Thrift Maven

"Rubinomics" Is Back

The Democrats will straighten things out again, and bring back more of the "level playing field" which working people love....only to have
the nation shafted and sucked dry again when Republicans gain power down the road.

Our nation was founded as a republic - and is marketed as a democracy when the need for soldiers arises.

The Power of the Market: 600 Million People in China Lifted Out of Poverty Since 1981

Correction: Capitalism works when combined intelligently with socialism. Worldwide.

In the U.S., which eschews "socialism," unbridled capitalism
has destroyed our financial institutions, government,
health care system, affordable housing for citizens of modest means, peaceful nation, dollar, government surpluses, traditional mainstream religions, society and Western Civilization in general.
So many of our great cities are now third world areas.

To paraphrase..."While most continue to struggle, the ruling GOP line their pockets with the nation's wealth, denying the majority of basic rights (affordable housing, education and health care, livable wages), and causing incalculable damage to (America's) environment." So very interesting how your paragraph so applies to life in America after thirty years of Republican rule and the end of "the level playing field."

Thursday Outlook: Crude Awakening

A relative who works for Conoco Philips said he thinks he understands why oil prices have gone so high. The Chinese have been closing many coal mines . They now have to import so much more coal from the U.S., Canada and elsewhere. Shipping more coal requires huge amounts of oil.

The Republican Political Machine threw out President Carter's Energy Sufficiency Program, which program would have been the start
in the right direction, at the very least, of a sane and intelligent
energy policy.

This country cannot afford intellectual lightweights in the White House ever again. It will take fifty years to recover from the fools that people voting Republican have given us for almost all of THE PAST THIRTY YEARS. The Clinton Presidency was mired with a Republican Congress hellbent on putting private interests before national interest. Here we are, funding Middle Eastern regimes which are killing our sons and daughters. The transfer of wealth
due to the policies of the Republicans is sickening.

Comments on the Barclay's Micro Cap ETF (IWC) and PowerShares Micro Cap ETF (PZI)

What we really want to know is - is there a China microcap ETF?

IXC Offers Exposure to the World's Biggest Energy Plays

I'd like to know your thoughts on nuclear energy. I've been hearing
more about it recently. I see that Invesco has a new ETF out -
PKN.

I know Cheney's Energy Task Force was looking at this in 2001 - but haven't heard much since.

ETF Update: Oil Service ETFs, Natural Gas Plays

I'm starting to hear more about nuclear energy. I see that Invesco
has a new ETF, PKN - a global nuclear energy fund. Any chance you could give us a sense of where we are with nuclear and potential
future profit directions?