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  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    Reporting should probably be divided into Wall Street and Main Street sections. Clearly the administration is cowed by Goldman and friends, and doesn't have a clue about small companies, community banks, and those other folks who tend to be Republicans.
    Nov 25 14:19 pm |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
  • Why Barron's Is Wrong About For-Profit Education Stocks [View article]
    The best of the bunch if you buy the premise of out of work young adults looking to improve technical skills. Perhaps DeVry as an alternative.
    Nov 25 14:01 pm |Rating: +1 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    With Bernanke's creative expansion of the Fed's activities to holding over $2 T of liabilities, it should be no surprise that the politicians (and a lot of common folks) would think that oversight is needed. Unfortunately, the administration and Congress have made no progress on a new regulatory framework (not a priority), so everything is on the table. If Chris Dodd's proposal were in place, the Fed would get back to monetary policy and the politicians could handle fiscal policy - as has been the case for a couple of centuries.
    Nov 20 13:32 pm |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    At least there will be a jobs conference. One problem - nobody in the administration or Congressional leadership has ever managed a private payroll, and their instincts are all in the direction of killing jobs.
    Nov 19 15:35 pm |Rating: +3 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    So, who was president of the NY Fed when they paid off AIG's counterparties at 100% on the dollar for their credit default swaps? Our very own Timmy Geithner. In over his head from the beginning.
    Nov 17 13:45 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • 14 Promising Chinese Dividend Stocks [View article]
    This is a very helpful article and thread. Thank you.
    Nov 16 16:14 pm |Rating: +4 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    Buy John Galt Motors. Read Atlas Shrugged.
    Nov 16 16:01 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    To: Bill38119. Before the constellations were the elements. And before the elements was Eli.

    Nov 13 18:47 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    Re: the dollar
    Deficits in excess of 10% of GDP; an administration and Congress committed to increasing healthcare costs and reducing ernergy efficiency.
    A fed committed to real negative interest rates "for a prolonged period", and quantitative easing.
    In the long run, a weak dollar will be part of the answer to our profligate ways. It is just a good thing that the rest of the world has no attractive place to go without the Chinese hurting themselves.
    Nov 12 11:59 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    Bad trades aren't criminal. A jury found two Bear Stearns fund managers did not lie by presenting an upbeat picture while their funds plunged in value.
    juxtaposed with:
    Speaking to Japanese reporters, Geithner said, "We bear special responsibility for trying to make sure that we are implementing policy in the U.S. that will sustain confidence not just among American investors... but investors around the world"
    The wrong guys were being prosecuted.

    Nov 11 14:11 pm |Rating: 0 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    So glad that the UK Trade Minister will soon announce a "fiscal responsibility plan" for the next four years. It is called David Cameron and the Conservative Party which, by all accounts, will replace Labour in the first third of 2010. Who will bring forward the American "fiscal responsibility plan"?
    Nov 10 14:03 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    So, we'll add a trillion dollars because American health care is too expensive? What happened to cost reduction - tort reform; buying insurance across state lines; aligning the spending decision with the person paying the bill; getting away from an employer-based system?
    Nov 09 09:16 am |Rating: +8 -2 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    Who could have predicted this approach from Chris Dodd? For once there is a proposal that could actually provide comprehensive oversight to the broken banking system, letting the Fed go back to managing monetary policy and the FDIC go back to insuring deposits. Devastatingly clear in its simplicity - at least on the surface. Where will the legislative support come from?
    Nov 05 15:53 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Teva Reports Strong Third Quarter [View article]
    S&M and G&A suggest there are synergy opportunities not yet realized. Volume growth and market dominance are exceptional. From: A long time holder.
    Nov 05 15:36 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • eBay's PayPal X Platform Could Drive an Increase in Transactions [View article]
    There are lots of competitors in the on-line selling business, but no real competitors in on-line payment where scale is critical. Can you imagine VISA, Mastercard, or AmEx as a monopoly?
    Nov 05 15:32 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
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