Michigan Fan

11 'Babies with Bathwater' and 20 'Dogs with Fleas' Stocks for the Week

National Bank of Greece certainly seems to belong on the "babies
with the bathwater" list. Despite the panic over Greek country debt,
NBG has had strong earnings results, has a low level of non-performing loans, and is well capitalized.

Lessons from a Market 'En Fuego'

I think recent stock market history reinforces the premise that investors should not attempt to time the market. Very few investors
are successful at timing on a consistent basis. Many of those who
were perceptive enough (or lucky enough) to get out of the market
before the sharp drop have failed to get back in to take advantage of
the sharp increase since March.

For my part, I stayed in the market throughout the post-September drop and now have totally recouped my losses.

Buffett's Recent Portfolio Changes: What's the Message?

If Warren Buffett was betting on the public option, he probably made a mistake. My prediction is that health care reform will pass but that the public option will be eliminated in order to garner enough Congressional support..

Mixed Messages from the Markets

The economy will recover slowly and undramatically but it will recover.
This is a great time to invest in the stock market for patient investors.

Let Go the Experts Who Have Learned to Fail

I agree with Mr. Mason in respect to AIG because they were one of the main causes of this economic mess. The car companies, on the other hand, were merely victims. Sadly, this sounds like another case of Detroit-bashing. If the government helps the autos in a bankruptcy scenario, it will be much more costly than helping them outside of bankruptcy. Without any type of government help, the Detroit companies will quickly go out of business and the U.S. will take a giant step toward becoming a second-rate economic power without a significant manufacturing base