OscarBullFrog

Mark-to-Market Accounting and the Bankers of Greedsville

"Every bank wanted to dispose off these asses from their balance sheets ..."

you just gotta love vocabulary precision ....

Why I Think Paul Krugman Is Wrong

krugman is wrong for the same simple reason that neither he nor our 'elected thieves' would/could comprehend the OscarBullFrog Money Model (copyright 2009) nor can/could they work it right if it were in front of them. But censoring correctness is part of the plan so why should i worry.

Lehman Brothers on Sale?

gee, for $0.99 / share, or maybe even $1.01 i'd throw some money into Lehman ... kinda like a wishing well, eh? not more than a couple thou but hey, what's a party w/o a lottery ...

Sirius and XMSR's Six Year Prison Sentence

michael l (Jul 18 11:17 AM) : monopoly? only in outer space and only until it becomes profitable to launch more saddle-lights. (it's a horse race ...) there are SOOOO many other stations/private schools and SOOOO many other stations/delivery companies that receiving entertainment/ education/ packages is *totally* competitive. no myopia in my eyes/ears; but yours? (earlier post got chewed methinkx - sorry)

Sirius and XMSR's Six Year Prison Sentence

michael l (Jul 18 11:17 AM) : monopoly? only in outer space and only until it becomes profitable to launch more saddle-lights. (it's a horse race ...) there are SOOOO many other stations/private schools and SOOOO many other stations/delivery companies that receiving entertainment/educatio... is *totally* competitive. no myopia in my eyes/ears; but yours?

Sirius and XMSR's Six Year Prison Sentence

with extreme difficulty i could see a 2 year (gag! barf!) hold on subscription prices as the fcc tries to drive a demand economy into a command economy. i can approve the need to have a single radio that receives both channels though. that only makes sense since the cos would also be single then. as far as 'reserved bandwidth' for air america or other unprofitable or undesirable broadcasts 10% is the max vigorish that would be tolerable, as untolerable as vigorish is. making sausage and laws seems *so* sanitary compared to the fcc's torture - oh, wait, america doesn't torture; nevermind.

July's Top Dividend Buys

ummm, hfxmike. that 'bad idea' must be the repetition problem, eh? [insert smilie here]

Q1 Earnings 'Triple Plays'

fascinating compilation ... now, how to sift through each list? i really need a clue here. tia, obf.

The 20 Highest Yielding Dividend Aristocrats

iff you know teh back-story behind GEs last quarter (caught in the
undertow with "BarleyStern-nuts"), you would recognize that tech analysis is not the be-all-end-all. right now, adn for the next couple weeks, GE is a *screaming buy* - especially below $30!! [[WTF?!?!]]

i went long at ~$32 and bought too much - (my bad cramer; i apologize) and i will be buying LOTS more RSN if i can extract some profits from other issues. what i hadn;t considered (that creamer does) is that the lower shelf of GE stock would fall again.

Commodity Bubble Stories in Bubble

delightful, insightful and almost quite frightful.

bubblicious, if you will. (sorrrrrrry - not!)

[[ someone has to have a sense of humour in all this. ]]

CKE Restaurants Enacts 'Poison Pill' Defense: Takeover Brewing?

i don;t eat at carls jr., and i don;t eat at hardees ... and i won;t buy their stock because i don;t like their food. ymmv

Naked Shorting Comes Full Circle

hmmmm, what about a *new* sec rule (gag) that says something along the lines of: short selling available IFF co has $2b market cap or greater AND stock price must be greater than $20.00. if either limit is reached short selling MUST be halted. [[lock limit down variant?]]

CapitalSource: Don't Mind the Gap

anyone still thinking out there??? h u l l o ??

Berkshire Hathaway - The Anti-Volatility Fortress

In percentage terms "can;t duplicate or even approach" is significant, if not the singular key. but in absolute dollars he built an aircraft carrier from a dinghy. time to find a new dinghy?

Market Valuation and Investment Returns: What's the Connection?

re: locke .... this is a good time to continue to LOOK at buying SOME stocks .... i am not convinced that the specific time to buy is RightNow (tm). imnsho, the diligent investor will identify certain issues which ought to be profitable and decide on a specific price at which to buy ... in increments ... and watch the price/dividend action from a respectable, emotionally disassociated, distance.

my own anticipation suggests that late 2q08 or mid 3q08 would be a better timing, as if timing could be predicted.