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The Bull Run Begins This Week

All you suckers go ahead and get back in.
Again.

On Jan 18 05:46 PM Big K wrote:

> I can see many people have a negative view of the future of our economy
> and stock market. With the vast majority of people so bearish, I
> can think there is a possibility of a bull run coming soon. When
> everybody is bearish, all who are going to sell have already done
> so, and big money is sitting on the sideline. At this point only
> long-term investors remain, so there are few people to sell on the
> bad news, hence apparent support. The bearish sentiments have been
> priced in the market. Possibly, many of the above bears have put
> in short positions, which is even more bullish. The market usually
> moves in the direction opposite to what the majority expect. This
> makes perfect sense. Everyone has already positioned themselves for
> the anticipated direction. Why would all these chicken littles saying
> armageddon is coming still be invested in the market? Of course they
> are not, because once armageddon comes, it's already too late. Therefore,
> I think there is a higher probability the market will go up rather
> than down.

What Will Happen to All That Money the Government's Making?

Economists, as a group, are not high on our list of those offering meaningful opinions.

You sure loved it when they told us debt didn't matter, and kept credit easy for all those years. What about the inscrutable genius / bumbling douchebag Alan Greenspan?
And instead of showing us graphs of analyst's pessimistic predictions, why not show us the actual numbers? Too pessimistic I suppose. Everybody get back in so we can fleece you once more!
This is one of the worst articles I have ever read on this site.

The Last Domino Is Falling: Exports

Thanks for more vapid crap Larry. Keeping up the 'top 100' rating? spare us.


On Jan 13 01:50 PM Larry House wrote:

> Thanks. Timely and insightful as always. Your last point about time
> going slowing waiting for a bottom is so, so true. Discipline in
> investing is mentioned but rarely practiced. One must be disciplined
> when in stocks and when out.

What Does It Mean When Stocks Rally on Bad News?

So, to sum up, no one really knows why the market really loves all of this horrible data. You all must be avid Professional Wrestling fans. The DOW should be at about 6000 right now. Go to your handy ^DJI chart, expand the timeframe to "max", and look at the curve (and make sure the chart is set to linear scale). Or look at the approximation of a cross-section of the great plains abutting the Rocky Mountains. The last 11 years were a joke. A fraud.

The Economic Meltdown: Dismantling, Yes; Doom, No

You are FOX-watching, Limbaugh-Listening cretin.
Do yourself a favor and turn off the propaganda. Your whole comment is just a list of right-wing, Bush apologist talking points (the seeking alpha editors should be ashamed for allowing your ignorant rant to be published). Each one is retarded. The American century is over. Get used to it.


On Dec 27 10:45 AM rcs wrote:

> The seeking alpha editors should be ashamed for allowing this anti-American
> ignorant rant to be published.
> The author is obviously a biased America hater who does not have
> a clue about the current economic crisis - which was caused by Carter,
> clinton and the democrates pushing sub prime loans to people who
> could not afford them, not 'tax cuts' for the rich ( which resulted
> in more tax revenue for the government) and the deregulation of the
> American banking industry.. The war against Iraq was against an evil
> dictator with WMD who had invaded Kuwait, tortured and murdered his
> own people, and stole billions of dollars from the UN directed oil
> for food program that should have gone to the people of Iraq. So,
> what kind of example is this for the international community?
> the US is not 'sharing power' with any of the third world POS countries
> like India, except in the author's imagination. The US (taxpayer)
> gives untold billions of dollars in aid to foreign countries - how
> much foreign aid has india , russia, or china given?
> the actual cost of the war in iraq is a very small part of the US
> budget and cannot possibly cause the effects the author is claiming.
>
> Ignorant articles like this should never had been written and are
> a waste of time for the readers of this site.

The Economic Meltdown: Dismantling, Yes; Doom, No

You need to get out into 'real america'. It's fairly sh*tty out there. People were generally under-educated, fearful and isolated before all this happened. Have you ever been to the midwest? the southeast? Other than Chicago and Atlanta I mean. Visit a public school. Visit a non-affluent town. There are plenty of them out there. It's not pretty.


On Dec 27 09:15 AM jamino1 wrote:

> THe war may turn out to be a very expensive piece of misplaced ideology;
> more or less a retaliation for 9/11 but it is certainly not the prime
> reason for the financial problems that are occurring now. Now were
> the tax cuts which freed up large amounts of capital for investment..
> More likely it was the unwillingness of central bankers around the
> world to allow for corrections to take place as should have occurred
> after the investment excesses of the dot com era.
>
> THe idea that AMerica will be left on the outside looking in, diminshed
> forever in its influence and power is more a wish on the part of
> those who believe that America must fall in order for them to ascend.
> The structural problems in the rest of the world are evrey bit as
> deep as those in America. THe difference is that America has long
> demonstrated a sort of resilience and transformational ability that
> the rest of the world envies but cannot match. THe dollar may or
> may not fall but the fact that is did not when the crisis was most
> clearly defined and recognized shows that the rest of the world may
> not like America but they are loathe not to follow it. You can make
> money in the short run betting against America but the idea that
> you can successfully short America in the long run is done at your
> own risk. I will take the other side of that trade until it is clearly
> shown to be wrong and again this is just your wish and not any immanent
> "reality."

What Happened to the American Dream?

Prudent Man doesn't know who to be angry at anymore. He feels REALLY confused and frustrated because the unfolding events have revealed his former idols to be false.
Carter was the last good president we had. He told us the truth and we hated him for it. We needed to get off oil 30 years ago. We will all be putting on a goddamn sweater pretty soon. Ever since Carter it's been lies and debt. Reaganites / Bushies / 'Cons / 'Free'marketers continue to rape the corpse of America as they make their final exit in an avalanche of fraud, bailouts, bankruptcies, crime, and pardons. They did win the war, and no prisoners were taken. The only remaining task is to transfer as much blame as possible to the next president.
I do agree though that military service should be made compulsory. We would never have invaded Iraq if that was the case. We also wouldn't need to give billions to mercenaries to provide 'security', barracks and food to our troops.



On Dec 25 09:19 AM PrudentMan, CFA wrote:

> The Baby Boomers, that is what is wrong with America today. They
> are self-centered, wasteful, irresponsible, disrespectful, vulgar
> and self-indulgent.
>
> The Baby Boomers squandered the legacy of the "Greatest Generation".
> Bring back compulsory military service for everyone over eighteen,
> no exemptions as everyone can do something for the good of the country,
> and we may get some discipline back into the country.
>
> The Obama/Hillary Administration will be the worst since Carter.