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Expecting a Sell-Off: 35 Ways to Protect for Less

Since I posted this on a couple of blogs here, a number of people have mentioned it happened to them as well... at least one (TheresaE) complained to the webmaster about it.

The cause is a spammer.. taking an educated guess, I would say in all probability the same "iamned" guy who has been spamming the site relentlessly for months now, and who management has been totally unable to get rid of.


On Aug 18 12:25 PM Atypical wrote:

> I have had one similar occurance. Never happened before last week.
> Would like to know what caused it.

Expecting a Sell-Off: 35 Ways to Protect for Less

There has been very little reason to put up with the immature cetin annoyances, but in and of itself it wasn't the end of the world, and so I have complained to management and then kept on posting.

Recently, however, I've been getting virus and spyware warning messages and actual screens popping up trying to hijack my PC and force it into doing virus scans. They appear randomly when I access different articles on this site. They've been happening off and on for a week or two, no rhyme or reason to when they occur. They do not occur on any other programs of the hundreds I access weekly.

I have no idea whether others are receiving similar stuff but I have no interest in subjecting my system and my records to crap like that.

Hence, I will not be contributing comments to this site anymore - its just not worth it.

I've enjoyed reading and participating in what have usually been serious subjects and discussions that have taken place here, and I've developed respect for a number of authors and commenters, like swashbuckler, john gordon and trader mark, etal.

I wish you all good fortune on your investing and personal lives... and as the sarge used to say in Hill Street Blues, "Be careful out there!" because we are far from home and there are many miles to go before we sleep.

Expecting a Sell-Off: 35 Ways to Protect for Less

Until Obama, Summers, Geithner and Bernanke relinquish control of the markets to the market participants, and take it away from Lloyd, Jamie, and Immelt (thru CNBC), shorting is just a death sentence. Fundamentals weaken daily in the broad economy, and those entities print vast amounts of money and cycle it into the equity markets daily.

Fundamentals don't matter, technicals don't matter, nothing matters in the least until they return the markets to the real participants, and they show no interest in doing so whatsoever.

Ranking U.S. Banks by Insurance Income

There are many different types of insurance, and many different sub-groups. It would be helpful to know whether the income derives from property/casualty, life, accident & health, title, mortgage, etc etc etc., "all of the above"?