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NYT Butchers HOG

I think as a long you are doing virtually the same thing that you are accusing the Times of doing. Focusing on your perceived positives vs. the reality of the negatives. Hopes and wishes are not very prudent strategies for investing in stocks. Look at the facts, starting in Q4 not all of 2008. That is your reality today. Past performance is not guarantee of future results!

In a full-page NY Times ad, Wells Fargo (WFC) President John Stumpf slams "media stories" for creating the mistaken impression that every employee recognition event is a "junket, a boondoggle, a waste, or that it's for highly paid executives. Nonsense!"

YEAH, NOW WHAT!

Dow 'Dirty Dozen' Offers High Yields and Good Value

I would not count on GM being a "yield" investment for quite some time due in part to the risks they face on many fronts.

Talk Me Down From the Wells Fargo Ledge

I think you very right to be confused. You didnt even mention the fact that they have 170% of the amount of their capital in HELOC's, with a large % of those in california.

Jim Rogers: Fed Policy is 'Outrageous'

Were there any suggestions for what currencies would be best to hold instead of US dollars?

4 Recommendations to Defend Against a Financial Armageddon

Finally someone who can offer some real common sense tactics to survive the upcoming financial storm.