nukldrager

Judgment Against Scrushy: A Hint of Wall Street's Future?

A good, plain speaking, American sounding article. Refreshing

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Interesting link


On Jun 12 10:14 AM James Quinn wrote:

> theburningplatform.com...

Read This Before Buying E*Trade

Thank you Sherlock

FDIC Reserve Ratio Plummets

edit; ... edit lol. That's almost as bad as "that depends on what your definition of is, is." I'm out!

FDIC Reserve Ratio Plummets

eidt;... a financial oligarchic virus

FDIC Reserve Ratio Plummets

thanks for the link.. re Moon Kil Wong and conspiracy's, it is very hard to disprove the theory of an financial oligarchic virus that has infected our governmental body and is wreaking havoc in the worlds economies. They are not feeling the pain, but are cowardly in their abuse of power, and their amoral application of financial strategy's, the results of which are felt world wide. Lots of good articles have been written about the "next leg down" when ARM's re-set and cause more homeowners and business to go under with the inevitable negative ripple affect spreading through the economy. With so much creativity being used by these greedy bastards, how else can one view the enforcement of some contracts, but not others, except as a step in the direction policy makers want to go. Why don't "they" re-set the re-sets, to achieve a result that allows for less destruction? And there are many other things that would go a long way towards strengthening the economy from the bottom up. To not do anything that results in a positive outcome for more of us makes it hard to defend the actions of our government, and their sponsors.


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

Curious since you didn't discuss any quotes or content really, is there anything in chapter one about our current financial oligarchy and the protracted dumming down of America's K thru 12 students?

Will Surging Oil Derail a US Recovery?

Are the current rising oil prices demand driven? Seems like speculation driven so far. What is the oligarchy thinking???

Sirius Aims to Go Viral with iPhone

SiriusXM should work to get their boxes in during manufacture and appear in cars in the place of terrestrial radios, so that it's just a given when you get a new car. Why don't they look to Delco as a partner. Maybe this is already the case in part. Don't have XM, but have some stock. From reading their line up, it seems like to have the best content around.

Green Shoots Turning Red Hot

Agreed... and would add that the juxtaposition of jobs and income, with the fact that the financial oligarchy now enjoy the services of the most powerful lawyers and accountant's in the world, US Treasury, Senate, House, and Executive, presents the biggest imbalance at this time. At some point, the consumer will have to be considered "to big to fail".


On May 28 08:04 AM Joanito wrote:

> You can talk all you want about red hot when mortgage rates go above
> 5.1%/30 yr fixed and buyers still can be found for the glut of homes
> dumping onto the market. Unless the risk aversion trade comes back
> to life, it appears that high mortgage rates are going to break the
> back of any immediate recovery in housing, which is the main metric
> for the green shoots argument. The liquidity in the banking system
> is mainly a buffer against future losses. The average consumer is
> still choking on debt and unable to roll it over unless the fed/treasury
> tag team can pull off more "miracles". It's always nice to hope
> though.

This is Not a Bull Market: Stocks Are Not Up, and They’re Headed Even Lower

I give you a thumbs up, and at the same time wonder about the more recent provision for the gladiatorial gesture here on SA.
Made famous by a 19th century French painter, it became the symbol for glory and wickedness that symbolized ancient Rome. Hmm...



On May 25 08:20 AM dividendmachine wrote:

> where the Dow has
> lost more than 20% my investment paid more to me in dividends than
> I paid for the stock
>
> And my Mo Pm and KFT shares have appreciated over 200% in that time
> span
>
> buy the right stocks at the right prices and you will build wealth
> like Buffett

Is the Free Market System Broken?

Excellent comment! If taken to it's conclusion the bloated bloodsucker eventually starves to death as it's food supply runs out in jungle-ethics financialism. And, we don't have capitalists,
we have financilaists. That's a good term, and a good distinction to make.


On May 11 06:03 AM Tom Armistead wrote:

> The author is talking about free market capitalism. What we have
> been doing in this country is jungle-ethics financialism.
> ...
> restore... some minimum level of ethics and fair play and by
> outlawing financial insturments and transactions that are not supportive
> of growth in the real economy.

Sirius XM's Subscriber Numbers Grow, Despite Economy

Kudos ... sally forth into the fray, fight well and live to fight another day!


On May 10 03:46 PM burnout wrote:

> People think for yourselves, read what the bashers have to say but
> also read the replies to their posts that show facts and figures
> you can confirm for yourselves to be true.
> I am long SIRI and think it will be over a dollar within the next
> year. I am not telling anyone to buy or sell. If the stock goes to
> zero I will lose money but won't go hungry. If the stock goes to
> $2.00 I will be able to retire in 2 years at 55 and should never
> have to worry about money as long as I live.

A Bull Market That Few Are Buying

At the risk of incurring a fine for quoting wikipedia a little too much, The Taylor rule, again;

..."In economics, dynamic inconsistency, or time inconsistency, describes a situation where a decision-maker's preferences change over time, such that what is preferred at one point in time is inconsistent with what is preferred at another point in time. It is often easiest to think about preferences over time in this context by thinking of decision-makers as being made up of many different "selves", with each self representing the decision-maker at a different point in time. So, for example, there is my today self, my tomorrow self, my next Tuesday self, my year from now self, etc. The inconsistency will occur when somehow the preferences of some of the selves are not aligned with each other."

We all make decisions, and are susceptible to Leonardo's lament, "... supreme misfortune is when theory outstrips practice". Like divorce for one. 20/20 hindsight for another, where we would have preferred to stay in longer, or gotten out sooner, (both the market or the marriage) but that may be stretching it. It's a non schizophrenic descriptor for the mutability of our minds. (This theory is applied to economic decision makers but here it is used loosely)
Our current self will have to answer to our future self. Here's hoping that the conversation takes place in the sun and the sand with a drink in our hand, and not some Kafka novel.

A Bull Market That Few Are Buying

What I mean is throw us some tickers... if you and Greenspan are correct, and turbulent globalization doesn't mean the world is coming to the end, show us the tofu!


On May 10 11:59 AM nukldrager wrote:

> So what's a bull to do o' friend of the trend?