mgrund

Bill Gross Calls for More Bailouts, Profits from Thornburg's Misfortune

So does anyone know which bond fund to buy to get a piece of this...?

At Google, Shareholders Have No Clout

Public companies are not able to act like private ones. The law says so. Now as far as meaningfull voting rights go-- this is under regulatory review. Meanwhile as long as the Google Boys hold as much of the stock as they do they have much more to loose than most.


So far they are doing fine,but if needed by god I will sell and so will everyone else.
Konwing the voiing power of your shares is part of due dilagence out that does not mean that you can not complain, or even lobby for regulations.

Think about WSJ UPS or even dare I say BRK they all distrust there comon share holders and not with out reason. I do not know if GOOG will not go the way of others like yahoo and aol but as I said so far they are not doing so bad.

That said I to not think that GOOG should get to side tracked by its pet projects but so far I think they are to small to impact earnings.
I am wondering if GOOG will, in the event that they stumble onto "cold fusion" will they also give it away or do they think the the shareholders deserve some return

Why Paulson Needn't Worry About Litigation Risk in His Mortgage Plan

Look the issue is not a tort. It is contract law. The government can void contract terms under law- However I can guatantee that there will be a masive legal challenge under any number of theories incuding illegal takings.
Given the potential threat to the body of contract law as settled law this must be challenged, and it will be, and not my parties to the the issue but by any firm that has ever sighned a contract.

In the end they may loose --but then think of this can the government udo the terms of any bond? Like say US debt? What about forgien holders of these bonds-- does anyone think that $$ will continue to pour in to fund the Trade deficit?

This is a very dangerous preciedent and the threat allone may do a great deal of damage.

Now what you can do is ask bond holders to surrender there bonds in exchange for a consideration an/or reissue under new terms. this may be sufficent if enough debt is canceled and those that wish to insist on the existing terms may do so an face the higher risk of default.