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Why is the Market Ignoring American Express's Bad Report?

why?

sentiment...

legitimate, enhanced, manipulated, or otherwise -

hey, i'm with you, annoyed ;-)

S&P Set for 50%+ Gains? Not So Fast, UBS

re: "...a 2009 target on the S&P 500 of 1,300 – more than 50% above where it sits now. Talk about a V-shaped recovery...." -

or, rather than "recovery," maybe an equal energy "bounce"

just trying to be aware of both sides of the trade (to paraphrase the folks at minyanville)

Discover Financial: A Creditable Investment - Barron's

my only concern in your article was your comment that consumer spending might be recovering - if it is, it seems to be more of a debt add on right now than the processing of daily expenses via the convenience of cc use, and then paid off each month

i'm not sure adding to permanent growing debt will eventually help discover or the consumer, at least in a declining economy

we've used discover for both cc use, cd's, and money markets for many years, so this is not meant as a dig to them; strictly a comment re debt use at this time

thanks though, interesting article

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