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  • Michelle Girard on 2010: Job Gains, V-Shaped Recovery and 4% Growth  [View article]
    So I could listen to a paid schill who never saw 2008 coming, that 2010 won't happen.
    Hmmmmmmmmm...............
    I think I'll get a second opinion
    Nov 10 07:22 am |Rating: +3 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Employment Lags the Stock Market [View article]
    Unqualified, huh?

    Quick question, sir.
    Check your street and tell me when the last ivory tower sold and for how much. I think you are in for a shock....................


    On Nov 08 04:33 PM Brian McMorris wrote:

    > I really don't care what some reporter at WSJ said. I did independent
    > research using government stats and posted the evidence. If you want
    > to go with someone's unqualified opinion against the facts I presented
    > by researching historical data obtained at the Fed website, that
    > is your choice.
    Nov 08 21:30 pm |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
  • Employment Lags the Stock Market [View article]
    "By March 2010, we should see employment levels improving and unemployment rates declining. Any recovery between now and then is a bonus."

    Bonus? Is that the term?

    I'd love to see JUST ONE MORE job dissapear................
    Nov 08 11:40 am |Rating: 0 -1 |Link to Comment
  • David Rosenberg on 'The Mother of All Jobless Recoveries' [View article]
    "To the degree you expect the recovery to continue, labor force participation rates should be increasing, not decreasing. In my previous post, I failed to point this out, leading to the conclusion I saw the data as a net positive."

    I immediately noticed this misinterpretation in your other article as well. I was concerned as to how you could view a decrease as a positive. The fact that you pointed this out, immediately I might add, should sway any SA reader as to which authors they should continue to follow and which they should consistently question.
    Thank you
    Nov 08 10:33 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
  • Employment: Neither Quality Nor Quantity  [View article]
    Of course the checks are necessary.
    The point I think he is trying to make is that this is not a solution.
    The fact that our president is hailing this extension as some sort of economic positive, instead of REAL policy reform to quit funneling our imprisoned funds to the the insolvent captors.

    Picture our big banks in much like the premise of the movie "Weekend at Bernie's." with the government holding up the banks on the left and the Fed holding up the banks on the right. Everone is fooled into thinking it's a-ok, business as usual, except for the two institutions proping it up and Henry Paulsen's loose leverage that killed it.

    On Nov 08 08:13 AM chris coonan wrote:

    > while it may not help the economy jump start, the unemployment checks
    > are needed to prevent a collapse of society itself right now
    Nov 08 09:14 am |Rating: +4 0 |Link to Comment
  • Employment: Neither Quality Nor Quantity  [View article]
    Why are you so negative, Mr. Schiff?

    Let me say to you that since I lost my job earlier this year, I am able to stay home and watch CNBC all day, everyday. And I've learned two very valuable pieces of information from watching day in and day out that I am happy to pass on:

    1)Everything is fine.
    2) The economy is just a bit behind schedule concerning employment. That'll solve itself. (refer to #1)
    Nov 08 08:54 am |Rating: +21 -3 |Link to Comment
  • Wells Fargo's Mortgage Conversion Scheme: Delaying the Inevitable [View article]
    Odds are this post is from a bank employee or who has a spouse/child who works for WFC. Keep in mind, Mark that entities and its generally irresponsible employees would LOVE TO PRETEND THAT 2008 NEVER HAPPENED.

    OH, THEY'RE NOT IRRESPONSIBLE?
    I knew that valuing average homes here in Pinellas County, Florida at 7-8 times median houselhold income was insane.
    And these BANKERS didn't?


    On Nov 07 12:35 PM TraderMark wrote:

    > you do realize Wells Fargo would be in BK if not for the taxpayer?
    >
    Nov 07 14:46 pm |Rating: +2 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Wells Fargo's Mortgage Conversion Scheme: Delaying the Inevitable [View article]
    What I simply can't figure out is how in the world ANYONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND would ever do business with a bailed out bank again. They are a scourge on our economy and are recepients of funds that could be better funneled elsewhere.

    I just don't understand it. Insolvent is insolvent and I am tired of all the accounting games.
    Nov 07 14:38 pm |Rating: +2 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Consumer Credit: Dreadful [View article]
    Was this mentioned anywhere on CBNC?
    It's not Wall Street and Main Street.
    It's Wall Street and EVERYONE ELSE.
    Now the Wall Street crowd is pretending the everyone else crowd doesn't even exist. It's simply too messy to do otherwise.

    Nothing stands in the way of the glorius V, huh?
    Nov 06 18:04 pm |Rating: +6 0 |Link to Comment
  • At the Bull-Bear Crossroads [View article]
    Please some one title that as their next article:

    "Cetin was right all this time.
    (and you thought it was just spam!!!!)"


    On Nov 06 04:34 PM Ricard wrote:

    > Cetin was right. Just keep buying. The Fed is going to inflate us
    > all.
    Nov 06 16:46 pm |Rating: +8 0 |Link to Comment
  • Jobs Still Disappearing, But Confidence Is Returning [View article]
    There is just ONE MORE job I'd like to see disappear................
    Nov 06 16:34 pm |Rating: +7 -1 |Link to Comment
  • At the Bull-Bear Crossroads [View article]
    I fimly believe, Mark, that the 10 handle on the unemployment # trumps the 10 handle on the DOW in any rational investor's mind.

    I believe, however, the PPT is hard at work today to prevent a 3+% sell off.
    Nov 06 15:03 pm |Rating: +8 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Continuing Job Losses Prove that Recovery Has Yet to Gain Traction [View article]
    "The new definition of a recovery, according to the US Regime, is that WashDc-Wall stole more from the Middle Class this month than last month."

    Simply classic


    On Nov 06 01:27 PM User 353732 wrote:

    > The new definition of a recovery, according to the US Regime, is
    > that WashDc-Wall stole more from the Middle Class this month than
    > last month. A boom is when the Middle class ceases to exist.
    > A recession is when WashDc-Wall St theft is less this month than
    > last month. A depression is when the Middle class refuses to be plundered
    > and pillaged any more .
    >
    > The recovery is gaining traction impressively and the US Regime is
    > now confident that the bleak days of constitutional Govt, personal
    > and property rights and a independent press are finally behind us.
    > There are even whispers of a boom but modesty prevents the US Regime
    > from talking about the impending boom at this early stage.
    >
    > As the recovery accelerates, the Regime will accept congratulations
    > and credit for the nascent boom from its soul brothers in Russia,
    > Venezuela and Iran. The North Koreans are less easily impressed and
    > will wait for actual proof an enduring boom before sending fraternal
    > greetings and tokens of admiration.
    Nov 06 14:58 pm |Rating: +2 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Continuing Job Losses Prove that Recovery Has Yet to Gain Traction [View article]
    "Continuing Job Losses Prove that Recovery Has Yet to Gain Traction."

    What are you talking about?

    Since I lost my job earlier this year, I am able to stay home and watch CNBC all day, everyday. And I've learned two very valuable pieces of information from watching day in and day out:
    1)Everything is fine.
    2) The economy is just a bit behind schedule concerning employment. That'll solve itself. (see #1)
    Nov 06 13:11 pm |Rating: +6 -2 |Link to Comment
  • Nonfarms Payrolls: Surprisingly Bad - Or Was It? [View article]
    If I start off with 100 men in my army and on the first day 9 die and the second day 8 die and the third day 7 die and the fourth day 8 die and the fifth day 8 day and so on and so on until there's only 2 men left.
    That day both are shot and killed. Do I report back to my general that "Only 2 were killed today. So things are improving."
    And so go with the "less bad" cult...............

    I am watching the news one day, and I hear 19 people were shot and killed. And so goes for the next year. A year later I hear that only 14 people were shot and killed. Do I get excited and start singing and dancing? Well, if the newscasters were telling me constantly that 14 is better than 19 and that means maybe we'll have only 5 dead in a near future crime scene. Maybe that would rub off on me and I would post an article why 14 dead could be considered good? But the news wouldn't do that, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO ECONOMIC MOTIVES TO DO SO, UNLIKE THE WALL STREET PUMPERS AND MEDIA SCHILLS.

    No matter how you slice it, THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO LOOK AT THE EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS, U3. U6, U7 OR SGS. THEY WERE TERRIBLE. THERE IS NO POSITIVES, SO PUT THE KOOL-AID DOWN!!!

    (It's amazing what a phony stock market rally can do to trick the mind)
    Nov 06 11:03 am |Rating: +4 -2 |Link to Comment
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