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Four Stocks Whose Nationalization Won’t Affect Stock Indexes Too Much

There is so much irresponsibility in what is written. For news effects, the word "nationalism " keeps being used. Nationalism means that all stock holders are going to lose all their investment BAC= $25 Billion loss.. When that happens the short sellers will take the next bank to 0 and so on. I wish that "the short sellers" would stop the BS.
This is fraud ...and you as a writer are off my list no matter what you write.

JPMorgan Cuts Dividend, Which Bank is Next?

Of course they dropped dividend. They recieved TARP money! Thats a dumb statement.
All banks that recieved TARP will reduce dividends

Thain's Undoing: Thinking He's Worth It

Such a lot of bull from probably guys that have so little sense. To have a $1mm office is necessary to have a Shah for a client. We are talking about billion dollar accounts.
As to the bonases, what do you think BofA bought. I'll tell you. They bought the smartest..best trained people in the world of finance. Don't you understand. This money was spent to keep them at Merrill. Much of the so called money was stock options which have no real value until the stock is higher.
And as far a BofA is concerned, to have this expense on Merrill's books is better than on Bof A books.
And sometime, all you smart people, think what would have happened if Merrill had not combined with BofA. ..Merrill stockholder's would have lost billions. Thank you John Thain. BofA has tried for years to buy Merrill. Now they have it and with any luck the future will improve and BofA will be the biggest and the best.It will take time
As to John Thain, he boarded a sinking ship. O'Neil had fed the appititte of the greed on Wall Street. When the good mortgages had been packaged and sold , Wall Street demanded more product and with the help of people like Rubin and Clinton, the standards were lowered to get all these people who hadn't saved a nickel into their dream homes. As well as to get everyone a credit card for every occasion. We all are to blame for the mess....not John Thain. Give him a break!

American Corporate Brands You Can Believe In

Your article is very interesting and has much merit.

I find that there are some problems with the basis for bonases.

As an example, look at the bonases that Stan O'Neil received by his investments in CMO s etc to ballon the Merril earning and get his incredible bonases. This was multiplies thousands of times by COs and managers and traders of evert financial firm. You can't use the stock price measure either because the investors were also hood-winked.
The only answer is to be paid a salary and be expected to run the company or do the job properly.....then come the totally neglilent Boards. They are "yes" members who are beholden to the COs etc. They are also the ones who should be written about and sued. Stockholders depend on them. And then there are the auditors......

Dow Price Targets

Sounds like a nice guess.. Without a date has little value. I suspect he has been short the market all the way from the top.

BofA: No More 'Typical' Wall Street Pay at Merrill

No one was responsible for the great Wall Street Crash. No one engineered the speculation that preceded it. Both were the product of the free choice and decisions of thousands of individuals. The latter were not led to the slaughter. They were impelled to it by the seminal lunacy which has always seized people who are seized in turn with the notion that they can become very rich.

BofA: No More 'Typical' Wall Street Pay at Merrill

Its almost amusing to read all this total garbage, Obviuosly most of your writers are trash collectors etc. Good brokers are probably as educated as lawyers. They are highly schooled and do give good advise. Granted they are not privy to what goes on in exectutive meetings and unfortuately do receive and act on bad information. However....they are honest and can not be blamed for all the public excesses and unfortunate lack of any spending habits. Buy everything today and pay tomorrow. Look as good as your neighbor who makes twice what you do. etc etc. Don't blame broker's for the economy.
Lastly, the best brokers have always gone to Merrill, and Goldman....because their clients insisted in haveing the best! This still applies.!

Prefer a Yield - Cramer's Lightning Round (10/10/08)

Cramer is a bag of hotair. About a week ago, on a national business program he told investors to "sell everything. Then here he is recommending purchases. I can remember not to long ago that he recommended Merrill Lynch and Corning.

Is the U.S. Government Trying to Compete With GeoEye?

Chris....as I am unable to contact you in anyother way , I will do it this way. Let me start by saying that I am interested in your research. I find it very interesting and well thought out.
My question: I looked at purchasing your research anf two things bothered me and will keep me from doing it. First, when I got to the end of the subscription phase it says $99.00 per year, automatically renewed. No-way! I want the option to renew not the fight to get my money back after it has been taken. Second: There is no way to contact you directly if there is a problem. Without these two things, I am sorry to turn the offer down, even when I really like your style and thoughts.
If you want to reply to this.. leave your answer and email address as a comment here and I will contact you.

Chet

Short Selling Ban Welcome

A question for Phillip...or anyone else. My schooling says that if I want to sell a stock someone must buy it. Who were the buyers? Naked selling is the only way that I can figure to sell without a buyer. Obviously, I am wrong but I would be interested in the answer. Thx in advance

Preserving U.S. Economy Over Free Markets (Short Sellers)

Kelly, I hate to tell you that Gold and silver is also manipulated. You could have bought gold at 1000 or 825 within 3 or 4 months. The price is what the traders want it to be. Look at OIL. Do you think OPEC raised or lowered their prices? We need regulation of Hedge Funds and the rest of them.

Preserving U.S. Economy Over Free Markets (Short Sellers)

Most seem to be missing the point about short selling. In itself properly selling short with borrowed stock has its place and always has...but naked shorting shock that is not borrowed is a travistry and the SEC is solely at fault by allowing it. ie today,lets say, I Hedge fund A wants to make some money. It calls HF B and HF C and says lets short 1 mill shares of LEH. How about 2:30pm. At 2:30 each sells 1 Mill LEH that they don't own (naked short selling) The price plummets and those who own the stock panic and sell. This is not only illegal, but a fraud. Why does the SEC overlook this??????????????/Its time to reinstitute the up tick rule and prosocute the naked sellers. The legal short selling could go on as a stablizer.

Options Trader: Friday Outlook

Come on guys and Phillip. To say that it is illegal to make money on a stock going down is rediculous. Sell it and buy it back in the future. Or you are speaking about HF1 and HF2 saying" Lets short at 2:30 1MM shares each. They don't own it or they haven't bothered to borrow it since the SEC doesn"t enforce the rules. This isn't "making money when the stock goes down" this is shear driving the price down. Of course the big money paid whom ever in Washington to do away with the up-tick rule. When are the hedge funds going to have some rules.
Its time.

Options Trader: Friday Outlook

I read with great interest many of these comments, some are by frenzied investors, some by knowlegable investors.
The above comment in Phillips interesting piece about the short sale rule that makes it illegal to make money when stocks go down. The old fashioned way was to sell the stock. When sellers out number buyers, the stock goes down. Then buy it back. Short selling the way it used to be before the extreme amount of cash was paid by the hedge funds to have the up-tick rule done away with. That added to the SEC that refused to make these same groups borrow stock to short , before shorting. Here is my picture. HF A says to HF B ,lets short the hell out of LEH today starting at 2:30. HF A and HF B each short 1MM shares at 2:30. They don't own it nor did they borrow it. !0-15 days later or sooner they buy it back. That is phantom stock. Of corse the reality is that when the public sees it , they panic and the shock goes lower. Each days this is done over and over again. ie LEH 40 to 3 .
The SEC is at fault. They must be replaced.
And in parting, for the government to perhaps spend 500B now is peanuts compared to what the total cost would have been if they hadn't!