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The Deteriorating Real Economy's Financial Indicators

This isn't a cure but I sure think we should have a much more aggressive SEC. The kind of SEC that could and would order a full tax audit at the nod of big club. And a Czar who can fire federal employee's for lack of action. Then double the prison time for all white collar crime. Hell you can steel a few million in this country, hide it away, go do a few years in boy scout camp and walk out retired. I should have been much more aggressive in my early twenty's but for some stupid reason I respected the law.

Triple Leveraged ETFs On Fire

I would like to try one of these but I feel I need use some type of program to watch the movement of the market. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
[e-mail] (that's "smoked" w/ a "d", not a "y")

Monitoring 10 Major Asset Categories with ETFs

Nicely put together!

Exxon's 2007 Tax Bill: $30 Billion

Conservative:

I LOVE YOUR IDEA BECAUSE WE COULD ALSO APPLY IT TO THOSE HOLLYWOOD KNOW-IT-ALLS, GOD THIS IS A GREAT COUNTRY -- THANKS CONSERVATIVE.

see conservative comments up above on "writers"

Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets

Ooops, da bear looks like da bull. Oh well, win some .... sometimes.

New Up/Down Oil ETFs Open for Business

Besides the speculators, shouldn't we include the U.S. Govmn't who makes 25% right off the top on every spec of oil sold to a refinery in this country. Then there's other taxes after that. You know, your representatives are home right now, nothing to urgent back in Washington so they had a little break.

3 Aspects to Pricing Oil

Most of the postings here seem to have some knowledge of this present situation of which I feel very inadequate, consequently I would just like to ask a question for some comments:

What do any of you think of the idea of (1) drilling where we haven't even if it does take a few years to get here - which I figure is better than a few years plus few years more if we don't start now & changing some speculation rules if applicable; and (2) starting a serious Manhattan like Project directed towards energy to determine to the best short term direction (rather than throwing a bunch of money at everything with HOPE) and more directed towards a more longer term final solution? (or does either of these two (or three) avenues even come close to addressing the issue of energy) Thanks for you time.

ETF Update: Metals and Mining, Transportation ETF

Wonder if he met PETR3 (energy) (I mean after-all, it's got a R in it, it's got a T in it and it has a P in it) and it's RTP backwords minus the E and since it's holdings are 11.81%, it's close. And in the words of the great Chiney, "so". I just noticed something else, he could have met RIO @ 8.9% (materials), RIO is very close to RTP ..... just drop that p a bit and mess w/ that "I" a bit and hey, there ya go -- an honest error. Probably has a ghost writer, whose fired now and has now become a Mutual Fund salesman. Now here's the kicker: (RTP) ($441.95 per share)

"Rio Tinto plc engages in mining and processing mineral resources. The company's products include aluminum, copper, diamond, coal, uranium, gold, borax, nickel, zinc, lead, silver, borate, potash, alumina, gypsum, molybdenum, sulphuric acid, titanium dioxide, salt, talc, and iron ore. It also engages in the production and sale of cathode blocks, anodes, aluminium fluoride, and calcined coke; and the provision of engineering services and sale of smelting equipment, as well as the sale of electricity where generation is surplus to production needs. The company operates worldwide with a primary focus in Australia and North America. Rio Tinto plc was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom."

ETF Investment Risks

"But those new asset classes aren't taxed like equities."

Is there any place on-line to find out how a certain ETF is taxed? If not, then where else could you find that info? thanks

17 Commodity ETFs to Hedge Your Portfolio

I too, own GCC. I understand it's a new etf maybe that's why it hasn't gone up much - would that be your understanding?

State Street's International Small Cap ETF: Crawling SPDR With Potential

I think you misunderstood his remarks and since you also decided to step outside the matters at hand, a comment: "and our cultural heritage implies that we are to a degree our brother's keeper" then sprinkled with pointed seasonings of being greedy!?

Personally, I thought we had a healthy seperation of church and state but when 'our ('other') brother', BIG BROTHER dictates my charitable notions I'm convicted with no charges or jury as being greedy!?? In other words, do as I say not as I do is all I've seen from all those big political players with their millions in books and a great Wresz-Ko real-estate deal, environmental warming & the best one: a trial lawyer(s) sueing medical claims while touting universal health care. We already have had a failed round of insurance companies telling us how to be doctored now we think politicians can do a better job, ha! Oh, is there a small cap Value for Europe?

Healthcare ETFs: Why Have Investors Avoided Them Like the Plague?

You have to be a broker or ......

A Bumper Crop of Agricultural Products

Isn't GCC also and ETF Ag. product? It covers a lot of commodities like silver and other metals w/ Ag. products.

Choosing the Best Industry ETFs

Oil? Little late on that one.

Hedge Volatility Fluctuations with ETF Calendar Spreads

What does this mean:
"Calendar strategies complement iron condors well because they have positive vega"

"they benefit from rising implied volatility, balancing out the volatility risk of the negative-vega iron condor"