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Fifth Third Bank: Drink Deeply of the Poison

ok, so I don't own any stocks in any banks, I have no clue what the first paragraphs means in this article. However, just a little common sense... thinking. 5/3 Bank would need to have some visible upside before I would invest. Right now its just a roll the dice and pray. I don't see anything that would make want to explore looking at ANY bank. Because of credit crunch they aren't making loans to start-ups and small business as much as before .

Plus there is a lot of competition from private lendors and peer-to-peer lending sources..... I'd put my money into the private sector not the stock market.

Oil Takes a Breather - Fast Money Recap (5/22/08)

Ford... Ford.... Ford.... They are so out of touch with the consumer it blows my mind. Finally in 07-08 they are now making cars that at least are not an embarrassment to drive. The cars look quite nice. However, they need to be on the same bang wagon as GM with making everything Flexfuel. Its only an additional $1100 and could save a family $2000/yr in fuel. If they want to sell some cars one good marketing idea would be to offer free flex fuel conversions (its mostly labor). Sales would sky-rocket... and I would purchase that Ford Edge and drop my long-term affair with Honda/Acura.

Oil and Financials Bring Stocks Down, Again

Gas can hit $12 or $20/gallon. We'll all switch to E100 and the thousands of other fuels.... just like Brazil. There is will not be a shortage..... My prediction is a surplus in 2 years that can not be sold.

Alternative fuels are being suppressed in the media by big oil who fear a sudden change.... They say it won't work and will cost more. Then please explain South America!! China and especially India will stop using oil as well and plant fuel crops. The US maybe slow (as usual) to catch on, but with the two largest nations switching say good-bye to the supply crisis.

China is looking at electric cars more and more.... WHY DO U THINK IRAN WANTS TO BUILD NUCLEAR POWER??? To power the 600-Million electric cars in the country across the street!

Oil will hit $200 or even $300 in about 5 years as less and less people want it... the cost of production will be the bottleneck and drive the price sky high.