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Ignore Recent Markets (Or Volcanoes) at Your Peril

An interesting analogy.

Did you contemplate greed when creating your article?

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Acquisition of Columbia Management a Great Deal for Ameriprise

Great article. I can not wait to see how the market responds to this sale. BAC's great marketing team would rather have everyone focus on the fact that Ken Lewis is departing.

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Jeff Rubin: Expect Oil Prices to Rise Dramatically and Globalization to End

Chich,

Your one dimension response to Bluesky's response to Jeff's article pointing to one of CNBC's appropriately timed and scheduled talking heads is funny ay best.

I add a link which adds another dimension to your Prius silliness.

www.builditsolar.com/R...

Have a peak, and there are other ways to make costs comparisons of BTU generation and usage.

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On Sep 25 06:26 AM chich wrote:

> Wow bluesky, i think you're one of those people that loves the BP
> commercials talking about green and such, what an idiot. BP doesn't
> stand for beyond petroleum it stands for British petroleum just so
> you know....now, about the theory, it makes perfect sense. Oil is
> running out. It will NEVER run out, but it's supply will go down
> so much, and the easily accessible oil will be gone so soon that
> oil prices will go up. There is no cheap alternative. I repeat THERE
> IS NO CHEAP ALTERNATIVE. You have to understand the numbers and
> what they imply...You've seen in this very video that this year is
> having "unusually brisk" oil finds. Do you know how much 10 billion
> barrels of oil is? It's 4 months supply. That's right 4 months supply.
> And the stuff they're finding now is the stuff that's hard to get
> to. Not impossible, just hard to get to. This means higher price
> and this will change the way we live. No doubt about it.
> Now another number. Yesterday, yes, yesterday on September 24 I saw
> a commercial talking about how much gasoline the GREEN prius has
> saved. Believe, I love the marketing strategy. After all there are
> gullible morons like you who love that word who have enough money
> as a market demographic to cater to. Make no mistake, though, it's
> these same gullible morons that cry on the news about how their refinanced
> homes are too expensive now...because they never understood the underlying
> facts and principles behind the economy- look in the mirror and you'll
> know who I'm talking about. Now, back to the prius commercial,
> and the wonderful toyota marketers...the commercial said that the
> prius- worldwide mind you- had saved a whopping BILLION gallons of
> gas. Wow, A billion gallons of gas...wow...
> Again, run the numbers...Since it's inception in 1999, the prius
> has saved about 15 hours worth of global consumption of oil! That's
> 10 years of prius to save 15 hours worth of oil consumption...WOW...
> Each oil barrel is 42 gallons, and roughly depending on demand 20
> gallons of that goes to gasoline. So, 1 billion divided by 20 gives
> us the remarkable number of 50 Million barrels, which as i have said
> a couple of lines of text back, barely qualifies as a drop in the
> bucket- or 2 1/2 days of US oil consumption... THERE IS NO CHEAPER
> ALTERNATIVE THAN OIL. In fact, the most expensive barrel of oil will
> be the cost of the cheapest VIABLE YES VIABLE alternative energy.
> and that my dear, is where we see that oil in fact will never run
> out, but rather just get really expensive. It's the end of suburbia
> as we know it, and it's the rebirth of the bustling city center.

The Dollar May Not Be Doomed

Steve,

The power elites in Washington DC have been Leftists for the past 80 years. How pathetic a response right in line with those that want the masses to be blinded to the truth. Nothing you stated dismisses the truths within "The dollar may not be doomed" article written by Charles.

Trust me there is and will continue to be a movement in the world to find a replacement for the dollar as the reserve currency of choice. And I'll likely see this happen within my lifetime.

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On Sep 25 07:22 AM Steve in Greensboro wrote:

> You argue that the "power elite" (the eeevil rich) set the agenda
> of a rising dollar.
>
> The problem is the real "power elites" are the permanent ruling class
> in Washington D.C. composed of the Leftists who run the government
> (elected and career bureaucrats) and their fellow travelers in the
> media.
>
> The real power elite is fundamentally opposed to capital accumulation
> by the eeevil rich and are willing, even enthusiastic supporters
> of ongoing and permanent currency debasement to bail out a bankrupt
> Federal government (with massive unfunded liabilities like Social
> Security and Medicare) and to bail out their voter base, individual
> debtors who are also massively overleveraged.
>
> Of course the 95% debasement of the USD from the beginning of the
> 20th century through today is prima facie evidence that the strong
> dollar is absolutely not on the agenda of those in power.

4 Reasons Why Banks Will Keep Getting Stronger

Significant improvement in the economy?

I'm not sure, was that a recommendation to own banks at these prices?

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Two Citigroup Income Generating Option Strategies

Buy properly placed "C" Puts.

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The Teddy Bears' Picnic: Predicting a Market Crash That May Not Come

It has been a very long time since I've seen such a consolidation of bullish sentimented (contribed dribble). The bulls have no real credible argument.

The very people who were hurt by the recent bubble bursts will be hurt again here should they invest in this marketplace right now after sitting on the sidelines during this recent run up.

Don't take such advice as handed out in this article and other media pundents to enter the market now .

I am presently bearish and have been for the last 25 points in the $SPX.

My bearish positions will pay off and I only hope that the average investor will refrain from emotionally entering the market at these levels. If you have been sitting on the sidelines you will not miss the train leaving the station, the train is coming to the train yard for some much needed repair.

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Bank Earnings: Revenues Falling, Losses Rising

I'm of the mind that within the next 30-60 days the light will be so bright that even the dimmest of bulbs will see right through the hocus pocus!

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Goldman Earnings Bode Well for BAC, JPM

Are you for real?

In a small world, a smaller country, and a government smaller yet with a Federal Reserve having access to all sorts of insider data from corporaions world wide.........

With wide trends known in advance of announcement to the market place it is a cake walk to earn such profits!


Let's see what happens to their earnings next quarter!

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On Jul 15 12:22 AM Mad Hedge Fund Trader wrote:

> Not necessarily. When I turned on my computer this morning and saw
> the S&P 500 futures up 40 from yesterday’s low, I knew it was
> time to fix the flat on my kid’s bicycle, trim the hedges, repair
> the torn screen window, and unclog the downstairs toilet. The worst
> thing you can do in these low volume, summer short covering rallies
> is sell too soon. Kudos to Goldman Sachs for bringing in a blowout
> quarter, which I had long expected. When junk yields move from 25%
> to 13% how hard is it to make money? It just shows you what a great
> business model they have, that of a “portfolio” of traders, some
> of which are making money at all times. But what is great for GS
> is not so good for the rest of us. Much or their future will rely
> on the vast expansion of public debt from every quarter, from 30
> year Treasuries to your local sewer works, all of which has to be
> traded where they have the Ax. The remaining financials and the economy
> as a whole are no Goldman Sachs. So you have to view the rally they
> sparked as a gift to sell into. There are no green shoots in the
> US, and only a few in Asia, as the Shanghai market’s doubling since
> November has been shouting at us at the top of its lungs. Call them
> bamboo shoots. Look at the chart below prepared by Price Headly at
> Big Trends at www.bigtrends.com/inde..., showing that we
> are still safely and solidly in a downtrend. Still, keep some buy
> stops up above as insurance, just in case traders really want to
> go nuts and squeeze the index above 930.

Goldman Earnings Bode Well for BAC, JPM

I must say that the title of your article is like the title to an article written for the Globe:

"Goldman Earnings Bode Well for BAC, JPM " where you say GS results "...bode well for the likes of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan over the next two years".

Nice that you agree with Dick Bove that at some point in the future today's loan loss provisions through the magic of GAAP will provide for future earnings increases!

Having a seat at the table GS better had tripled their earnings from trading fixed-income, currencies and commodities!

How the Impending Food Shortage Will Impact Agriculture Stocks

There will absolutely be an increase in the world consumption of food stuff, meat products and the like that will drive the need for agricultural products for which insufficient farming capacity exists. As a result there will certainly be a rise on the price of commodities over these next years.

Add to the population growth, the increase in discretionary income to peoples around the world, and a little inflation due to the monetary policies of the advanced economies of the world and voila!

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OT: Nice shoes,

What’s Bad for Wheat Could Be Good for Agriculture ETFs

Hard to think about massive wheat shortages, and it's affect on the world though I'll be happy with the price increases that should befall DBA as a result of such an event since they have 25% of the ETF invested in July and Dec wheat!

Let's see where the roll is in July! Any thoughts?

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Ken Lewis Is Fully Responsible for the Merrill Lynch Acquisition

Whether the Merrill acquisition turns out to be one of BAC's best or not is not the question.

The question is what did Ken Lewis do or not do, say or not say, disclose or not disclose at the time surrounding the run up and closing of the merger.

It seems to me that as of now, less than the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth is come to light.

And I am not sure that Ken Lewis will see the light at the end of the final BAC recovery tunnel in his present role.

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Who Is the Government Going to Bail Out Today?

The picking and choosing of supplies who will survive is likely happening based on manufacturing capacity, product quality, financial position, cost structure and other sound business judgments. If there were no government money involved the private firms would decide what manufacturing plants would remain open and decide what manufacturing plants would close. These types of decisions are not ever made by common shareholders and/or bondholders. So i leave it to those who run the businesses to make their decisions and I will wait to VOTE with my dollars.

I will choose to buy the product which provides me the best quality for the type of drive I desire with the lowest cost of ownership for me to operate throughout the auto's lifetime. American made and/or assembled will certainly be a part of that decision making mix.

The second matter which you developed in your piece is that of the GS connection to our government and rather than go off on a rant I will say this, "where there is smoke there is fire!

And the hypocrisy of the fact disturbs me!

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Emerging Asian Markets Will Fuel Commodity Boom - CIBC

Good read!

The market is ready for a pull back.

I see that as a good opportunity to buy more commodity plays as the markets pull back.

The fact is we are a growing world population and oil is not renewable resource. World government's printing money can only support commodity's going higher!

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