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    • Say It Ain't So: Barclays to Allow Default of Lehman ETNs? [view article]
      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. Sep 23 08:01 PM
    • Six Reasons to Like the Morgan Stanley Emerging Market Domestic Debt Fund [view article]
      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. Sep 11 04:52 PM
    • Thursday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
      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? Jul 10 01:57 PM
    • Dividend Stocks: Watch Those Yields [view article]
      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. Jul 10 10:51 AM
    • Is it Time to Back Up the Truck? [view article]
      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. Jul 08 02:53 PM
    • Made in Taiwan: 3 Funds for the Next Asian Market Bubble [view article]
      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? Jul 08 02:39 PM
    • ETF Update: Large Cap ETFs, Euro Inflation, ETFs Above 200-Day Average [view article]
      The author suggests (mistakenly) that bond yields should exceed 'equity' yields. However, his suggestion relies on recent history only. Prior to the last great bull market [beginning in 1981] yields on stocks were higher than bonds because they were not guaranteed and to attract investors to the higher risk of stocks. Perhaps investors are starting to realize that today, and therefore are demanding greater income from stocks because they have and will continue to dilute shareholder stakes by new issues and cut or eliminate dividends without warning. Jul 01 11:01 AM
    • The Current Market Atmosphere: Easy Money Hard to Come by [view article]
      Good article because it exposes the symbiotic relationship between Wall Street and the Press. Next you should expose how they are both in bed with the Republican party which is running off with the profits they made on your dreams. Jun 25 04:00 PM
    • Global Investing: Only 'Dead' for the Dumb Money [view article]
      I agree with your article whole heartedly. Forbes is nothing more than a commercial rag and cheerleader for the few American companies that still buy advertising. As for me, I bought gold stocks in 03 and sold in 07. Bought China and Pacific Tigers in O5 and sold in early 07. I'm happy with 100% returns and look to get back into Pacific slowly after the world readjusts to our profligate overspending and absurd cocky belief that our empire is anything more than a modern day paper tiger. Jun 24 10:27 PM
    • The Hindenburg Omen: Crash Signal In Play [view article]
      It's remarkable to see the naysayers who rely on nothing but their own blind mantra that somehow stocks always go up. At least the doomsayers have some rationale for their hypothesis, though it may not be entirely scientific. Beware of those saying always and never for they will surely lose. In the long run, we are all dead. Jun 21 02:32 PM
    • Real Prices for New Cars Keep Going Down [view article]
      Your suggestion that somehow cars are cheaper does not conform with your admission that purchasing power has eroded over the years. You somehow suggest the impossible as a benefit, i.e., if there was no inflation, then cars wouldn't cost so much. Duhhh !!! No wonder they call Econ the dismal science. Truth is they massage the numbers to give the result the want to push. When Nixon got 200 of them together to figure a policy, they could not agree. Jun 16 06:06 PM
    • Real Prices for New Cars Keep Going Down [view article]
      Dear Professor. Please explain the suggestion that the "real" price of cars is somehow less than their current prices. You are either terribly confused or else you are looking for suckers. Real pricing is what we pay.Using a govt rigged index does not cause the car dealer to sell us a car for any less than the market. Jun 16 05:59 PM
    • Real Prices for New Cars Keep Going Down [view article]
      Like I said, anybody who believes govt numbers or touts them as gospel is either out of touch or things that you are. Nobody with their eyes open can tell an honest many that the price of a new S class Benz is lower in inflation adjusted price today than it was in 1978 Jun 16 05:49 PM
    • Portfolio Planning and the Lost Decade [view article]
      A bunch of hooey. The positive comments are probably from cohorts. Its always easy to rationalize anything with a proprietary model that nobody can see. The bottom line is that the "lost decade" is real, just like the 70' and yes, let's not forget the 30's from which the Dow (when adjusted for inflation) did not recover until 1981 [nearly 50 years later]. Just maybe all you wishful thinkers will be wishing that the go-go 80's and 90's were just the last hurrah for a dying empire. If you want diversification, try another country Jun 13 10:50 PM
    • Financials Give Up Most of Bull Market Gains [view article]
      This article should have a moral. Since it may be too obvious for some bull-market geniuses to see, I'll supply it. Since the financial gurus of our world can't manage their own shareholders' loot, why in the world should any investory look to them for advice to run theirs? Jun 12 10:29 AM
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