mollytjm

Where's the Outrage at the Banks?

Good article.
As long as we have election by private donation, we'll have this same situation over and over again. Successful politicians get most of their campaign $ from fat cats. It's not realistic to think they'd go against the very people who bought them their power.

Greed is an equal opportunity temptation. It took a lot of 'cooperation' to get us into this mess: politicians who made it easy for the banking industry by watering down strict guidelines for loans, bank OFFICERS who stood to gain on their gambling, no matter how it went, the public who thought there was easy $ in buying real estate they couldn't begin to afford, the credit card companies (banks again) offering serious temptations to people they knew couldn't pay it back, drug companies that sweet talk us into insisting our doctors prescribe whatever new and expensive drug is out there...ALL got us here.
But the bottom line is that if your elected officials, who decide policy on these matters, all get most of their $ from these same industries, it's hard to see how it will all change.

Why Investors Should Have a Healthy Distrust of Management

it's important to look at how secure the company is and how innovative, when it's a tech company. apple is more secure than almost any company on earth and also more innovative...the people who innovate are ALL still there.
Jobs always said his surgery caused problems with digestion and getting nutrients into the system. but he made the company well able to prosper without him, thankfully! All CEO's should be this good!!!

Stocks Will Continue to Erode In This Busted Economy

thanks for weighing in, Mr. Zaky. overall this is a good article, if grim. added to the list, we'll see major insurance companies, already shored up by the fed through medicare, saying it will need help to cover the rising cost of taking care of old people, since they're previous models didn't have us all living so long.
consumers will give up a lot of things...places to eat will feel it pretty hard...but we're hooked on technology, especially our cellphones and smartphones, partly because they help us feel that we're not so alone and, especially in tough time, that's a comfort. i think Apple will do well over the holidays. i mentor zoo volunteer teens and they ALL want iPhones or the Touch for the holidays. not one is pining for Android or, dare i mention it, Zune. it's the App store and cheap entertainment, once you buy the iPhone and contract.
then once they get the gift, they'll be in the Apple store in January. the King of Prussia store is still doing a booming business, even in a constantly slow mall. February is a long way away, except we'll have a change in the white house by then. Hopefully, it'll help.

General Electric Moves On Down the Largest Company List

with so much turmoil all over the place, this kind of list isn't really very relevant. What's relevant is who has the $ to stay afloat and prosper in the future with products that will be competitive in a world market. a GE long term bond, if it's 10 years, should still be fine. GM on the other hand...sigh.

Changes in Market Cap for Biggest U.S. Companies

nuclear power is great, except in geologically unstable areas. as China learned with hydroelectric power, you better build these things away from population centers. they're all safe by themselves. one bad earthquake and one meltdown near a big population will hurt investors, a lot, so they better do what they can to reassure us that they're PRIMARILY safe, then green and efficient. i'd like to see them use some of the Japanese earthquake resistant construction on everything like this, built here, even in places where it seems safe. i think that would be reassuring to investors who are savvy about this stuff.