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    • Paulson's Plan: Stop the Rot [view article]
      Well I'm assuming you eventually will need a job in the financial industry and you would like it not to have any "toxic stuff". I can see youe point but why should I pay for it? Oct 01 08:46 PM
    • Dollar Goes Down Along with Bailout Plan [view article]
      ...but at least it could have brought some stability to the financial markets.

      And you base this on what? Empirical evidence? Some magic formula? Please do tell what evidence do you have that it does what you say it does?       Sep 30 08:02 AM
    • What is Hank Paulson Thinking? [view article]
      The problem with most people is that they think that Paulson is an honest broker - he is not. Sep 29 10:05 PM
    • The Deal's Getting Done, But Will It Work? [view article]
      I find interesting that some people think that the outcome of the depression would had been avoided if they had done things differently. How do they know? I can also speculate with the same level of certainty that the depression would had been a lot worst had they done something else. In other words it is impossible to know. To me after this bail out comes the drop of the dollar as more and more countries become more and more sure that the US will either print to pay or won't pay at all. Once the dollar drops governments will start raising trade barriers to US products to protect their own constituencies. In a nut shell, the dies is cast and the depression is unavoidable. Sep 28 03:42 PM
    • It's a Bull Market in Government Intervention [view article]
      Act shall be limited to $700,000,000,000 outstanding at any one time"

      This is the way they will print the money. Once the bank gets rid of the toxic stuff it will again extend credit to anyone. This in turn will create more toxic crap that will move again to the tax payer repeat to infinity. I don't know about gold since I have the feeling that they will try to manipulate it. I think long oil and shorting US debt has a better chance on not being so easy to manipulate.
      Sep 20 02:53 PM
    • Could Lehman's Failure Cause a Systemic Meltdown? [view article]
      LDT: This will send a clear signal that the financial sector isn’t fair game.

      We already know that. Fair game implies no government manipulation and in a free market we just can't have that kind of non sense       Sep 11 09:17 PM
    • Paulson Should Remain Treasurer Through the Elections [view article]
      You are being sarcastic rigth? Sep 10 10:05 AM
    • Nationalizing Fannie and Freddie: Latest Move in the Housing Crisis [view article]
      Here is the opportunity of a lifetime for a new Quantum fund to break the dollar and make a name for itself for future generations... Sep 07 08:55 PM
    • GSEs Into Conservatorship: Can Housing Stabilize Now? [view article]
      prescient11 writes:
      Government backed is risk-free.

      Free of risk as long as the government has the ability to pay it back. Do you see taxes going up to pay them back? Or do you see the government printing the $$ to pay back the debt and if I were holding treasuries I would sell them like if they were toxic because THEY WILL NOT BE PAID BACK       Sep 07 08:30 PM
    • Fannie and Freddie: 80% Dilution [view article]
      Tim,

      Why would as you say " I hope these actions are positive for the housing market and a result in a significant decrease in mortgage rates. This would be a positive for the economy as a whole." Be positive.

      Since when is extending credit to overvalued real estate guarantied by tax payers a good idea? Are you a communist or something like that?       Sep 07 02:36 PM
    • Freddie/Fannie Plans In Motion; Why Are They Being Underplayed? [view article]
      Mr borenstein

      You are the poster child of what wrong with this country. While pretending to be capitalist/free markets all you do is take advantage of the corruption inside the government to profit on the backs of taxpayers - Hurray lets celebrate taxpayers will make sure I make money : disgraceful       Sep 06 08:06 AM
    • Real Estate, Retail ETFs Better Than You Think [view article]
      Let's face it, most investors have not wanted to touch real estate or the consumer with a twenty-foot pole...

      Then why did they go up? magic?       Sep 03 08:53 PM
    • Where Are the Bank Failures in This Financial Crisis? [view article]
      on any asset that has any chance of being impaired.

      So *on any asset*? Please if banks are that strong why don't they price to market instead of moving stuff to level 3?. The reason more banks haven't failed is because on your face tax payer support. Housing bottoming? Are you this naive?       Sep 01 03:24 PM
    • What the Homebuilders Are Telling Us [view article]
      Look at insider sales (TOLL) for instance and re-think your story... Aug 24 04:13 PM
    • Financial Crisis: Getting Old [view article]
      To compare the financial problems of all these banks with Yahoo is just none sense as far as I remember Yahoo didn't have any "wink" "wink" off the books liabilities. Save this article an re-post in a couple of years and it may be true Aug 22 05:05 PM
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