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Sony's Mr. Stringer should put his company on the road back to its core.
Take a little risk will you. Sell off to get back to top notch home entertainment products at reasonable cost. Do something that makes YOUR competition nervous. You're already in the hole, you may as well dig a little deeper to get this ship back on course. Make me want to buy your products as I wanted to yesteryear.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Yes, it's the same as: " ...We have less jobs lost this month than last", or , "the stimulus has been making a credible impact", or, " give diplomacy a chance", or, "middle-class taxes won't go up a dime", or, "your healthcare premiums won't go up", or "the checks in the mail", or ...............!


On Nov 16 09:56 AM Shaggieman wrote:

> “ How bad is it when a $1.5 billion GM loss is an improvement? How
> the mighty have fallen. ”

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

For sure !!


On Nov 03 08:55 AM ScroogeMcduck wrote:

> Yea, I miss Rachel. Don't get me wrong Eli, your doing a great job
> your just not as pretty.

Fiscal Policy: Obama Administration Isn't Making Much Sense

I agree it's small business that needs the break to stimulate employment.
Also, I used to think he was a great speaker, but I'm beginning to wonder. Have you seen the video comparisons of effectiveness with and without the Teleprompter? Shouldn't great Statesmen be writing their own speeches and not reading someone elses words? ...At least for minor speeches.


On Jul 13 02:16 PM kohalakid wrote:

> If I owned a business producing widgets, I sure wouldn't be expanding
> and hiring now. I'd be looking to move overseas.
> Let's review. Obama wants to add the following burdens to my business:
>
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> Higher income taxes
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> Higher energy costs via Cap and Trade
>
> Higher minimum wages
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> Higher employee costs via mandated health care
>
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> How do any of these things encourage a business to hire new workers??
> Obama is a great speaker, but he doesn't know jack about what it
> takes to make a business or an economy grow.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

I can't believe it; I miss Rachael's picture already!!

Diversification: It Really Doesn't Matter

A most interesting article. A bit of a negative though as with most financial articles it seems is the lack of ideas on alternate solutions....or a better way to "diversify".
How does the author invest his portfolio now?

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

I agree, it's time for term limits for all members of Congress.
Power, money, greed, and politics have corrupted the whole institution. Two terms max.


On Jan 14 08:15 AM PrudentMan, CFA wrote:

> Consumer Confidence? Why would anyone be confident in the economy,
> which is only our fifth worst since the end of WWII, when the, Fed
> Administration, Congress and especially Obama all tell everyone it
> is going to get worse? In the previous recessions the government
> pretty much kept their mouths shut and did their job instead of being
> much too vocal
>
> Why are all the Fed members talking so much. In my fifty years as
> a professional investor I never heard so much said by people who
> proved they know so little. If all these rear-mirror economists,
> who are behind the curve, would spend their time doing some analysis
> instead of brushing up their resumes they may have seen the problem
> with credit years ago. Because the non-discounting stock markets
> kept going up all these people were just Pollyandas.
>
> Whey is Obama and Congress so vocal? These Socialists see and opportunity
> in the false "worse receission since the Great Depression, and I
> lived in that time that was exacerbated to unnecessarily last ten
> years, they can make the greatest theft of taxpayer money in history.
> As we all know, those who have the money have the control.
>
> If the Fed Congress and the Administration would have said that the
> Free Market will work things out so property will revert to their
> rightful owner this recession would be over. The promise of bailing
> out loser at the cost of winners is very far from Free Market Capitalism
> as it is Socialist Capitalism. Are problems started decades ago and
> the Fed and Congress could very easily have reighned it in with the
> laws on the books.
>
> I think this is the best time for rational investors support and
> end encourage Congressional Term Limits.

Why America Won't Become Like Japan

Most interesting article. In reference to the comment, "Propping up “zombie” companies that should have been allowed to fail",
I think it was a little unusual that you didn't mention as a glaring example the giant elephants in the room, the "Big 3".

Financial Warning to the U.S. Government

"The government needs to develop a long term plan for fiscal austerity....."
Are you kidding me?! When you say government, are you talking about the U. S. Congress? .....the in charge of the purse strings crowd more worried about re-election than taking care of our country. Do you really think they can do that?
What we need is a federal referendum to tell these people that we want a balanced budget and for them to start chipping away at our trillions of dollars national debt.

Diversification Can Be Everything

What about the big commodity party everyones been having?

Learning from Past Mistakes to Solve the Current Crises

Your politics is showing John; no, no no.....

Dear Ben: 5 Suggestions for Saving the U.S Economy

Most interesting......