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Leser
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Nearly 20% of the S&P 500 Now Covered by No Short List
Conditions Ripe for a Possible Stock Rally
Percentages of Stocks Above Their 50-Day Moving Averages
The Two-Ton Wall Street Conflict of Interest Few Dare To Talk About
What we can't afford are more of our government's unending and expensive wars abroad--or these two that we currently have. Return the expenditure from foreign fronts to develop the U.S. to set our.people working, to improve our infrastructure and develop the alternative fuel sources, wind turbine fields, and capturing natural gas and drilling for the oil we do have, improving our police forces, etc.
Invest in America, not in unproductive war to solve the problems we're facing. What a waste of our tax money these last eight years have been. Even our grandchildren will rue our waste of their tax money as they pay the interest on the money we threw away.
Invest in our schools, colleges, trade schools, and the American people, not in the military in this way, which is bringing us no productive growth and actually makes us ineffectual in our relationship with other nations.
We need to come back to using diplomacy to solve problems. Shouting matches and beatings don't work in domestic life, nor in international relations. And sure, Theodore Roosevelt said "Speak softly, but carry a big stick." The big stick politics only work when one does speak softly, uses diplomacy first and foremost.
Who would really vote for more of the Bush agenda at this time? How can one even consider voting for McCain? I suppose those who have investments in armaments and those who are not thinking, just voting the knee jerk reaction. Think it through. Our country needs to clean up our messes at home, keep more bridges from collapsing in our cities. We need to invest in our country and not squander more trillions in futile wars. When is the U.S. going to learn that?
Largest Companies in the World
It's not just unions, but also management that can be excessive and seriously hurt the bottom line with tremendously bloated salaries and perks. The Golden Mean of the ancient Greeks, nothing in excess, is what we have to follow even now. Companies need to act ethically, workers too. So do we as consumers need to think of others.
When we're buying our cheaper goods from China, we are all supporting an immoral, criminal regime and acting irresponsibly towards U.S. and Canadian workers. When North American executive is making many millions while his/her workers are getting $8.00 (give or take a buck) an hour, s/he is being immoral--although perhaps not acting illegally. Society (we family members) need to teach our children to think about what's responsible and correct--not how can I take financial advantage of the people whom I work with. We need to stop pointing the finger at the other people, but develop a sense of fair play in ourselves, our colleagues and families. In the long run much more good for the company and the individuals involved is accomplished that way.
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-Leser
Dividends Show Differences Between Financials
When purchasing a stock, look for the reasonable payout of -- what 25% or 50%, ballpark figure -- profits to the stockholder in the form of dividends (not so much buybacks, which I suspect may be to makeup for all the stock thrown at the executives of the company to cover their raiding the profit cookie jar.)
It's old fashioned fiscal responsibility at running the business the company says it's in. Buying other companies should be judiciously done, not in a greedy way to spend the shareholders' money, as if the shareholder doesn't know what to do with it. He or she should use the dividends to buy more of the same stock. If the company is that good, the shareholder probably would.
Of course, companies with high dividends and high debt--well the debt washes out the benefit of the current dividend, I would say.
Yes, if we went back to the traditional high dividends--even after a 15 (or 20% taxation in the future?), it would be one way to know the executives of the company are really working for us. What a novel thought.
Dividends, dividends, dividends. The proof is in the pudding.
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(Kudlow, let the others on your show finish their sentences! Grow up as a professional show moderator!)
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I just tried to buy a paint brush made elsewhere than China in one of my local large American stores. Couldn't find one there. Previously I also found very limited products available in certain other categories, if they weren't from the People's "Republic" of China. For the time being, businesses are doing just what we want them to, turning a profit, all in the name of "winning", making the most money. We need a profit at any cost. I've got to read the book _A Year Without "Made in China": One Family's True Life Adventure in the Global Economy_. I suppose, if that family did it, I can learn to do better in my attempt to "buy American" or Canadian or Mexican, etc. It can be done. (Probably we have to buy many things in rummage sales--objects that are vestiges of when the U.S. was a manufacturing giant.) Our government needs to expect more rights for the citizens from the Chinese government. (Poor Tabet!) As consumers we need to support manufacturers in countries where the dignity of the people governed is respected by those in power. If we don't, as investors we will eventually lose overseas holdings to unscrupulous governments, such as China (Venezuela, Russia?). Perhaps Russia did not "bury" us, as Khrushchev prognosticated, but economically China is eating our lunch--afterwords it will have stolen all the high-end technological knowledge the American companies are taking over there. They are technology pirates. Meanwhile more Americans are lining up for unemployment. A proper minimum wage here would assure that everyone in our country has a chance to live in decency. As capitalists, let's make our profit, but share appropriately from the production of goods and providing of services with the men and women at the lowest levels. It's the right thing to do. Indeed, there are some American companies flourishing in doing so. Yes, in China there is slave labor. We should enjoy the fireworks purchased in part by sales to us of goods made at the expense of slaves. China has some enslaved laborers. The Olympic opening spectacle was not ennobling. We sold our souls to the highest (=cheapest) bidder, China. Thanks, Nixon.
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Sharksm makes a point which harmonizes with Terence, buy and hold quality dividend stocks. Even with DRIP's one can still buy at approximate lows. Let the dividends accru until in retirement. Then have them pay out a living income--or help other retirement payments while the stocks continue growing in value.
Wpdragon's point is valid, too, to avoid the sin stocks. Why profit on someone else's misjudgment? Suzi Ormann's mantra "people first" has much higher moral ground than Cramer's of the "I'm just here to make money" ilk. Lose that opening egotistical mantra to your show, Jim.
By way of a positive suggestion for you Terence, when you've finished writing an article, you should read your it again after a little gestation time and ask yourself what can I weed out, what have I already expressed elsewhere in this article in other words? Your articles will be more readable if shortened.
I think your thoughts are good.
Thanks.