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U.S. Debt Hysteria Is Getting Ridiculous

Short term US rates are negative. Negative means people really really want US paper.

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Is Goldman Sachs the Canary in the Coal Mine, Or Just No Longer Relevant?

The Vampire Squid's PR is at an all-time low.

Once the Socially-Consious investors drop them, it's only a few more board meetings before pension funds and endowments do to.

These guys should seriously work for charity only for a few years.

They're getting protested, for crying out loud.

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Corporations Win Again - This Time It's Healthcare

"...The Washington Post calling last summer the Summer Of The Lobbyist..." How do they measure this?

"...commentators in other countries noticed before the bill even made it to vote that it's ludicrously light fare..." Which detailed proposals do they find to be inappropriate?

"...The House bill -- which is more ambitious than the Senate bill -- does almost nothing to contain runaway health care costs..." Almost?

"...Nothing is law yet..." There you go, a fact, how refreshing.

5 Things to Consider Before Buying and Holding

The idea that "For one, it is much easier to see and predict long-term business trends and advantages then it is to predict what is going to happen over the next few months or weeks." is comical.

Prove it.

This is just more Wall Street marketing (aka give me your money to invest for you.)

How Washington's Policymakers Are Damaging the U.S. Economy

Prove ‘Economic stability and future predictability is what allowed for so much long term investment in the U.S. which in turn was what really made America such an economic powerhouse in the world economy.’

The American economy has, time and again, adapted to the non-predictable, volatile upheavals. It's the adaptability to change (for example, Federal policy changes) that has made us wealthy, not some sort of monetary single state fantasized by these theorists.

The Greatest Depression Is Coming

"Shadowstats.com estimates unemployment is above 20%" Oh, I see. Than it must be over 20% All those BLS statisticians toiling under administration after administration are engaged in one huge conspiracy and only one guy at Shadowstats has all the answers.

And you're really collecting some great data to support your "The Middle Class is holding on for dear life." meme.

Put the tin foil hat down.

Why Deflation Makes for Ugly Headlines

Of course, Zero Hedge leaves out those pesky dividends in his calculation of the DOW DXY etc. But don't let that stop you from "believing." Let's see, two to three percent for ten years... hmmm...

His attempt-at-attention-g... screeds should be discounted by THEIR time value.. And time's up on that nonsense.

Don't Let a Journalist Evaluate Cash for Clunkers

The Wall Street Journal is an ideal example of the adage: those who cannot work, write. Those who cannot write, write editorials.

Book Review: What Makes a Dhando Investor?

Indian businesspeople are some of the best, if not the best. As the gov't has lifted restrictions there, businesses have flourished.

Renowned for their acumen, the Dhando are a special subset, but they are not different in any significant way from any other Indian, Asian, or anyone in the world. Learn business. See how it works, from marketing, to legal, to management and beyond. Then take a Dhando risk. You will win.

Simon Hobbes Talks Valuation and Money Printing on CNBC

The Fed's balance sheet is smaller than it was at the start of this year

Half of the Fed increase in money supply sits in their accounts as reserves from the banking system.

There's no inflation in the current numbers.

Long term interest rates hover at record lows.

And we have capacity utilization of just over 60%.

Where's the "inflation?"

Dell / Perot: Insider Trading in M&A Is Alive and Well

They'll all get nailed. The computers they've got are doing this. Insiders are getting caught.

Registering hedge funds is OK, What's wrong with registering hedge funds? What can't a gov't agency do more than one thing at once? Bush is gone remember?

Why You Need TIPS in Your Retirement Account

You claim that you do not believe the Fed can buy in a bunch of cash with all the bonds they have? Why not?

They just go and buy the bonds. It's simple, really. They sold all the cash into the market. They are independent, why not buy it all back in?

The fact there there's more money is a simple problem of scale. But they have the bonds and the banks have most of this cash in reserves AT THE FED.

TIPs are an excellent counter weight to equities in your asset allocation, but the Fed can adjust the monetary base at will.

The Straw Man in the Incentives Debate

Some of the big government advocates are too smart to come out and say "incentives do not matter" is a straw-man argument. Who? Which ones? What percent of "the big-gov't liberals?"

This is the famous Bush administration argument "Some might say" that creates a fictitious straw man to hold up.

Until you say who won't say, your argument has no merit.

Looks Like We're All Communists Now

Movie stars don't bring down the global economy.

Bond Market to Obama: Oh No, You Can't...

Well now the 10 year is a 3.5% so you were totally wrong.