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    • Thu Mar 27th 20:06 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      What is a No-Brainer Investment?
      No brainer investment. That's when the majority of people who have no brains invest. There are lots of fools to be fooled.
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    • Thu Mar 27th 20:00 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      How Bad Will the Recession Get?
      Wow. Great job. Not one single chart. Just simple addition in your calculation of GDP. Very thoughtful. One question. When the Government spends money how much trickles back into the economy as productive use of money? What is your guess as the ROR?
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    • Thu Mar 27th 19:44 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Trying to Comprehend Those Litigious Funds in Michigan
      It's the attorney's who see an opportunity to have continued employment regardless of who wins or losses.
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    • Thu Mar 27th 19:35 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Treasury Sec. Paulson Rejects Systemic Approach to Foreclosures
      Did Paulson have a good reputation on Wall St? As far as I observe on TV and C-Span his qualification for Secretary of Treasury was Political as in contributions to Bush & Republicans which now are returned as favors to his friends fraternity brothers at GS and on Wall St.
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    • Thu Mar 27th 19:25 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Ben Stein and Bear Stearns: Getting It Wrong
      Stein is losing his ass and wining about it. Ignore him.
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    • Thu Mar 27th 19:16 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      New Home Sales: Lowest Reading Since 1995
      Barry: I agree with the direction of home prices as moving down and a problem for the economy. But look at the charts in the link
      www.realestateabc.com/...
      They tell the same story across most pricing brackets. So when a headline shows median or average price what does that mean other that the dream has turned into a nightmare? It's no wonder there is so much spin on the numbers.
      By the way I think you did well on the Kudlow Klown show. There wasn't much shouting or background noise blurting out your contribution.
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    • Thu Mar 27th 08:22 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Reconsidering the Deflation Risk
      Using purchasing power of a dollar consider this.
      Home prices and paper/financial assets like Bank stock trend is deflation.
      Consumer prices: gasoline, milk, grain based products health care, insurance real estate taxes trend is inflation acting as a tax on disposable income. Even if gas drops to $2.75/gal and oil goes to $80 per barrel the consumer will see less inflation but the Fed/Headlines will declare breaking the back of commodities. Is it so? Compared to what?
      If you travel to Europe how much will the dollar buy?
      This issue is one of semantics for the economists but a real problem for the consumer. But I would agree with the debt load the Economy is headed for Deflation where price increases to the consumer (inflation) acts as a tax on consumer spending.
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    • Wed Mar 26th 09:42 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      How Counter-Productive Is Realtor Association Spin?
      Lots of spinning going on.
      Real Estate Spin
      Government Spin
      Accounting Spin
      Wall Street/Analysts Spin
      CEO's Spin
      Budget Spin
      Lawyer Spin
      Mortgage Lender Spin
      Loan Applicant Spin
      Appraisal Spin
      AAA Rating Spin

      it's a long list
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    • Wed Mar 26th 08:53 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      How Will the Housing Crisis End?
      This will be a slow and painful process. The recovery may take years to evolve. The can will be kicked to the new President who will have a set of unattractive choices to make. The fundamentals do not suggest a quick bounce out of this mess. I would expect volatility as reality struggles with the hope of a big bounce.
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    • Tue Mar 25th 09:54 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      NAR Existing Home Sales Report: Bait and Switch Headline
      "Mortgage rates are down, the selection is great, it's a great time to buy real estate before the prices go up" Real estate sales manager practicing a speech in front to of a mirror.
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    • Mon Mar 24th 11:51 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Investing in a Post-Fact Society (a/k/a Were the Good Times a Mirage?)
      "The mind believes what the eye sees" and we live in a sound bite society. Attention spans last 5 minutes. Both the shorts and the longs are playing fools poker with headlines and sound bites. There are plenty of fools to be fooled. Fundamentals and price movements are disconnected. What happens when you argue with an idiot and an independent observer watches the "debate" ?
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    • Mon Mar 24th 11:32 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Let's Wait Before Annointing Bernanke "Slayer of the Evil Commodities Bubble"
      This is a bi-polar deer market and very nervous. Price and value are totally disconnected. Fundamentals are disconnected from price movement. "Journalism" is at a low. Slap a chart to a headline and declare total victory today. Slap a chart and declare defeat tomorrow.
      Short today, cover shorts tomorrow. Insanity, stupidity brilliance or is this normal. Place your bet and watch the wheel spin.
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    • Sun Mar 23rd 03:01 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Main Street Sacrificed to the Gods of Wall Street
      (Sunday) .25 + (Tuesday) .75 = .75
      Conclusion. The FED is getting tough on inflation because the Street expected 1.0
      Is this a loss of memory? Poor arithmetic skills? Were the quants off this week? Sunday's cut doesn't count because it wasn't a normal business day?
      I learned .25 + .75 = 1.0 Where did I go wrong?
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    • Sat Mar 22nd 14:53 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Wireless Auction: Google Playing Chess Ten Moves Ahead
      What Google means by OPEN and Verizon means by OPEN are vastly different things. Verizon will open to the eye of a needle only after sufficient foot dragging and demanding standards that it must approve.
      So we all agree with the 10 moves. Let's assume they made five moves so far from $750 to $435. What will the next five moves bring?
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    • Fri Mar 21st 14:39 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      U.S. Equities: Past Returns Not Necessarily Indicative of Future Performance
      Mark: See if you can be invited to Kudlow's Klown Show. I'll bet you wouldn't be able to speak three sentences before an argument interrupts and no one can hear what your saying.
      Nice work. If you recite Graham... then either now or in the past you had (have) common sense which has more value than Platinum/oz.
      Of course this is boring stuff and has little entertainment value.
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