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Calling a Bottom Here

For a professional this is a very simplistic approach. Deficits, job losses, inflation, forclosures, subprime all need to be cured before we get a REAL bull market.

The 20 Highest Yielding Dividend Aristocrats

The dividenddetective.com is a good sight for research.

Nationalizing Oil: Well-Intentioned, But Wrong

The US has the SOP for national interests and shoud natanalize NEW oil discoveries and exploration. XOM pays no royalties for oil it pumps from the gulf as it racks up huge profits and dosent even pay it out to shareholders only buys back its own stock. The US can contrack out drilling etc but keep its reserves for the people.

Is This a Recession, and Should We Care?

Europe is prepared to fight inflation like Volker in the 70's the old fashion way by raising rates. We would do the same but without low rates and inflation the banking system could collapse. The Fed's plunge protection team through the banks are proping up the market to stave off a major drop but. The Fed is also trying to influence the job #'s adding 17,000 this past month. So much for george Bushes small goverment.

Preparing for the Fall

Isreal will hit Irans centerfuges within the next 45 days look for a mooless night before the olympics, why was Bush just in Isreal? For a vacation! The dow theory was just breached bearish/down industrials and transports just dropped below the 50DMA. Remember youy trading/investing against the black boxes the computers are doing most of the trading on TA for the big boys. Better to be safe than sorry. IF you can time the bottom you'll beat a buy and hold invester evey day. Any way this is not an index market its definately a stock pickers market.

Preparing for the Fall

If your within 10 years of retirement and you see a further 50% fall like post 911 you may be waiting 20 years to come back to even. I held in 1999 because that was based on fear not technicals. Look at the technicals today, the federal deficit and budget, SS IOU's, soaring inflation-materials-en... We are an economy in decline. Undertaxed, morgaging our future and leaving our debt to our children. No company would be run this way and no county should be inflating itself out if debt by stealing 10% a year from the dollar and most cruelly effecting the retired and those saving to retire.

Preparing for the Fall

If you stick with the basics we all know its bad out there. Oil, food, utilities etc etc etc and wages are not keeping up. The talking heads talk about companies exceeding profits (after they halfed expectation a month earlier). A stock is just a peice of paper valued on what? Dividends (maybe) but most likely on the profitability of the company, since it won't be liquidated to book value (and provide a payout)which would be a lot less. This market has made investor into day traders because no one with any common sence wants be have market exposure and if no ones standing in line to buy your position its really just a ponzi scheme. Now with the fed and the plunge protection team at work is not even a free and open market. The great depression is not a myth it did occur and this economy is setting up earily similar. unpresidented federal action ,Loose credit, bankruptcys, bank failures etc. One last thing everything George Bush touched in business went bust his oil company the baseball team but he always walked away richer and leaving ruins behind. My prediction is the Fed and gov will keep things afloat till after the new president is in office then we will see a major depression.

Energy: Government Vs. Market Solutions

The Bush Admin has an energy policy, its high oil prices. No high cafe standards no alterative subsudies for solar etc. If congress wont allow offshore and Alaskan drilling then we'll twist your arm till you say uncle. The problem is do you want Bush signing that contract giving away our ntional resourses to his buddys, at least lets wait for an admin that will give us revenue from the finds. That will teach the american people to elect an oil man president. The proverbial fox guarding the hen house.

Percentage of Stocks Above 50-Day Moving Averages

Thats what they said before Black Friday

Bill Gross: Understated Inflation Means Commodities, Emerging Markets Should Outperform

If you can't believe their inflation figures why believe the employment figures. Their cooking the books there too. How many people have fallen off the grid since their off unemployment or no longer lookig for a job?

Bill Gross: Prepare for Coming Inflation

TIPS! Why let the goverment with therir phony inflation figures re-set your TIP rate at 2%? Go to GOLD

Hoping the Housing Crisis Is Over

What world is this author living in, he must be a member of the Presidents plunge protection team because your living in a dream!

Should We Force a Housing Bottom?

The Fed is the banks and its primary function is to protect the banks. Inflation be damed protect the banking bottom line!

Should We Force a Housing Bottom?

Dont blame democracy blame the oil men in the white house Bush and Chaney. The oil energy policy the Serria Club and the courts were never able to see. The Iraq war waged under false pretenses and benifited the halaburtin and military establishment. The tax cuts were 90% of the benifit went to the top 10%. The bankrupting of the treasury to cripple the social programs and the list goes on. Greenspans easy money policy pre 2004 election to tilt the election to Bush and the relaxation of the lending standards caused the housing bubble .

Dilution, Infusion and Collusion: Push Stocks Higher!

Theres 3 ways for the Fed to make money to pay their bills either beg, borrow, or steal. The've done all three