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How Bloomberg Fabricates U.S. Housing Numbers

two things:

and the worst of all these misrepresentations has been and will be a continued mistrust in large financial institutions by most regular people; this could take a lot of work and time to heal -

and, if our stats are bad, what are we to think of the chinese (or any other country whose data we can't begin to hardly analyze) reports?

but it's a two way street, i think - the average american will have to care enough and be willing to put enough effort into learning about the economy and finance, to force our own elected officials to give us the honest adult truth - something we could work from, for sustainability....

Foreclosure Moratoriums: It's Time to Get Real

wow, way too much reasonable information and suggestions here

i can only "hope" it gets its deserved air and print time

thank you much!

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

The Auction-Rate Security Mess: Read the Writing on the Wall

re: "...The auction-rate security issues once again highlight the need for better due diligence and a better understanding of risk." -

definitely agree with this, but, honest transparent presentation precedes and allows this due diligence and understanding (of risk)

transpose the sale of almost anything else, a car, a toaster, a computer, and there'd be no question of who was primarily at fault....

Bye Bye Bear - Cramer's Mad Money (7/30/08)

i enjoy watching cramer at times, but...

re: "Cramer also noted strength in...diverse companies as...as further evidence that the market is beginning to turn. How’d they do it? Price increases....those price increases will stay put...." -

one question, how we gonna pay for all this with wages stagnant? :-)

Is a Ban on Short Financial ETFs on the Horizon?

long but great read, well worth while

re the inverse etf's, aren't they sorta the transparency type answer you'd suggested needed at the beginning of the article?

so my guess, especially since the tally of how many is clearly know, and commissions are even more easlily collected, they'll survive

at least i hope so :-)

Long-Term Ugliness

i wonder where all the innovation that got us to the moon went?

mars? :-)

Who Benefits When the Fed Floods the System with Liquidity?

i wish i was the biggest first beneficiary of the fed's actions

i promise i'd do good with it :-)

How Deceitful Are the Big Banks?

great article, keep them coming, keep us abreast, keep us informed!

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

Why It's Time to Be Invested in the New Recession

so, can i expect the same line of thought when things are only slightly improved, and sentiment is mostly positive, that then, one should be cautious about an then evident over optimism?

maybe, maybe not; but i like this article for demonstrating that it's investor sentiment that swings the strongest :-)