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U.S. Bank Dividend Yields Revisited

AlphaHunter, You are seeing clearly!
Thanks for your comments.

U.S. Bank Dividend Yields Revisited

An excfllent article in the July + August MOTHER JONES Magazine entitled "this was no accident-Wwo wrecked the economy- and why they work for John McCain

The article basically puts the blame at Phil Gramm's feet. It says that some laws he helped get passed in 1999. It was" a historic banking billthat decimated Depression-era firewalls between commercial banks , investment banks, insurance companies,and securities firms-setting off a wave of merger mania.
In Dec. 2000, he helped to get a bill passed called theCommodity Futures Modernization Act. It was written with the help of financial industry lobbiests. For starters, the legislation contained a provision-lobbied for by Enron, a generous contributor to Gramm-that exempted energy trading from regulatory oversight. I believe it also opened the door for all those Credit Defaukt Swaps that ultimately helped everything get so out of controll.

We will feel the results of this deregulation for years into the future. I've tried to give a summary of the article, but I'm afraid I haven't done it justice. Please chekc out the article for greater detail.

RBS Predicts Global Market Crash: What's In It for Them?

When markets fall,they do so rather abruptly. No one can know for sure,
but I hope that my fellow S Alpha friends stay on their toes.
I remember a TV show on PBS explaining THE GREATER FOOL THEORY
Let us all make sure WE are not the "greater fools", assuming that there are those who believe that the markets will push higher
even in the face of mega oil prices that affect transportation and food. I know not the future, but it doesn't look rosey to me right
now. Although ...Warren Buffet doesn't seem to be taking much off his own table of stock holdings.
What does anyone else think???

RBS Predicts Global Market Crash: What's In It for Them?

According to the Greater Fool Theory,there are greater fools who believe that the markets will go higher . Someone else will always buy my stock at an even higher price than I paid for it.
Damn the torpedos of mega oil prices affecting staples like food
and our energy needs. I don't know. Who really knows.
The article is certainly worth pondering.

AIG Selloff Was Overdone; Shares Have 50% Upside - Barron's

Today is May 26,2008.
On Friday 5/23/08 , AIG closed at $36.95.
The entire market took a huge hit last week.
I'm interested in anyone else's take on the present situation in the market and in AIG in particular. Pray tell if you have some insight.

8 Reasons To Buy Apple Stock Now

And let us not forget that Apple computers are taking a larger share of the market every year since the ipod was introduced.
I believe it's up to 8% again. Many years ago they held that much
of the market and then it started to fall. I think down to 3 or 4%.
Most people LOVE the computers. I know I love mine.
I encourage anyone with more exact numbers to chime in.