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    • Mon May 5th 12:43 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      What Goes Around Comes Around in the Equity Market
      wow, gonna fwd this one on to a bunch of people - thank you much!
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    • Mon May 5th 09:44 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Rep. Kanjorski's Unreasonable, Unconscionably Ridiculous Idea
      i'm in favor of no windfall taxes if there's also no subsidies
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    • Sun May 4th 09:46 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Home Depot Slows Down Expansion; Still Losing Customers to Lowes
      while my wife and i haven't been to either lowes or home depot in over a year now, which is one telling thing about their business, when possible we always chose lowes over home depot for one simple reason, service
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    • Sun May 4th 09:42 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Dilution, Infusion and Collusion: Push Stocks Higher!
      you can add student loans to that now too (as per mish on his site)

      fine w/me 'long as the fed'll take my old car and books (i don't want) and coins (that have "irrationally dropped in value") for their peak values (to return when the markets normalize) in exchange for treasuries
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    • Fri May 2nd 16:43 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      AT&T Subsidy of Apple's iPhone Would Have Dramatic Effect - Bernstein
      $200 off, yes....
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    • Thu May 1st 08:49 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why Did the Treasury Department 'Refocus' the I-Bond Program?
      i suspect two reasons for the reduction in amt allowed to be placed in i-bonds:

      one, as you say, "...I-Bonds can be held for 30 years and taxes on the interest income can be deferred until the bonds are sold." - one of the reasons i still have the tiny bit i still have, plus, within treasury direct, i can sell small portions without having to cash in an entire bond if it was in paper form

      which leads to two) i also don't have to pay a commission or fee to cash my i-bond out (other than any time related penalties), which i would need to do if selling an etf (direct commission), tips mutual fund (fees part of the "management costs"), or actual tips (even if only the spread, with no supposed visible dealer fee)

      i would guess it's actually # 2 above that's the real reason

      the financial industry hasn't much cared for any product for the consumer it can't take a slice from :-)

      otherwise, why aren't actual treasuries universally available in anyone's 401's?
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    • Wed Apr 30th 10:41 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      No Uptick Rule: A Convenient Scapegoat?
      herb, can you do a follow up, w/more info, maybe also using the historical correlation/non-correl... (1998-2002) mentioned above?

      also, what effect, if any, the short-etf's may play? they're out in the open, non-hidden; so i'd think that's a good step

      and one last also :-) aren't there reports (verifiable?) that were a lot of last minute puts taken out on bear stearns right before they went down? wouldn't that have an effect and be a part of why it crashed as it did?

      thanks!

      looking fwd to your future takes on things; at least i hope you'll be continuing to comment etc
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    • Wed Apr 30th 09:06 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Has the Federal Reserve Become Too Powerful?
      this is a question that is and should be brought up more and more

      my basic stance is:

      1) if our monies are gonna be used, then, we the people as a whole and individually, should be the main beneficiaries of policy, not legally created entities

      2) if our monies are gonna be used, no closed doors, delayed transcripts of meetings, and actions allowed not specifically allowed by the electorate

      3) an equal # of representatives on the fed should be from a general nation-wide election by popular vote; so there would also be one person-one vote reps, not just one person-most money reps

      4) actual treasuries should be required to be available to all americans via all savings vehicles, including 401's


      now, all this may just show how little i know, but at least you also would know i care :-)
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    • Tue Apr 29th 10:38 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      The Danger of Low Trading Volume
      keep telling us more! thanks
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    • Mon Apr 28th 13:12 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      We're Stuck: S&P 500 Range Bound to the Extreme
      i know, hard to comment on the last 8 yrs without sounding political; i guess the best thing i can think of is, whoever's next, of whichever party, they'll have to reverse america's fortunes better'n our current leadership's done, period - and that may mean re-establishing faith in our system more than anything else
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    • Mon Apr 28th 11:20 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Treasuries: Profiting From the Bear's Next Victim
      that's a lot of if's, if $ goes into stocks, if inflation wins over deflation, if the regular guy in 401's stillis prohibited (by lack of choice) of directly buying his or her own treasuries, if the current rally's not a bear market counter rally

      not saying all, or most, or some, of those if's might just go ahead and happen, but for anyone in their late 40's, 50's, 60's, and up, is that a risk worth banking on?

      is that what investment banks and the fed are hoping? that we'll "give up" and pile back into stocks and hope and a whim?

      why not just back-stop us the way the market's been backstopped?

      that'd be interesting

      anyway, 'preciate your views; always good to hear different from what one thinks, so's to think it through again :-)
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    • Mon Apr 28th 10:58 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Market Bulls: Everything's Coming Up Roses?
      re: "... want to know from the bulls who is going to replace the $600 billion in liquidity provided by sub prime loans last year...."

      and, add to that, the liquidity from all the alt-a's being downgraded, and, the auto and credit card losses

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    • Thu Apr 24th 11:43 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Do ETF Investors Care About Expense Ratios?
      i'm "very" new to using any etf's, and though i don't know if it's really a valid reason, i tend to choose an etf with larger daily volumn; call me scared

      but i wouldn't mind reading pros and cons re whether a higher / lower daily volumn is important re an etf

      thanks!
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    • Thu Apr 24th 11:29 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Oversold ETFs: Is There Contrarian Power In Relative Weakness?
      maybe there's a point where a sub-20 reading is a possible good contrarian signal, and where it's there for a more enduring reason

      just learning about these sub-etc type readings, so this is just a thought :-)
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    • Wed Apr 23rd 09:04 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Will U.S. Markets Crash Now - Or Later?
      i've sometimes thought about that too, that the u.s. has the most gold of any country in the world; and didn't we give the imf a lot of what it has too?
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