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  • Cramer's Stop Trading! The Best Conference Call of the Quarter (12/18/09) [View article]
    Cramer.... oh why comment on the feather head.
    Dec 21 20:45 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
  • Economic Recovery? Commodity Charts Don't Think So [View article]
    Right on the bull's eye. Also, look at the freight traffic on rail and at the ports. Those numbers are weak and way below historical averages.
    Dec 01 09:26 am |Rating: +4 0 |Link to Comment
  • Goldman 'Trading Huddles': Another Term for Market Manipulation? [View article]
    Sure does not seem fair.
    Aug 26 18:36 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Was the AIG Bailout a Goldman Bailout by Proxy? [View article]
    seems like a reasonable thought...shared loss.
    No sharing, then why...just another inside deal from my perspective.


    On Jul 27 04:05 PM markfl wrote:

    > "Of the $52 billion paid to AIG’s counterparties, Goldman Sachs was
    > the biggest recipient: $13 billion, the entire balance of its claim.
    > The amount was surprising: Banks like Merrill Lynch that had bought
    > credit-default swaps from failed insurers other than AIG were paid
    > 13 cents on the dollar in deals moderated by New York’s insurance
    > regulator."
    >
    > Based upon the fact that GS was made whole (100 cents on the dollar),
    > I conclude that it was a bailout by proxy. GS should have suffered
    > some penalty as a result of their AIG exposure and lost a portion
    > of the $13 billion at risk.
    Jul 28 20:39 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • The Mac vs. PC Debate Was Never Clearer [View article]
    no no no.... as an owner of both a Mac and a Vista box, I enjoy using my Mac. The windows machine is always going to be taking a dive on one issue or another. I never turn the Mac off.


    On Jul 23 04:14 PM GS (not a PHD, so no need to stroke my beard) wrote:

    > I don't know,....the article sounds more like Apple bigot cheerleading
    > than objective analysis. I guess both camps are poorly represented.
    Jul 24 20:14 pm |Rating: 0 -2 |Link to Comment
  • Inflation vs. Deflation: Pick Your Poison [View article]
    Good article that I just sent to my kids.
    Jul 24 09:24 am |Rating: 0 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Google: The Next Ponzi Scheme to Fail? [View article]
    This article and the reference to Aaron Greenspan's tangle in small claims court are also interesting matters for further consideration.
    Thanks
    Jul 12 10:55 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
  • Aleynikov's Code Dump Uncovered [View article]
    Just good reading when I visit this site.
    Thanks
    Jul 12 09:55 am |Rating: +3 0 |Link to Comment
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