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  • Taxpayers: Beware GM's Decision to Build Compact in Michigan [View article]
    Don't think of GM as an investment.

    It's a welfare program.
    Jul 07 10:34 am |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
  • Time for California Muni Bond Investors to Take a Stand [View article]
    While California is the poster child for bad government, it's standard practice for states to underfund pension obligations. This makes me wary of their bonds.
    Jul 01 10:57 am |Rating: +7 0 |Link to Comment
  • What's John Paulson Buying Now? Hint... Think Gold [View article]
    I'm wondering whether the Wyeth position could be an arbitrage that involves selling Pfizer and buying Wyeth.
    May 22 14:26 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Five Predictions for This Market [View article]
    Obama is the 21st century version of Herbert Hoover.
    Mar 09 10:59 am |Rating: +1 -1 |Link to Comment
  • The Bubble of Uncertainty Is About to Burst [View article]
    I don't think I'd agree that any plan is better than no plan. Hitler's best seller was titled My Plan.
    Mar 09 10:00 am |Rating: +1 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Priceline: Can William Shatner Be Wrong? [View article]
    James Tiberius Kirk is never wrong.
    Feb 20 14:00 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • New York Times Stock Now Cheaper than Sunday Paper [View article]
    You can wrap more fish with the Sunday paper.
    Feb 19 14:13 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
  • 5 Reasons for Optimism About This Market (Or Not) [View article]
    Predicting markets is probably best done with chicken bones or goat entrails. At least that way you can make soup when you're finished.
    Feb 18 13:29 pm |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
  • Will Lack of Accord on Stimulus Obscure Economic Lessons? [View article]
    Democrats will will say anything if it helps them steal money from productive people. They have no regard for truth, honor or decency. Democrats are the scum of the earth.
    Feb 16 20:00 pm |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
  • The Economy: How to Tell When It's Improving [View article]
    As Reagan said, it's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your job. And it's a recovery when Jimmy Carter loses his job.
    Feb 13 13:05 pm |Rating: +8 -1 |Link to Comment
  • History Indicates a Bottom [View article]
    But it's different this time.
    Feb 11 13:48 pm |Rating: +6 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Why Is the Government So Hysterical? [View article]
    Plan A: Timmy rescues the banking system.

    Plan B: Lassie rescues Timmy.
    Feb 11 12:58 pm |Rating: +3 -1 |Link to Comment
  • TARP Accountability: Bankers Say 'What, Me Sorry?' [View article]
    Being a banker means never having to say you're sorry.
    Feb 11 09:59 am |Rating: +5 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Preview from Europe: Geithner Fails to Deliver [View article]

    Plan A: Timmy rescues financial system.

    Plan B: Lassie resues Timmy.
    Feb 11 08:27 am |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
  • Job Losses: Problems with the Pelosi Graph [View article]
    The early 80's or the Depression should be the basis for comparison.
    Feb 09 14:53 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
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