scam: 50 Times Bigger than Madoff http://seekingalpha.com/article/172797-the-global-oil-scam-50-times-bigger-than-madoff?source=feed#comment-757019 757019 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:06:06 -0500 Airlines: Some Costs They Can't - And Shouldn't - Cut http://seekingalpha.com/article/170295-airlines-some-costs-they-can-t-and-shouldn-t-cut?source=feed#comment-739353 739353 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:04:01 -0500 George Soros: The Guru Outlook http://seekingalpha.com/article/169488-george-soros-the-guru-outlook?source=feed#comment-736715 736715

On Oct 29 11:03 AM snappers wrote:

> Last forever!! Hell, thy given better than 1/3 to Acorn and the
> like. Show me one private sector job created out of this mess. Our
> unemployment numbers are straight out of the private sector. How
> many govt workers have been laid off to date?]]>
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:14:05 -0400

On Oct 29 11:03 AM snappers wrote:

> Last forever!! Hell, thy given better than 1/3 to Acorn and the
> like. Show me one private sector job created out of this mess. Our
> unemployment numbers are straight out of the private sector. How
> many govt workers have been laid off to date?]]>
Why Is the Market Going Up When Jobs Are Going Down? http://seekingalpha.com/article/168938-why-is-the-market-going-up-when-jobs-are-going-down?source=feed#comment-731968 731968

On Oct 27 12:05 AM GreenMom wrote:

....

> compared to the rest of the world. We are so far behind in all three,
> but I have no idea what it's going to take to get our legislators
> to recognize the problem.]]>
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:36:43 -0400

On Oct 27 12:05 AM GreenMom wrote:

....

> compared to the rest of the world. We are so far behind in all three,
> but I have no idea what it's going to take to get our legislators
> to recognize the problem.]]>
Where's the Outrage at the Banks? http://seekingalpha.com/article/168614-where-s-the-outrage-at-the-banks?source=feed#comment-729011 729011 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:19:06 -0400 Banking Sector: Worst Is Yet to Come http://seekingalpha.com/article/164510-banking-sector-worst-is-yet-to-come?source=feed#comment-701257 701257 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:55:20 -0400 'Clunkers' Spending Siphons Savings http://seekingalpha.com/article/164327-clunkers-spending-siphons-savings?source=feed#comment-701004 701004 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:30:42 -0400 Thursday Outlook: Commodities, Global Markets http://seekingalpha.com/article/163107-thursday-outlook-commodities-global-markets?source=feed#comment-688767 688767 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:45:41 -0400 Financial Crisis: Remembering What Got Us There Is Critical http://seekingalpha.com/article/162905-financial-crisis-remembering-what-got-us-there-is-critical?source=feed#comment-688391 688391 Greenspan wrote in his book "Age of Turbulence" (we may just be in the eye of the hurricane at present) about the elegance of derivative swaps in risk management, but also the danger that arose along with their creation because the technology used to create them, and the instruments themselves were not fully understood by the creators (where are those guy's? will any of them be in Pittsburgh next week?). Maybe elegance and danger have morphed into "miss-pricing of risk" in Mr G's furthering of the discussion. Any thoughts...


On Sep 23 02:17 PM Mad Hedge Fund Trader wrote:
.... how smart Bernanke really
> is.]]>
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:18:52 -0400 Greenspan wrote in his book "Age of Turbulence" (we may just be in the eye of the hurricane at present) about the elegance of derivative swaps in risk management, but also the danger that arose along with their creation because the technology used to create them, and the instruments themselves were not fully understood by the creators (where are those guy's? will any of them be in Pittsburgh next week?). Maybe elegance and danger have morphed into "miss-pricing of risk" in Mr G's furthering of the discussion. Any thoughts...


On Sep 23 02:17 PM Mad Hedge Fund Trader wrote:
.... how smart Bernanke really
> is.]]>
Baltic Dry Index Tells the Real Economic Story http://seekingalpha.com/article/163034-baltic-dry-index-tells-the-real-economic-story?source=feed#comment-688150 688150 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:02:56 -0400 Do We Really Need a Global Central Bank? http://seekingalpha.com/article/162521-do-we-really-need-a-global-central-bank?source=feed#comment-686001 686001 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:07:14 -0400 Is Obama Mimicking 'W.' on Trade? http://seekingalpha.com/article/162279-is-obama-mimicking-w-on-trade?source=feed#comment-683871 683871 My guess is that the top players play the entire globe, circling around like clouds. Must be interesting.


On Sep 18 04:29 PM sod wrote:

... rebuild our manufacturing infrastructure, but it must be
> done. We need to tighten our belts, bite the bullet and get on with
> it.]]>
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:44:37 -0400 My guess is that the top players play the entire globe, circling around like clouds. Must be interesting.


On Sep 18 04:29 PM sod wrote:

... rebuild our manufacturing infrastructure, but it must be
> done. We need to tighten our belts, bite the bullet and get on with
> it.]]>
Is a Crash Impending? http://seekingalpha.com/article/159200-is-a-crash-impending?source=feed#comment-657334 657334

On Sep 01 10:02 AM perceptions_now wrote:

> Is a Crash Impending?
>
> Short answer is YES!
>
> 50% DOWn, 50% up, now 50% DOWn!!!]]>
Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:48:57 -0400

On Sep 01 10:02 AM perceptions_now wrote:

> Is a Crash Impending?
>
> Short answer is YES!
>
> 50% DOWn, 50% up, now 50% DOWn!!!]]>
2009 Is Looking an Awful Lot Like 2008 http://seekingalpha.com/article/155677-2009-is-looking-an-awful-lot-like-2008?source=feed#comment-629172 629172 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:11:18 -0400 V-Shaped Revenue Recovery + L-Shaped CapEx Growth = Unstable Economy http://seekingalpha.com/article/155701-v-shaped-revenue-recovery-l-shaped-capex-growth-unstable-economy?source=feed#comment-629169 629169

On Aug 12 04:36 PM carey_jim wrote:

> I can't think of anything funny to say.
>
> Maybe businesses will start to minimize the role of the consumer
> and sell mostly to each other. Advertising costs would be reduced
> to almost nothing which would save a huge amount of money.
>
> Most people need a lot less of all that junk than they think they
> do. At the very least, the consumer could become a minor player.
>
>
> Business could go along for a very long time just selling to each
> other and the markets would then rise in perpetuity.]]>
Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:05:13 -0400

On Aug 12 04:36 PM carey_jim wrote:

> I can't think of anything funny to say.
>
> Maybe businesses will start to minimize the role of the consumer
> and sell mostly to each other. Advertising costs would be reduced
> to almost nothing which would save a huge amount of money.
>
> Most people need a lot less of all that junk than they think they
> do. At the very least, the consumer could become a minor player.
>
>
> Business could go along for a very long time just selling to each
> other and the markets would then rise in perpetuity.]]>
2009 Is Looking an Awful Lot Like 2008 http://seekingalpha.com/article/155677-2009-is-looking-an-awful-lot-like-2008?source=feed#comment-629147 629147 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:26:56 -0400 'Longer Term, Everyone Thinks Apple Is Going Higher' http://seekingalpha.com/article/150839-longer-term-everyone-thinks-apple-is-going-higher?source=feed#comment-600805 600805
...
> PS: Now that the iPhone is Exchange compatible, it's ready for the
> boardroom. Windows 7 will be a difficult upgrade so some businesses
> will switch to OS X, for simplicity and security.]]>
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:08:26 -0400
...
> PS: Now that the iPhone is Exchange compatible, it's ready for the
> boardroom. Windows 7 will be a difficult upgrade so some businesses
> will switch to OS X, for simplicity and security.]]>
WSJ on Increasingly Popular Economics Blogs http://seekingalpha.com/article/149609-wsj-on-increasingly-popular-economics-blogs?source=feed#comment-596195 596195

On Jul 20 01:55 PM Snitzer wrote:

> As a fresh faced investor I find that actually getting skin in the
> game tends to focus one fairly obsessively on things economic.]]>
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:08:32 -0400

On Jul 20 01:55 PM Snitzer wrote:

> As a fresh faced investor I find that actually getting skin in the
> game tends to focus one fairly obsessively on things economic.]]>
Big Gains for Intel http://seekingalpha.com/article/149227-big-gains-for-intel?source=feed#comment-592695 592695 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:21:30 -0400 JP Morgan: High Frequency Trading a Form of Parasitic Market Making http://seekingalpha.com/article/148261-jp-morgan-high-frequency-trading-a-form-of-parasitic-market-making?source=feed#comment-584437 584437 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:05:05 -0400 Why Economic Dogma Threatens Our Future Prosperity http://seekingalpha.com/article/148095-why-economic-dogma-threatens-our-future-prosperity?source=feed#comment-583386 583386 Not sure what a world full of hyper rational decision makers would look like though. Seems like more cognitive dissonance there.
But... fast money, fast food... what can we expect? It's still a Barnum and Bailey world. ]]>
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:37:20 -0400 Not sure what a world full of hyper rational decision makers would look like though. Seems like more cognitive dissonance there.
But... fast money, fast food... what can we expect? It's still a Barnum and Bailey world. ]]>
Direxion's Leveraged ETFs Triple the Risk http://seekingalpha.com/article/148070-direxion-s-leveraged-etfs-triple-the-risk?source=feed#comment-583311 583311 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:05:44 -0400 Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News http://seekingalpha.com/article/147600-wall-street-breakfast-must-know-news?source=feed#comment-580110 580110 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:42:45 -0400 Judgment Against Scrushy: A Hint of Wall Street's Future? http://seekingalpha.com/article/144303-judgment-against-scrushy-a-hint-of-wall-street-s-future?source=feed#comment-555154 555154 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:54:26 -0400 Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News http://seekingalpha.com/article/142888-wall-street-breakfast-must-know-news?source=feed#comment-544990 544990

On Jun 12 10:14 AM James Quinn wrote:

> theburningplatform.com...]]>
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:15:11 -0400

On Jun 12 10:14 AM James Quinn wrote:

> theburningplatform.com...]]>
Read This Before Buying E*Trade http://seekingalpha.com/article/65006-read-this-before-buying-e-trade?source=feed#comment-524952 524952 Sun, 31 May 2009 09:04:23 -0400 FDIC Reserve Ratio Plummets http://seekingalpha.com/article/140364-fdic-reserve-ratio-plummets?source=feed#comment-524908 524908 Sun, 31 May 2009 08:09:48 -0400 FDIC Reserve Ratio Plummets http://seekingalpha.com/article/140364-fdic-reserve-ratio-plummets?source=feed#comment-524904 524904 Sun, 31 May 2009 08:07:37 -0400 FDIC Reserve Ratio Plummets http://seekingalpha.com/article/140364-fdic-reserve-ratio-plummets?source=feed#comment-524902 524902

On May 30 02:20 PM Your-Financialplan wrote:

> bankers selling our childrens futures..for more bailouts? the disgrace.
> it's horrible. too big to fail needs to fail. we neeed LESS bailouts.
> If you fail U fail.
>
> I came across this interesting site. check it out. tons of economics
> & finance articles is.gd/HGYt]]>
Sun, 31 May 2009 08:05:33 -0400

On May 30 02:20 PM Your-Financialplan wrote:

> bankers selling our childrens futures..for more bailouts? the disgrace.
> it's horrible. too big to fail needs to fail. we neeed LESS bailouts.
> If you fail U fail.
>
> I came across this interesting site. check it out. tons of economics
> & finance articles is.gd/HGYt]]>
Book Review: Financial Shock, by Mark Zandi http://seekingalpha.com/article/139302-book-review-financial-shock-by-mark-zandi?source=feed#comment-523940 523940 Sat, 30 May 2009 07:06:44 -0400