mangy cat

"We decorated it in the style that Merrill Lynch offices were, which was very, very nice ... That was a mistake, and I’m sorry that I did that. If I had that to do over again, I’d furnish it in Ikea." - John Thain, former Merrill Lynch (BAC) CEO, who spent $1.2M in office redecorations in the midst of the crisis. (He says he has reimbursed the company.)

watch john thain with ken lewis
www.youtube.com/watch?...
he should have bought from ikea

Foreign Bond ETFs: Considering Dollar Devaluation and Maximizing Income Stream

try edd
high expense: 2.2%
but at 15% discount to nav, you get first seven years for free

U.S. banks will continue to fail at a steady rate over the next two years, former FDIC chief Bill Isacc says, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Isaac says it's 'cleanup time' for illiquid banks and the U.S. system, but adds he doesn't expect we'll have to deal with any extraordinarily large failures.

under current rules "extraordinarily large failures" are dealt with by tarp, etc, not by the fdic

Emerging Markets in Flux

"in November 2008, the company’s market value was only half that of its huge paper machines"
isn't that what it would be under normal circumstances for a firm in commodities (negligible goodwill) like test liner and corrugating medium, with some leverage,?

Is an Argentina ETF Next?

an etf that doesn't track an index ?(that's active!)
personally if and when could be based on the merval.ar which excludes foreign domiciled firms, but it's obscure

rather than some concoction that includes foreign cos with argie interests (shittygroup, gm -whose local assembly line has got a bail out from the cash-strapped govt to keep smata workers on the job until the mid-term elections, you name it, you'll find it)

On Jun 25 02:53 PM Drew Arnold wrote:

> The ETF would be unlikely to follow the index... It'd be a basket
> of companies specific to that country like most other international
> ETF's are.

Is an Argentina ETF Next?

with 65% of the merval index in foreign shares (ts, apbr)??
forget it

A Complete Guide to Agriculture ETFs

"all those guys on wall street or in the city of london driving maserattis need to learn how to drive a tractor"
or do both by switching to an aston martin, where the db code refers to david brown a brit tractor maker (sold to case, now cnh) who went sporty

Ten Best Performing Commodities ETFs

where's the juice in moo?

Thursday Outlook: Commodities, Global Markets

great two hand gestures in lead photos
tim pushes
ben grabs

This Week's ETFs: Solar Leads, Natural Gas Lags

what is the impact of steep contango on ung monthly rollover? (compare uso vs usl)

Surviving ETF Liquidation

that ain't "surviving", it's "avoiding" buying into next's week wake at the funeral parlor

Rio Tinto (RTP) behaved like a "dishonourable woman." Xinhua

'tis pit she's a whore
does that ensure charlotte rampling a seat on the rio tinto board?

Rio Tinto (RTP) behaved like a "dishonourable woman." Xinhua

add dubya whining about human rights violations on the island of cuba (especially the south east: gitmo)


On Jun 08 11:02 AM User 357705 wrote:

> Two words for you: Kent State.

Citi Leaves the Dow; Why Cisco over Google?

never use dj30 as my benchmark, s+p500 for me, or nasdaq when i'm on a nerdish bent

GM (GM) formally files for bankruptcy. Shares -26.7% to $0.55 premarket.

wgy ny court, and not michigan?