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Wall Street: Dumb as It Ever Was

A great description of the deteration of CNBC ,thats why I watch "BLOOMBERG" Business TV.

Charlie Gasparino: Another Crash 'Has to Happen Again'

I haven't read Charleys book but I think he is right on about two things.
1-There will be another Bubble because Congress is doing nothing to prevent it such as to reinstate Glass- Steagalles.
2-I believe to let Goldman Sacks operate as a regular bank and not have to LOAN money is a CRIME and by itself will hasten the next big bubble which may finally crush our financial system.

Nouriel Roubini, One on One: More Doom and Gloom

I don't think the Dr. is taking into consideration Peak OIL and the basic cost to recover each Barrell is increasing. The Days of CHEAP oil are fading. When you have to drill 2-3 miles deep in the Gulf or use Horizontal drilling you can't recover a Barrell for $10 anymore.

Natural Gas: An Energy Resource Whose Time Has Come

A great article but you left out ECA as a big player in Nat. Gas.

Dividend Increases: 9 Stocks

A very interesting investment,but how does a company that earns $1.78 per share give dividend of $1.99 and continue to raise dividends?

Berkshire Hathaway Meeting and Some Options Strategies

Isn't your small portfolio,above, highly leveraged which helped get into the present mess.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

What type of assets does Rio have to sell? Are these also mortgage Bonds?

Is Berkshire Hathaway Now a Bargain?

I find most of the comments interesting about Buffett. I think the most sensible one was by ustead. The continous reference to Doug Kass as the" expert" on Berkshire is laughable. I read many article about the Co. and have some "B" shares but explain to me how the experts value the big part that it owns that is NOT public such as See's candy,the funiture store,Jewlery store ,Mid America , Icar ,Geico,Morman and now the Mar/Wrigley deal which has the potential of Berskshire owning Mars. How can any of the shorts take these into consideration? I find these people are experts as long as things are going their way but I never see them quoted when things change and the do.
A few years ago some one told me an "EXPERT" is just that ,some one that was a "PERT".

More on the Subprime Market and Derivatives

If you are saying when Goldman Sacks met in 2006 and decided that the CDO bonds that they created were Bad ,that is one thing . But when they shorted them instead of alerting the world ,you call it stabalizing the market and I call it GREED.