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Wednesday Outlook: One Ugly Market

I had to laugh when he said the market sucks and blows.

More ProShares Ultrashorts Tomfoolery

Although there may be some disparity, my personal experience with a double inverse Pro Funds (Russel 2000) was a 60% annualized return. They did exactly what they said they'd do. My first experience before these funds was buying a put option on the S&P in 1986. I doubled my money the first day then watched it expire after losing my gains and premium. Lesson learned is the funds are the way to go or at least for me to go.

How to Run the SEC, by C. Cox

They are not incompetent, they just want you to think that so you don't think that they deliberately mislead you into believing in their 'free market' platitutde which is just the big lie to get your votes. Once they get the power they get the money, usually routed by and through their rich friends at the heads of these companies and of course the press that keeps us doped with football and whether Britney is wearing panties. Rome is burning. We will only see a change when politicians and judges are jailed for their high crimes and bad behavior. That means making lawyers subject to real regulation, not their own back patting and wrist slaps.

Why Has the Dollar Rebounded - And When Will It Correct?

I agree that the Dollar is irrationally exhuberant. I can only attribute it to the fact that the world is awash in American citizens' money, which was sold out of foreign investments to offset the losses on US junk. Somebody needs to explore the repatriotization theory by telling us just how many of the US dollars out their are owned by Americans. They typically don't know what they're doing so therefore they sold the babies with the bathwater. Ergo foreign bonds are losing out to US bonds which are losing out, along with all stocks and commodities too. The obvious question is what's wrong with this picture?

How to Construct a Deflation Proof Portfolio

Historically, long term government bonds have been the best deflationary investment. However, the last such period was an entirely different environmnet where the Dollar was backed by Gold reserves. Only after the Govt made owning gold illegal, and ended the backing of its own paper, and then an inflationary world war, were we able to pull out. Today, we have no hard assets backing the Buck nor any real resources. Therefore, I too am more concerned about inflation [once the stock bubble bust has subsided] and people begin to bid up the prices of staples again, like food and petrol.

Bond Expert: Wednesday Wrap

When is the Treasury going to guarantee the insured Munis so that market will turn around? Especially since those bonds are probably safter than Treasuries...

Tuesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets

Some of you are not wearing your thinking caps. Truly the Fed is flooding the market with paper. That is why the dollar will tank not the opposite. The only reason it is seeing temporary strength is the mass exodus of commercial paper and repatriation by scared homies that still believe that the US is the wealthiest nation and that stocks always go up. The markets are experiencing their balancing act between fear and greed. The problem is that the WTO aka Trilateral Commission won't let it work against the big boys. It's do as we say, not as we do. FAX and FXA look to be great buys here. I might just buy more.

Some True Safe Havens Are Still (Surprisingly) Undervalued

Beware of gurus who say always or never.

Time To Go Long, For A Short Time?

You bull market geniuses need to study your history and learn. No matter what the salesmen tell you, stocks don't grow to the sky. It took 50 years for the Dow to recover from the Crash (after adjusting for inflation). It's precisely because of you'al that the bubble came about and is now in for a long term reckoning. We'll probably bring back the same regs that the robber baron republicans said we needed to do away with. There is nothing new under the sun.

Say It Ain't So: Barclays to Allow Default of Lehman ETNs?

Usually just reading and believing the disclosures is all anybody needs to do. Sadly, bull market geniuses trust themselves and the guys shoveling the sh*** as long as they're making money. When it hits the fan, they all say, nobody saw it coming. Hah. some of us did, but as usual the minority pays for the sins of the majority.

Six Reasons to Like the Morgan Stanley Emerging Market Domestic Debt Fund

The idea that FDIC is safe is a sad manifestation of our dwindling opportunities to save without loss of purchasing power, government fiat [the U.S. govt is the world's biggest debtor] and they have the greatest incentive to lower short rates, which usually impacts the dollar negatively. EDD is a good way to hedge such conflict and get a bounce on valuations for the foregoing reasons.

Thursday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets

I like Fry too. Most of us serious investors don't just want to hear Mad Max Cramer pontificate and then complain about investors after his perenial bull drivel falls far short of making money. If he was so good at hedging, why didn't he retire rich by now?

Dividend Stocks: Watch Those Yields

The only comment I have, which should be addressed, is the ease with which dividends can and are being cut when they become exagerated, e.g., 15% yield on Barclays can't last much longer.

Is it Time to Back Up the Truck?

I'm unsure of this back-up the truck metaphor? The author suggests it's time to bet the farm but, he admits only a technical short term signal. The average Joe would be confused. Likewise, the money is already on our boy with three Arabic names. They know that he could never beat the powers that be, that is why they got out the Reps to vote for him in the Dem Caucus in Iowa. John Edwards is the only one who could have done it. Nothing is left now but the crying. They even panned Hillary so no Rep women could vote for a woman. There is no way in this racist and reactionary country that a dark man with an Arab name is going to sit in the White house. The Supreme Court will surely find a way like they did in 2000. Look out for race riots in November. Stocks are the last place to park until the dust has settled.

Made in Taiwan: 3 Funds for the Next Asian Market Bubble

I just don't understand why Taiwan would encourage reunification, which is never addressed in the article. Since they did so well on their own, what's in it for them to become dominated by the mainland?