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Is It Finally the End of the Bear Market?

Economy is getting weaker as GDP and unemployment head into the double digits. Washington is pursing many of the same policies that contributed to the great depression.

Folks need to simply learn to live within their means.

I know it's unpopular to say, but Dow 5000s still a lock.

The Economy, And Why It's Taking So Long to Fix It

Maybe housing price ARE returning to normal

Citigroup vs. Treasury

Citi and the rest of the economic geniuses made these bad loans, now they have to deal with them.

Hopefully future management will be able to see further out than just the next Quarter.

Privatize the Banks, Already

Nationalization or some derivative of it has sure looked inevitable for at least the past 6 months now. The only question seems to be how many trillions of taxpayer dollar is the government going to throw at the problem first.

Guaranteeing Bank Stock Prices Is Not the Answer

Wow, another stupid idea is which the taxpayers get stuck with bill. The shorts will pile on with both fists if such a poorly though-out situation presents itself.

The economy is coming off a 25 year credit bubble! The government may be able implement some programs to alleviate some of the pain but the bubble will pop - they ALL do!

Just nationalize the banks already -we already know nationalization - or some derivative of it - is coming.

Financial Stocks: Playing the Mark-to-Market Suspension

While I and many other would agree that the news of suspending M2M would lead to a bear market rally, it would, most likely, be a temporal pop that would ultimately get sold.

The fact remains that bad loans were made and that it will take years to work them off.

Instituting fresh, competent management that is capable of thinking farther out than just the next quarter would be a good move, too, in my opinion. You don't loan your car to the drunkard who just wrecked his....actions must have attendant consequences.

Nationalizing the U.S. Banking Sector: There's No Choice

It seems to me that firing incompetent myopic management that got specific financial institutions into this morass would be a good start.

The sector needs leadership with vision and a strategy that doesn't remain solely focused on only one quarter.

Global Earnings Downturn Only 25% Done - Citi

Equities are NOT cheap yet - earnings still need to be ratcheted down much lower from here.

Once they are, we see SPX is actually very expensive here at SPX 900s, the P/E is in the 20s (once earnings are adjusted down which IS where they are going)! SPX in 500s this year seems like a reasonable, realistic target.

The idiots we call 'analysts' are once again, very wrong. Who on earth PAYS these people to make such bad calls?!?