cash's Comments cash's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/user/294888/comments Is A $3 Million IRA Sufficient For Retirement? http://seekingalpha.com/article/1357381/comments?source=feed#comment-17988821 17988821 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:02:34 -0400 Valuations Support 1% Or Less For U.S. Stocks Over Next 20 Years http://seekingalpha.com/article/1344831/comments?source=feed#comment-17702691 17702691
The periods you have indicated exhibit some abnormal conditions such as ultra low rates (2009 - now) & housing/debt bubble (2003-2007). Is it logical to conclude then that we need such abnormalties to exist for the market to overpower the mean regression behavior?]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:20:37 -0400
The periods you have indicated exhibit some abnormal conditions such as ultra low rates (2009 - now) & housing/debt bubble (2003-2007). Is it logical to conclude then that we need such abnormalties to exist for the market to overpower the mean regression behavior?]]> Christopher Bogdan, the Pentagon's program chief for the F-35, slams Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Pratt & Whitney (UTX) for trying to "squeeze every nickel" out of the government. Bogdan wants the companies to "take on some of the risk...invest in cost reductions...do the things that will build a better relationship," he says. "I'm not getting all that love yet." You might remember that in the summer, Bogdan described the government's relationship with LMT as the worst he'd ever seen. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/855121?source=feed#comment-15573091 15573091 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:49:40 -0500 Bernanke's Wisdom Opposes Sequestration http://seekingalpha.com/article/1225331/comments?source=feed#comment-15536061 15536061 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:22:07 -0500 The Currency War Is Not New, It's Merely Escalating http://seekingalpha.com/article/1183091/comments?source=feed#comment-14991861 14991861 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:00:03 -0500 Forget inflation targets, Japan now has a stock market target and it's Nikkei 13K by the end of March, according to Economy and Finance minster Akira Amari. If Japan has its own David Tepper, we're pretty sure we know what he's doing. Tokyo was closed overnight, but DXJ gains 1.2%. The yen slides, FXY -0.6%. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/817881?source=feed#comment-14855121 14855121 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:20:48 -0500 3 Things Apple Must Do To Regain Its Dominance http://seekingalpha.com/article/1167971/comments?source=feed#comment-14760201 14760201 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:38:22 -0500 Japan, The Race To The Bottom, And Central Bank Powers http://seekingalpha.com/article/1164791/comments?source=feed#comment-14707221 14707221
Politicians & Fed chairmans everywhere are 'fleeting' as well. They hold these positions to take care of themselves & their friends. They know they will be gone long before the pain arrives.]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:13:10 -0500
Politicians & Fed chairmans everywhere are 'fleeting' as well. They hold these positions to take care of themselves & their friends. They know they will be gone long before the pain arrives.]]> Levered To The Eyeballs http://seekingalpha.com/article/1156511/comments?source=feed#comment-14600281 14600281
Is a 20 point dip (even if it were to occur - which is not certain) worth playing for when all seem to agree it would only be a 'dip/correction'? If it does NOT dip, then you would be chasing it up.]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:09:14 -0500
Is a 20 point dip (even if it were to occur - which is not certain) worth playing for when all seem to agree it would only be a 'dip/correction'? If it does NOT dip, then you would be chasing it up.]]> If the NAAIM Survey of Manager Sentiment was "off the charts" bullish in the high 80s, what is it now? The index rises to the unheard of level of 104.25, meaning the average respondent is now leveraged long. The most bearish manager is 60% net long - the most bullish position for the most bearish respondent ever. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/798991?source=feed#comment-14464041 14464041
Whenever I try to anticipate (what do I know really, given all the high-powered HFTs and big-wig hedge fund poker players & big boys...) I lost money or the opportunity to make money.

I would try to stick with the crowd & main trend rather than guessing the minor dips here and there to time... My 2 cents]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:59:34 -0500
Whenever I try to anticipate (what do I know really, given all the high-powered HFTs and big-wig hedge fund poker players & big boys...) I lost money or the opportunity to make money.

I would try to stick with the crowd & main trend rather than guessing the minor dips here and there to time... My 2 cents]]> "Apple absolutely has to make an iPhone with a bigger screen," iPhone 5 owner Henry Blodget declares. While Apple (AAPL +0.1%) insists on using relatively small display sizes to guarantee effective one-handed iPhone use, devices such as Samsung's Galaxy S III (4.8" display) make the iPhone 5 look "puny and sad in comparison."  The iPhone 5's display size doesn't seem to be affecting its U.S. position much, as Strategy Analytics' numbers demonstrate, but international markets appear to be a different story. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/799491?source=feed#comment-14461601 14461601 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:46:15 -0500 Irrational Exuberance: 2013 Edition http://seekingalpha.com/article/1150871/comments?source=feed#comment-14461051 14461051 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:29:52 -0500 Stocks Cruisin' For A Bruisin' http://seekingalpha.com/article/1145751/comments?source=feed#comment-14409531 14409531
Forced sequester is the only way to reign in out of control spending. Paying for all those bloated, wasteful military gadgets & corrupt contracts is lunacy when you are running huge deficits. Short term misery is preferable to long term poverty. ]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:35:26 -0500
Forced sequester is the only way to reign in out of control spending. Paying for all those bloated, wasteful military gadgets & corrupt contracts is lunacy when you are running huge deficits. Short term misery is preferable to long term poverty. ]]> Why Apple's Profits Are At Risk http://seekingalpha.com/article/1141351/comments?source=feed#comment-14323171 14323171 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:06:21 -0500 It Feels Like The Dotcom Craze All Over Again http://seekingalpha.com/article/1134651/comments?source=feed#comment-14167291 14167291 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:55:38 -0500 Verizon (VZ) states on its Q4 call it activated 6.2M iPhones in Q4, good for 63% of total smartphone activations (up from 46% in Q3, and 56% in the year-ago period). Big Red had previously disclosed it activated 9.8M smartphones in the quarter. CFO Fran Shammo says about half of the iPhone sales involved the iPhone 5 - that remark comes as UBS points to survey data indicating a mix shift towards older and lower-capacity iPhone models. Apple (AAPL) +0.8%. (AT&T smartphone sales) http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/772911?source=feed#comment-14009191 14009191 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:01:22 -0500 Is There A Worm In The Apple? http://seekingalpha.com/article/1113051/comments?source=feed#comment-13746381 13746381 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:11:23 -0500 Testy Tuesday: Too Close To Dow 13,600 To Quit Now http://seekingalpha.com/article/1112631/comments?source=feed#comment-13741641 13741641 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:49:13 -0500 After Mark Hurd resigned as H-P's (HPQ) CEO in 2010, Steve Jobs told Hurd and other friends he feared H-P's board would now "send the company spiraling into chaos," according to BloombergBusinessweek. As Jobs' fears have arguably been realized, many inside H-P have accused Hurd of mortgaging H-P's future. But while some of those critiques may be valid, "they fail to capture why HP’s prospects got so much worse so quickly after Hurd left," the magazine notes The constant through it all has been chairman Ray Lane, accused at times of filling H-P's oft-criticized board with cronies. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/758601?source=feed#comment-13647091 13647091 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:51:07 -0500 AIG sues Maiden Lane II, asking a judge to declare the insurer did not transfer "litigation claims" to the vehicle when it sold it billions in MBS to it during the financial crisis. At issue: Like everybody else, AIG has sued Bank of America (BAC) to recoup losses on bad mortgage paper. The FRBNY - which already got its own settlement from BofA - is of the opinion AIG lost its right to sue when it sold the securities to Maiden Lane. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/758581?source=feed#comment-13625061 13625061
If they had covered up their true state, not taken the bail out but taken the corupt system down - they would have done America a great favor.]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:27:28 -0500
If they had covered up their true state, not taken the bail out but taken the corupt system down - they would have done America a great favor.]]> Student Debt: A Trillion Dollar Bubble http://seekingalpha.com/article/1105261/comments?source=feed#comment-13607171 13607171
Yup, the various govt bailouts encourage irresponsible behavior. They make those that make prudent decisions and live within their means look like fools... Spend like there is no tomorrow, and in fact spend other people's money and take them down as well - and you will be rewarded...]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:56:35 -0500
Yup, the various govt bailouts encourage irresponsible behavior. They make those that make prudent decisions and live within their means look like fools... Spend like there is no tomorrow, and in fact spend other people's money and take them down as well - and you will be rewarded...]]> Finally Sold On Ford http://seekingalpha.com/article/1107271/comments?source=feed#comment-13599091 13599091
Some people are making good money even in the US. I guess, those plus some foreigners are enough people for companies that sell high end products to make profits. The economy is global enough that the old USA centric model is not so valid. Long term unemployment, low wages in the USA will persist but will not matter much to companies nimble enough to make money any where.]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:27:53 -0500
Some people are making good money even in the US. I guess, those plus some foreigners are enough people for companies that sell high end products to make profits. The economy is global enough that the old USA centric model is not so valid. Long term unemployment, low wages in the USA will persist but will not matter much to companies nimble enough to make money any where.]]> Student Debt: A Trillion Dollar Bubble http://seekingalpha.com/article/1105261/comments?source=feed#comment-13559391 13559391
This is called fiscal discipline. Living within means! Education is big business. The schools lobby the govt for easy student loans, so they can keep raising tuitions. The banks wrote their favorite loan rules for govt, and sold the mortgage crap back to the govt to sock it to the tax payer. No difference.

Under the guise of education these college adminstrators & professors are padding their pay checks & pensions. ]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:53:25 -0500
This is called fiscal discipline. Living within means! Education is big business. The schools lobby the govt for easy student loans, so they can keep raising tuitions. The banks wrote their favorite loan rules for govt, and sold the mortgage crap back to the govt to sock it to the tax payer. No difference.

Under the guise of education these college adminstrators & professors are padding their pay checks & pensions. ]]> A Timely Case Study In Financial Planning http://seekingalpha.com/article/1106131/comments?source=feed#comment-13559031 13559031
Let me guess (after a quick pursual of the artcle)

Dennis: Democrats
Reba: Republicans
Medea: Media
Fred: Fed

Who the heck is Reynard though :)]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:38:30 -0500
Let me guess (after a quick pursual of the artcle)

Dennis: Democrats
Reba: Republicans
Medea: Media
Fred: Fed

Who the heck is Reynard though :)]]> Student Debt: A Trillion Dollar Bubble http://seekingalpha.com/article/1105261/comments?source=feed#comment-13544681 13544681
Well, why not forgive auto loans, home loans while you are at it. That will be even bigger boost to the economy right? People will have more money to spend to buy more stuff and our economy will rocket higher, and wealth will positively spill over. How sweet it is when you can borrow, spend and never have to pay back. Economic Utopia!]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:28:14 -0500
Well, why not forgive auto loans, home loans while you are at it. That will be even bigger boost to the economy right? People will have more money to spend to buy more stuff and our economy will rocket higher, and wealth will positively spill over. How sweet it is when you can borrow, spend and never have to pay back. Economic Utopia!]]> Almost all of the Pentagon's 791,000 civilian staff will have to take a month of unpaid leave if automatic spending cuts come into force in March, as now scheduled, defense analyst Todd Harrison calculates. Those employees are the ones who would have to renegotiate many weapons contracts that the reductions would force. It could all turn into a "nightmare," says Harrison, although it's not going to be the "apocalypse." http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/754941?source=feed#comment-13536431 13536431
Tired of getting fleeced by these corrupt fat cats inflating the costs, throwing a few bones to the politicians & unions.]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:06:04 -0500
Tired of getting fleeced by these corrupt fat cats inflating the costs, throwing a few bones to the politicians & unions.]]> Whipsaw Wednesday: Down And Up We Go http://seekingalpha.com/article/1102541/comments?source=feed#comment-13496831 13496831 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:19:34 -0500 The Curious Predictability Of The Payrolls Report http://seekingalpha.com/article/1095191/comments?source=feed#comment-13318541 13318541 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:15:39 -0500 House Approves Fiscal Cliff Bill: How The Deal Affects Income Investors http://seekingalpha.com/article/1090101/comments?source=feed#comment-13228991 13228991
It is not government-sponsored as you claim. They take it forcibly out of every pay check. Let the government return all they have taken in 'today's' dollars - and yes then shutdown SS. Fat chance, right? This is a ponzi scheme - plain & simple. Keep raising the retirement age, or declare wars and at some point more people die before they get a penny from SS - leaving the govt employees & politicians to pay themselves fat pensions]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:49:47 -0500
It is not government-sponsored as you claim. They take it forcibly out of every pay check. Let the government return all they have taken in 'today's' dollars - and yes then shutdown SS. Fat chance, right? This is a ponzi scheme - plain & simple. Keep raising the retirement age, or declare wars and at some point more people die before they get a penny from SS - leaving the govt employees & politicians to pay themselves fat pensions]]> Wednesday's Wild Start To 2013 http://seekingalpha.com/article/1090751/comments?source=feed#comment-13222701 13222701
Yup. There is no chance that any real spending cuts will materlialize in two months. Any cuts will have to come from military & medicare spending, and those lobbies are too strong]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:21:56 -0500
Yup. There is no chance that any real spending cuts will materlialize in two months. Any cuts will have to come from military & medicare spending, and those lobbies are too strong]]>