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    • 'The Worst Is Over for Financials' - Really? [view article]
      Starting to say that I may be wrong in my thinking, it is well nigh impossible under the present adminstration, to persecute the CEOS of all losing companies, as the FED is backing them sky high. It is nothing but a pipe dream!

      The FED IS GIVING THE INVESTMENT BANKS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED TRADERS, THE MOOLA IN THE FORM OF 150 BILLION LOANS FOR ONE MONTH, AND THIS IS REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TAKING THEIR LOSS MAKING DERIVATIVES AS COLLATERAL. The gold standard has been withdrawn so that note printing is so easy.

      When the oil goes up you expect the DOW to go down, but somedays it goes up on flimsy news to my consternation! That is when investors lose their money.

      The investment banks and traders use the 150 billion loan to prop up or down the DOW components as a team in the most unexpected illogical way, and foolishly all the stocks follow the DOW almost verbatim after a few minutes. So the investment banks and associated traders make a kill on the stocks, as they kinow when they will go up or down against normal logic, and the poor investorsd become usual suckers. It is a pity, as this phenomena is repeated over and over agin sucking the investors money, and the banks and traders priofit enormously to wipe their loans. This way, one day they will have no loss making derivatives in the near future, at the expense of the small hedge funds, pension funds and other investor companies.

      Please read Paul Begala comments on the elections. I think that he says that the democrats will lose, as the egg heads and afro-americans are backing the wrong horse. I think this makes McCain as the winner and the policies of the present adminstration will continue and the CEOS of the losing companies will flourish to the anger of the investors. I think all the outbursts are futile, as the present adminstration is unshakeable and will continue to the consternation of all the commentators!       May 11 01:38 PM
    • The Credit Crunch Is Far From Over [view article]
      Kudos! For reiterating that this is a bear market! The banks and the trading firms are living on FED money, and create the market RISE and FALLS violently. Many investors are make money in one day and losing the next day. The RISE and FALL have no logical reasoning except wild guesses by the MARKET SPECIALISTS. This is similar to horse racing! Apr 19 12:52 PM
    • Citigroup's Flush [view article]
      Some drug companies products sold in the market had side effects, which lead to permanent disablement and even death. This was revealed during their clinical trials to the drug firms, but they hid it from the public and the intent was sheer profit, and not worrying about the damages to the patients. They even bribed researchers to give positive analysis of their products.

      The same thing is happening in the stock research analysis. Most of the stock analysts, give positive analysis of companies, while actually it shouild be negative. This leads me to think that the analysts are in the pockets of the companies. They do not care that many people, who have invested in these stocks with their life savings, would go bust and be on the streets in their retirment age. They have no conscience, as their greed exceeds their moral commitments.       Apr 19 12:05 PM
    • Bandwagon Effects in the Stock Market [view article]
      I tend to agree, except that the volumes of the stocks bought or sold during the first one third of the trading hours are huge, compared to the rest of the trading hours. In the first one third, the variations are huge, while in the rest of the trading hours the variations are small. You can book huge profits during the first one third period in a small interval of time, while you can book small profit in huge intervals of time in the rest of the trading period. In the second interval of time, there is tendencies to lose, if you wait too long to book profits. Apr 19 10:51 AM
    • Smelling a Short-Squeeze in Lehman [view article]
      I understand now, as to why certain analysts prop up Lehman and their ilk investment banks. The visible reason is that you have the FED coming to their rescue, when bankruptcies are inevitable. FED wants to avoid this bad situation, to prevent follow up bankruptcies of other banks and firms. The firms depend on the banks for loans, so the banks must be stable. This action of the FED are really laudable, although it is a bad practice, because ultimately they are saving the investors, so that they do not lose on their investments. Apr 13 04:10 PM
    • The Fed is Terrified [view article]
      When Greenspan was the powerful FED Chief, my son told me that when Greenspan sneazes, the whole financial world trembles. They followed his utterances with great devotion. Now see what poor BERNANKE, his successor is facing! The mess, which Greenspan left, is a cesspool, and Bernanke has to clear it, with novel bright ideas and new inventive methods. Kudos to Bernanke and his team for preventing banks and traders going brancrupt and investors losing their hard earned money. Apr 13 03:37 PM
    • The Week Ahead: Downside Risk Waning? [view article]
      Don't worry! The FED is waiting to give timely doles to the banks and traders, so that the market will always bounce back after every fall. The analysts opinions are flawed, because they do not have all the information on various securites and derivatives held by the banks. The banks are very secretive, and I do not blame them, as they depend on the investors for their money. Apr 13 01:00 PM
    • Fed Easing: No Free Lunch for Dollar, Oil and Commodities [view article]
      Please do not blame the government, which is elected by the people. You get what you deserve, and this should not surprise us! In the third world countries, every election is fought out by many parties, some regional and some national. 75 to 85% of the people go to the poll, and ruling parties are toppled always, because of the dissatisfaction of the parties.
      Now look at our polling percentages. Hardly 35 to 36% in non- presidential years, and about 55% in presidential years. If common man is not interested in polls, then he has to suffer, for which the blame falls on him squarely, and not on the government.
      Every state in the US has peculiar local problems, different from other states. Unless there are regional parties in the states, the problems of that state will never be solved by Washington, which has its own priorities.
      If the states are run by regional parties, then of course the national party at the center has to listen to regional governing parties, and then financial discipline will be observed automatically.
      If people are lazy and not motivated to go to the polls, then they will suffer always, and should not regret their fate!
      Apr 13 12:43 PM
    • Forms of Federal Reserve Lending to Financial Institutions [view article]
      Yes, you are right. They will prop up the losing banks, security dealers and firms, till they can do no more. Then only the market will bottom and the market will follow the real economic situation. Now only a false financial scenerio is being created! It has to fade! Wait, sit out of the market and watch out. Mar 30 12:21 PM
    • The Current Market according to the Dow Theory [view article]
      The whole game is the cat chasing the mouse, and the dog chasing the cat, so are BEARS & BULLS. The reality is the banks are there to make money for the bigwigs, and fleece the innocent investors and depositors, and caught in the middle is the Government, with former Wall Street employees running the treasury departments, to safe guard the banks commercial & investment and brokers and traders, who falsely advise investor to buy or sell.In this biased atmosphere nobody can make correct decisions to buy or sell, but only lose their capital. My best advise to investors is to keep of the markets for a while, till everything cools. Mar 30 12:00 PM
    • Meredith Whitney Threatens Severe Deflation For Your Portfolio [view article]
      FOR A NOVICE INVESTOR LIKE ME, MOST OF THE COMMENTS ARE CONFUSING. IT IS LIKE AN ELECTION DEBATE FOR AND AGAINST A CANDIDATE, AS IT HAPPENS NOW IN USA. I BELIEVE IN THE DICTUM THAT 98% OF THE ANALYSTS ARE LIARS AND ONLY 2% ARE HONEST WITH NO AXE TO GRIND. THE LIAR ANALYSTS ARE PAID BY THE COMPANIES TO BOOST THEIR STOCK. THEY MISLEAD EVERYONE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE SUPER RICH, WHO CONTROL THE COMPANIES. TAKE THE EXAMPLE OF BEAR STERNS AND HOW CRAMER AND OTHER ANALYSTS LIED. POOR INVESTORS LOST THEIR SAVINGS AND THE GOVT DOES NOT HELP THEM. THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH ENRON. SAME THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OTHER COMPANIES. I PITY THE INVESTORS LIKE ME GOING TO LOSE OUR HARD EARNED SAVINGS, AND WHO CARES! NOBODY WILL GIVE US HANDOUTS, AS THE COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT AND PROBABLY INFLUENTIAL TRADER FIRMS AND AIRLINE GET! ONE PONT WHICH IS THE MAIN CAUSE (THAT NOBODY DISCUSSES) IS THAT WHEN EXPENDITURE IS MORE THAN RECEIPTS, THE RESULT IS NOTHING BUT BANCRUPTCY. GOD HELP THE POOR INVESTORS, WHO CANNOT GET OUT, AS SELLING THEIR STOCKS MEANS HEAVY LOSSES. SO THEY STICK ON HOPING FOR THE MANNA FROM HEAVEN! Mar 29 12:51 PM
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