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kwm3 I am sure you would feel no differently if Bush were president all liberal organizations were treated the same as the Tea Party was treated. Yeah right. Funny that it was "all Bush's fault" when he was in office but Obama gets a pass by acting like he knows nothing about anything.
More on Yahoo/Tumblr: Kara Swisher reports Tumblr founder/CEO David Karp "will stay at Yahoo for four years at least and retain much control over the service." There are concerns about how Yahoo will deal with Tumblr's mountains of adult content without alienating either users or advertisers; Peter Kafka argues they're overblown, since marketers decide which blogs to advertise on. Discussing comparisons between Tumblr and Yahoo's failed 1999 acquisition of Geocities, Tristan Louis notes Tumblr has seen top execs jump ship. But he adds Geocities faltered in part because a flood of ads drove users away; Tumblr seems to be avoiding that pitfall. [View news story]
Paying a billion dollars for a company with about 150 million in sales has got to work out just fine. Sure, this time is different.
There is no precedent for the current market, writes The Fat Pitch. Consider: 1) The S&P (SPY) has been up 56 of 88 trading sessions this year 2) It's up an uncorrected 24% since the post-election low - the longest streak in over 3 decades 3) The Nasdaq (QQQ) is on pace for a 7th straight up month, an occurrence with a 3-in-100 probability. Long term it's bullish, writes Ukarlewitz, as this sort of strength is rarely the end of a trend. Short term? Stay nimble. [View news story]
investinginvestor Finally a voice of reason crying in the wilderness.
Ben Bernanke may not have overtly mentioned monetary policy during prepared remarks for a commencement address at Bard College Saturday, but he did reference Yogi Berra, and in the process made a statement that those of a cynical persuasion might say could have been pulled not only from the quips of a baseball legend, but from any recent speech by hawkish regional Fed presidents (I, II, III): "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." Some would undoubtedly say the Chairman should consider this sage advice when making conjectures about the supposedly benign effects of policy tightening. [View news story]
In plain English, he has no frigging clue how QE will end or what the consequences will be.
While Jill Priluck decries "the dark side of shareholder activism" on Reuters, the NYT's James Stewart highlights the "sham" shareholder democracy that has seen directors at dozens of publicly traded companies retaining their positions despite losing elections. The firms include Cablevision Systems (CVC), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) and medical diagnostics Iris International, where shareholders rejected all nine directors in May 2011. They resigned but then voted to reject their own resignations. [View news story]
david There is only one thing to do; sell the stock. No point in investing with crooked management.
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bob You are in a world of wishful thinking. Keep writing the excuses; they get funnier by the day. Just keep repeating the lies you are spoon fed by the DNC.
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deercreeks There is a limit as to the maximum deduction for losses you can use to offset gains in any one year, anything over the max must be carried over to subsequent years. I think, not 100% sure, that the max is $3000.
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bob The "facts" are indeed not known because of the stonewalling by the administration. Since you agree, with what "facts" are you defending the administration?
Again, when the "truth" involves democrats why is it that you liberals suddenly turn deaf and blind and defend the people you support without any aforementioned "facts"?
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The lines are not blurry at all, you simply choose not to see them.
You using this erroneous logic to justify a position.
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I am sure you would feel no differently if Bush were president all liberal organizations were treated the same as the Tea Party was treated.
Yeah right.
Funny that it was "all Bush's fault" when he was in office but Obama gets a pass by acting like he knows nothing about anything.
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The chart says nothing but down big time from '08 to '11 and then flat for the past two years. Why should it "recover"?
More on Yahoo/Tumblr: Kara Swisher reports Tumblr founder/CEO David Karp "will stay at Yahoo for four years at least and retain much control over the service." There are concerns about how Yahoo will deal with Tumblr's mountains of adult content without alienating either users or advertisers; Peter Kafka argues they're overblown, since marketers decide which blogs to advertise on. Discussing comparisons between Tumblr and Yahoo's failed 1999 acquisition of Geocities, Tristan Louis notes Tumblr has seen top execs jump ship. But he adds Geocities faltered in part because a flood of ads drove users away; Tumblr seems to be avoiding that pitfall. [View news story]
There is no precedent for the current market, writes The Fat Pitch. Consider: 1) The S&P (SPY) has been up 56 of 88 trading sessions this year 2) It's up an uncorrected 24% since the post-election low - the longest streak in over 3 decades 3) The Nasdaq (QQQ) is on pace for a 7th straight up month, an occurrence with a 3-in-100 probability. Long term it's bullish, writes Ukarlewitz, as this sort of strength is rarely the end of a trend. Short term? Stay nimble. [View news story]
Finally a voice of reason crying in the wilderness.
Ben Bernanke may not have overtly mentioned monetary policy during prepared remarks for a commencement address at Bard College Saturday, but he did reference Yogi Berra, and in the process made a statement that those of a cynical persuasion might say could have been pulled not only from the quips of a baseball legend, but from any recent speech by hawkish regional Fed presidents (I, II, III): "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." Some would undoubtedly say the Chairman should consider this sage advice when making conjectures about the supposedly benign effects of policy tightening. [View news story]
While Jill Priluck decries "the dark side of shareholder activism" on Reuters, the NYT's James Stewart highlights the "sham" shareholder democracy that has seen directors at dozens of publicly traded companies retaining their positions despite losing elections. The firms include Cablevision Systems (CVC), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) and medical diagnostics Iris International, where shareholders rejected all nine directors in May 2011. They resigned but then voted to reject their own resignations. [View news story]
There is only one thing to do; sell the stock. No point in investing with crooked management.
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The world isn't "static" so your hypothetical carries no weight.
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You are in a world of wishful thinking. Keep writing the excuses; they get funnier by the day. Just keep repeating the lies you are spoon fed by the DNC.
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And you point is what ?
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There is a limit as to the maximum deduction for losses you can use to offset gains in any one year, anything over the max must be carried over to subsequent years. I think, not 100% sure, that the max is $3000.
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The "facts" are indeed not known because of the stonewalling by the administration. Since you agree, with what "facts" are you defending the administration?
Again, when the "truth" involves democrats why is it that you liberals suddenly turn deaf and blind and defend the people you support without any aforementioned "facts"?
Perhaps, you simply can't handle the truth.
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When most taxpayers are the "ME" and the recipients of the "US" are not; what is so wrong with not wanting to pay for the "US".