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Long Term Investors, Remain Defensive

Investors can be compared to an old dog that has been around a lot of mean kids. Been kicked and punched so many times that the dog just lays there waiting for the next blow.

Is the Great Moderation in Danger?

Life is what you focus on.

There should be more control on 'necessities' such as oil. When prices get out of control, it can hurt society. It isn't just the price of oil, it is the price goes up for airline tickets because they use more expensive fuel. The price goes up for almost everything, in fact. Our forefathers knew this and regulated 'necessities, such as utilities. They were smarter than the 'greed is good' crowd.

Sure, solar will become more popular, but it should have been anyway along with windmills.

Now is the Time to Buy Long-Term

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Interesting, but I can't figure out what you mean. Would you explain it?

Recession? I've Got a Solution

We need to pay down the deficit and save those billions of interest. The interest money is leaving this country and going to China and Japan.

Market Outlook: Watch Out, the Signs Can Be Deceiving

We can't take the chance that global warming is not caused by what we are doing. It is too crucial. For our financial interests and health, we need to use alternative energy and cut back on the dirty coal type fuels.

Gold prices had to have been manipulated last week. Too many are happy holding gold.

This market is too confusing for anyone to deal with using common sense or reason. It is unstable. So is my portfolio. For the first time, I don't have any idea of what to buy or sell.

Housing is too high, so why are the gov and Bernanke propping it up? They should have given those who have subprime loans either a rollback of prices and given a lower interest rate just to the borrowers. They didn't have to bring interest down for everyone. Interest is a source of income for many and a source of taxes for the government.