emily x's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/17813/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/172262-the-unsustainable-lie-of-inflation?source=feed#comment-753725 753725 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:50:39 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/167167-verizon-launches-direct-ad-attack-against-the-iphone?source=feed#comment-720399 720399 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:02:36 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/158422-how-phevs-and-evs-will-sabotage-america-s-drive-for-energy-independence?source=feed#comment-648693 648693 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:34:26 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/149691-at-t-the-iphone-s-achilles-heel?source=feed#comment-595007 595007 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:22:07 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/143696-worst-housing-number-in-decades-what-is-the-wall-street-media-smoking?source=feed#comment-550152 550152
Clearly you've not been watching CNBC!]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:44:45 -0400
Clearly you've not been watching CNBC!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/141558-the-leading-cause-of-personal-bankruptcy?source=feed#comment-533296 533296 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:27:43 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/129310-so-jim-it-is-has-been-a-depression-after-all?source=feed#comment-450629 450629
Having said that, there are A LOT of people WAAY more guilty of serious lying to the public than Jim Cramer.]]> Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:28:46 -0400
Having said that, there are A LOT of people WAAY more guilty of serious lying to the public than Jim Cramer.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/122017-the-right-position-in-gold-for-the-short-term?source=feed#comment-399763 399763 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:23:58 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/118537-meredith-whitney-needs-some-historical-perspective?source=feed#comment-376738 376738 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:33:56 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/78440-the-oil-shortage-and-other-fairy-tales?source=feed#comment-171672 171672 Thu, 22 May 2008 09:36:37 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/77341-playing-the-agriculture-game?source=feed#comment-168062 168062 Thu, 15 May 2008 10:49:14 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/71563-jim-rogers-fed-policy-is-outrageous?source=feed#comment-146910 146910
Re: the currency question above, Rogers has previously recommended: Swiss franc, Japanese yen, Chinese rinmindi. ]]> Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:53:11 -0400
Re: the currency question above, Rogers has previously recommended: Swiss franc, Japanese yen, Chinese rinmindi. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/70896-does-bad-economic-policy-lead-to-greater-financial-regulation?source=feed#comment-135208 135208 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:42:58 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/69850-the-case-against-ethanol?source=feed#comment-131151 131151
Not to mention the amount of water it takes to grow the corn -- a very water-intensive crop. I agree w/ your premise that the whole ethanol thing is a charade. Your idea that it's a "liberal feel-good program," however, is plainly contradicted by the full-blast, and as usual unconsidered, support it has gotten from this president.]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:27:20 -0400
Not to mention the amount of water it takes to grow the corn -- a very water-intensive crop. I agree w/ your premise that the whole ethanol thing is a charade. Your idea that it's a "liberal feel-good program," however, is plainly contradicted by the full-blast, and as usual unconsidered, support it has gotten from this president.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/58610-agriculture-explodes-but-i-m-still-waiting-to-buy?source=feed#comment-108217 108217 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:45:24 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/57756-no-bottom-yet-housing-permits-drop-to-14-year-lows?source=feed#comment-106208 106208 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:51:53 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/57455-kudlow-cramer-deliver-signs-of-a-market-downturn?source=feed#comment-105902 105902
Cramer is indeed "educational and entertaining" -- The main thing I've learned watching his show is not to follow his advice. I lost quite a few shekels trying that at home when I first started investing. But it was all good -- it got me to pay more attention and make my own decisions, then I made it back and then some. A very valuable lesson. He's still fun to watch. But I actually listen to people like Michael Metz and Jim Rogers.]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:52:51 -0500
Cramer is indeed "educational and entertaining" -- The main thing I've learned watching his show is not to follow his advice. I lost quite a few shekels trying that at home when I first started investing. But it was all good -- it got me to pay more attention and make my own decisions, then I made it back and then some. A very valuable lesson. He's still fun to watch. But I actually listen to people like Michael Metz and Jim Rogers.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/57507-is-agriculture-the-new-global-warming-bad-guy?source=feed#comment-105706 105706
Agribusiness is a huge factor in carbon production and by extension global warming. AND large-scale water pollution, caused by massive use of fertilizers and pesticides. "How can I make money off this?" is just not the question to be asking, even on an investment website. Come on, financial wizards, you're supposed to be so smart -- put the brains to use for something greater than your near-term profits.

PS, I don't agree that a "global collapse in commodity prices" is on the way -- maybe a setback in 2008, but the overall trend is up and will continue so for the next 5-10 years. IMHO.]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:55:12 -0500
Agribusiness is a huge factor in carbon production and by extension global warming. AND large-scale water pollution, caused by massive use of fertilizers and pesticides. "How can I make money off this?" is just not the question to be asking, even on an investment website. Come on, financial wizards, you're supposed to be so smart -- put the brains to use for something greater than your near-term profits.

PS, I don't agree that a "global collapse in commodity prices" is on the way -- maybe a setback in 2008, but the overall trend is up and will continue so for the next 5-10 years. IMHO.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/57133-will-murdoch-reinvent-the-wall-street-journal?source=feed#comment-105192 105192 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:17:57 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/50944-could-china-crash-the-us-dollar-on-a-whim?source=feed#comment-99641 99641 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:56:39 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/50747-julian-robertson-predicts-a-doozy-of-a-recession?source=feed#comment-99640 99640
Next phase: REALLY low-paying manufacturing jobs start coming back to the US -- only it'll be India and China hiring us this time. Can't wait for that!]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:42:28 -0400
Next phase: REALLY low-paying manufacturing jobs start coming back to the US -- only it'll be India and China hiring us this time. Can't wait for that!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/50529-seven-reasons-why-a-weak-dollar-hurts-america?source=feed#comment-99161 99161
Great article. Nobody is talking about the damage that the falling dollar is doing. It's almost like heresy to say it -- the business people think it's helping them; everyone else thinks it doesn't matter. ]]> Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:38:27 -0400
Great article. Nobody is talking about the damage that the falling dollar is doing. It's almost like heresy to say it -- the business people think it's helping them; everyone else thinks it doesn't matter. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/46559-a-closer-look-at-unemployment?source=feed#comment-95440 95440 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:18:30 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/45992-rising-defaults-on-credit-card-bills?source=feed#comment-95001 95001
Great piece. Troubling topic. No surprise. The whole economy depends on the consumer to spend spend spend, and lots of money goes into advertising and marketing to make sure that spending keeps going no matter what. Then, when us "consumers" spend more than we make (pretty easy nowadays, depending on where you live and what you do -- assuming you're employed at all), the great minds of finance (who make in a day what we make in a year) come on TV and scold us for "living beyond our means." As usual, it's the little guy's fault!

Anyway, the deck is so totally stacked in favor the credit card companies, from Congress on down, that nothing's ever going to hurt them. There'll be a return of debtor's prison (only for working people, of course) before anything touches the Visas and MasterCards of this world.]]> Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:10:13 -0400
Great piece. Troubling topic. No surprise. The whole economy depends on the consumer to spend spend spend, and lots of money goes into advertising and marketing to make sure that spending keeps going no matter what. Then, when us "consumers" spend more than we make (pretty easy nowadays, depending on where you live and what you do -- assuming you're employed at all), the great minds of finance (who make in a day what we make in a year) come on TV and scold us for "living beyond our means." As usual, it's the little guy's fault!

Anyway, the deck is so totally stacked in favor the credit card companies, from Congress on down, that nothing's ever going to hurt them. There'll be a return of debtor's prison (only for working people, of course) before anything touches the Visas and MasterCards of this world.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/46138-why-do-fed-bankers-meet-in-ritzy-jackson-hole?source=feed#comment-94876 94876 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:48:32 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/45880-consumer-credit-the-next-bubble?source=feed#comment-94874 94874 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:38:58 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/46131-are-we-headed-towards-a-recession?source=feed#comment-94868 94868 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:18:56 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/46088-but-is-subprime-really-the-issue?source=feed#comment-94867 94867 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:05:46 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/45431-is-it-different-this-time-comparison-to-1997?source=feed#comment-94490 94490 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:54:25 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/45258-de-leveraging-america?source=feed#comment-94289 94289
"A credit loss to a federal reserve bank is a public subsidy" -- and an entitlement for Wall Streeters; finally, something in common w/ all those poor slobs who are losing their houses! Now can we all please vote for Kucinich?

"[L]ook for the same price compression in the above $1 million residential real estate market ... A 25% haircut from the 2005-2006 peak seems like a conservative estimate." -- Note to self: Sally forth from rented condo next year with cash from home sold 2005...

"[N]ext week we look at the next shoe to drop off the centipede, namely unsecured consumer credit." Does this mean the end of credit card offers and the unemployment of direct mail writers? thank you jesus! a silver lining]]> Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:26:10 -0400
"A credit loss to a federal reserve bank is a public subsidy" -- and an entitlement for Wall Streeters; finally, something in common w/ all those poor slobs who are losing their houses! Now can we all please vote for Kucinich?

"[L]ook for the same price compression in the above $1 million residential real estate market ... A 25% haircut from the 2005-2006 peak seems like a conservative estimate." -- Note to self: Sally forth from rented condo next year with cash from home sold 2005...

"[N]ext week we look at the next shoe to drop off the centipede, namely unsecured consumer credit." Does this mean the end of credit card offers and the unemployment of direct mail writers? thank you jesus! a silver lining]]>