RiskAverseAlert

Banning Derivatives and Other Such Foolishness

And what of speculators working in the London office of AIG Financial Products whose operations cascaded into spectacular collapse of the company threatening to bury the global financial system? What good purpose did this group serve?

Do you deviate into a realm where those intimately knowledgeable of the history of nations might consider your generic defense of derivatives a case of giving aid and comfort to an enemy of the people of the United States of America? Might you too, then, be saying, "Do as I say, not as I do?"

Buffett's Betrayal

"What saddens me is that Buffett is uniquely positioned to lobby for better public policy, but he’s chosen to spend his considerable political capital protecting his own holdings."

Buffett's course of action is epidemic and it is the face of "dog eat dog" finance sure to precipitate collapse.

An Opportunity for Patient Investors - Barron's

Seems current conditions are a better opportunity for savvy traders. Contrarily, patient investors ought consider any pending rally possibly an opportunity to reduce equities exposure.