Whisper On The Wind

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    • Sun Sep 28th 08:25 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Time Not for a Bailout, But for Nationalization
      While all you people discuss the politics and possibles, I'm glad I sold WM and kept JPM, even if it was losing for a while. I guess I just don't see letting the government take over the banks, and from what I saw of the debates, at least McCain had ideas of programs to cut, whereas Obama only had programs that he wanted to increase. How did people survive before all these "I'm poor" subsidies? Since when was it a law that everyone deserved to have as much as their neighbors? You get what you earn, plain and simple. The same should be true for the banks. If they don't earn, they should go under. Why bolster a loser when you could instead support a winner?
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    • Sat Sep 27th 08:07 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Making Up Rules - Fast Money Recap (9/26/08)
      Can't sell JPM since it would still be a loss for me. I inherited it, before the crunch. It will have to sit there for a while before I can sell it. In the meantime, I'll just watch... and wait... and pray for it to hit $50 again. More would be better.
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    • Sat Sep 20th 19:23 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Forget About a V-Shaped Recovery. Maybe a W. Or L. And What About $?
      Windinthedust, I was hoping someone else would bring up those questions, since I'm hearing more and more about them every day. They are interesting questions, but so far only talk radio and the conservative papers are discussing them. Gee, I wonder why...? You don't suppose... nah, really? (insert snicker here...)
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    • Sat Sep 20th 19:15 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      If You Think the Dow Did Well Today, You're Wrong
      enervingmarkets, half this country hopes you're right. The rest of us are voting for McCain.
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    • Sat Sep 20th 19:09 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Citigroup: Trading Transparency
      Well, if everyone does as Cramer suggested (sell 20% of your portfolio), I figure all those stocks should just drop like a lead balloon... and put them back within buying range for the rest of us, just in time for the next rise.
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    • Thu Sep 18th 08:06 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Being Contrarian and Thinking of Buying
      I'm on the same track and starting research now for just exactly the right thing to perk up my portfolio.
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    • Thu Sep 18th 08:03 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      7 Reasons Why I'm Playing for a Bounce
      I look at the Naked Short thing as the kid who tells you he has a watch to sell you but he has to go home to get it. You give him the money, he goes around the corner, beats up someone and steals their watch, then gives it to you. If stock is going to go down, it should go down naturally, not because there are bullies out there.
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    • Tue Sep 16th 18:21 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Today's True Safe Haven Investments
      This is more like cementing income. Give me dividends I can actually count.
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    • Mon Sep 15th 21:23 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Demand for Gas: You Can't Have It Both Ways
      And Hannah was two weeks ago. Labor Day.
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    • Mon Sep 15th 21:22 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Demand for Gas: You Can't Have It Both Ways
      Ike was out there, visible on NOAA and ibiseye.com before Hannah hit. I was watching them both, since I have family in that area. Plenty of time to fill up. Plenty of time to get out of the way.
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    • Mon Sep 15th 21:16 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Ike vs. Refining Capacity and Oil Price
      I understand that the refinery problem is causing temporarily higher prices than we should be seeing. I understand that lower oil prices will bring lower gasoline prices. What I don't understand is why those lower prices aren't lower. I read three different current articles today that predict oil prices going to (or close to) $70. They predicted gasoline prices averaging $3.50/gal. nationwide. If oil prices are falling more than 50% from the price that brought us $4 gasoline, why isn't $70 oil bringing us much closer to $2 gasoline? And why are "they" still predicting extremely high heating costs for this winter if the price of oil is supposed to be lower than it has been in a year?

      Maybe I'm just missing the point, but if there really is an answer that isn't political, or one that doesn't say "big oil" is keeping its profits, I'd like to hear that answer. Those are the two general theories making the rounds, and it seems to me that neither can actually be 100% true, if they even have a glimmer of truth. But I really would like to understand, in plain English.
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    • Wed Sep 10th 09:06 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Obama, McCain and Offshore Drilling
      Obama probably changed his mind because Nancy Pelosi told him to. Now, with offshore drilling tied to the Detroit loan program (among other things), they'll probably do something small in that area. Can't live without the oil, since it makes all those other nice things, like asphalt, tires, plastics, etc.
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    • Tue Sep 9th 10:22 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Remember Those $200 Oil Predictions?
      I wonder how far it would have gone (up) if there hadn't also been the mortgage crunch? If the housing market hadn't dried up? If the banks hadn't started to crumble? How high would it have gone then? And would anyone have worried as much? I tend to doubt we would have been as devastated by it.
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    • Tue Sep 9th 07:14 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Euroseas: A High Dividend Dry Shipper
      Ahhhh, but FRO has been so good to me lately!
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    • Mon Sep 8th 12:12 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Still an Oil Bull, Lame or Not
      Just a "small change" increase in mine compared to yours, Paul, but I made mine selling financials. I'll keep my oil, thanks. It's carried me for the last year, and it will carry me again.
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