worriedwart

Understanding the Dollar's Reversal: Who Will Feel the Pain?

I believe there will be a disconnect of commodites to the USD as the demand for gold copper etc wont care what USD is doing

Don't Believe Long-Term Oil Forecasts

NO ONE minds when prices are manipulated low, which is why manipulation to higher prices is tacitly acceptable, like it or not

Having said that, OIL SHOULD BE @ 90 SOONER THAN LATER
and China no doubt is buying into oil companies either directly but more under different names as not to "excite" the locales

FD: oxy /su bqi

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

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thanks Obama
your minions said Bush was too blame and yet you continue and to a higher degree, Bush's spending policies

Jim Rogers on the Next 10 Years

Government
The whole key is in what kind of government one has

If we are capitalists then we agree that freedom is the most important, and worth fighting for

If they "out capitalist" us, then we will have internal strife

Its like the old "joke" the 2 guys in the tree having run from the chasing, mauling bear

Hey, why you going back down there, says the one to the other, you cant out run a bear

I dont have to out run the bear, I just have to out run YOU

Thoughts on REITS, Financials and the U.S. Dollar

First off read this:

Aabar's purchase is the second major deal announced by Gulf state-backed investors in as many days.

On Saturday, Qatar Holding said it increased its holding in Songbird Estates PLC to 24 percent, making it the biggest shareholder in the real estate company that owns much of the Canary Wharf financial hub in east London.

Qatar Holding is the investment arm of the natural gas-rich Arab state's sovereign wealth fund.

It said its investment in Songbird now stands at more than 350 million pounds, or $559 million. It also owns stakes in European banks Barclays PLC and Credit Suisse Group, British supermarket operator J Sainsbury PLC and the London Stock Exchange.


The Chinese are only holding off for the moment here in the States
I am sure they are buying in but "undercover"
But I know the rest of the crowd is catching on

If we dont get back to capitalism and FAST we are going to be in big trouble

This isnt the Japanese buying in like the 1980's because America as a whole dwarfs Japan BUT NOT CHINA

I say it again:
Because the public schools are Leftist run, they have a conflict of interest in teaching about economics in early grades

The kids will figure out that government spending is a really bad thing and want nothing but capitalism

That aside, ONLY ELECT CAPITALISTS TO CONGRESS IN 2010

And yes, that means no more wasting votes on RINO's

Libertarians or bust!!

Is Curbing Bank Pay Socialist or Capitalist?

Fire this guy immediately!! for writing the following under a "capitalists view:

..."at cost to other members of society."

A bank making trillions in a capitalist market does so fairly

If you dont like the fee structure etc well, in a free market there is always someone with a better way

The governments JOB IS TO OVERSEA THAT ANY CLAIMS MADE BY ANY COMPany i.e as we offer full protection against blah blabh has to be able to back that up

how much more would our savings be covered if REAL INSURANCE COMPANIES protected our savings FOR A FEE

Banks pay the FDIC and then pass them on to us
sO WHY NOT GET DIRECTLY charged by a company for the amount we want protected

example: its 100% a fact that we die and therefor we pay premiums to a company that will pay our heirs xx amount

Well , we pay a premium to a company to protect us if our bank closes and ITS NOT A FACT THAT your bank is going to close

As long as the government DOES THEIR job making sure that the insurance company that says it has the funds to pay off any claim ACTUALLY HAS IT, THATS CAPITALISM AT WORK

If the company lied ( their claims are false) then people actually go to jail and if the company is closed down those who have paid in our allowed to divide up the liquidation of the company

Lehman's Collapse, Revisited

If allowed to fail those banks etc would have sold assets done layoffs , which is EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED ANYWAY

So....... letting them "fail" means that the bad little boys and girls who did wrong would have been fired instead of being told by "mommy and daddy"," My child does no wrong, its the other kids who are bad"

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, the recovery would be quicker

I am NOT stating that we would be out of the recession by now, but instead of having dug a hole deeper and deeper, we would at least have maintained a higher stature

Its ok to have booms and busts
same way childbirth and natural deaths are accepted part of life

But Octomom type births and suicides we frown on

Canada: The Industrialized Market for the Coming Decade

As the USa becomes more restrictive , more saddled down with debt, Canada will look even better

But even if America gets it together , Canadian firms as mentioned in the article and some I have picked up on like bridgewater appear to be headed in the correct direction

I also own suncor BQI on and off with GG
and i have shorted the USA banks but too much manipulation has kept that pps unrealistically high

good luck and take care

Energy Secretary Chu Wimps Out Again

The fringe Left which keeps all others "in-line" doesnt want America to be a Superpower

Oil/energy leadership puts one in that role

When the tail wags the dog AND ITS ACCEPTED it takes a revolution to put it right , again

The GOP at best is watered down

When was the last time we heard the GOP come out in public and say we will reverse ALL THE SOCIALISM THAT BUSH AND OBAMA HAVE PUT INTO PLACE!!?

The Changing of the Guard is needed now more than ever

Say bye bye to the Gop
and hello to the Libertarians

NO MORE COMPROMISING ALLOWED WITH THE LEFTISTS

NONE ZERO

FCC's Sternly Worded Letter to Apple

Companies should be able to keep out squash destroy the competition UNLESS ITS done via some physical/thuggish rapper like act

If ATT Apple team up and dont let the Obama board sitting Google people in, too bad

Only governments create monopolies ( despite what the msm and schools will teach you) and companies can only corner a market with a product that cant be beat

When did America turn into this big cesspool of whiney wimps?

6 Ways to Short the Obama Health Plan

Government has never ever been "accused" of great quality

Since wW2 our collective guilt as expressed through various POTUS have decided to not win wars

GWB actually achieved victory in Iraq and I am no fan of GWB, he didnt veto a spending bill

Obama has only extended gWB spending policies and the left has used a "Gotcha" moment to throw the gop off with, Hey, GWB spent and you didnt say anything.
So the GOP has turned into lame duck butt kissers putting on a show occasionly for the conservatives BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE HAS RISEN TO TAKE OVER

Its not Obama, ITS THE PHILOSOPHY AND THAT IS THE KEY OTHERWISE WE GET RINO'S IN OFFICE and they proclaim the left wants 30% tax increase and we got it down to 20%

Well the people are speaking AND WE ONLY WANT THE MILITARY AND THE COURT SYSTEM AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL SPENDING

WElfare/ transportation etc is a states issue w/o bailouts from the feds

6 Ways to Short the Obama Health Plan

Calm??

This guy would be on the Titanic and say, "Look, someone's bathtub is overflowing, there is water on the floor"

Obama might be calm because its OTHER PEOPLES MONEY AND HIS PLACE IS SECURED FOR LIFE

His ACORN now COI people are and were only use to handouts so they too can be calm

Its the working people the ones who have pride and care that are not calm as a basic non Afirmative Action understanding of economics 101 tells you what a hole is being dug, no less by a hole.

Chicago style strong arm politics is gettin WalMart to even play along so that the thugs in DC can get "credibility" by saying, Look folks you know if it was bad Walmart wouldnt go along

Hell, I would go along if the government had threats veiled or otherwise hanging over my head.

Then again, maybe I would remember I am a man and fight those socialist thugs

FCC Starts Examining Carrier-Exclusive Phone Deals

The FCC was and is unneeded

A person or company who interfers with anothers broadcast can and should be taken to court its that simple

the FCC isnt a court and is not even elected by the people yet has the power to ajudicate

Stop being fooled by 5th grade school book philosophy

the government corruputed the system when they stole the technology from those that learned how to "capture" the technology
And it is NEVER TOO LATE TO FIX GOVERNMENTAL SCREWUPS

But it doesnt help when they have the support of those who dont understand freedom from the government

AND WHO DONT UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING LAWS, AND HAVING REGULATIONS

Laws are different than regulations

The law is you cant interfer with another's ( in this context) signal

The regulations that exist are only meant to keep the power in the hands of the politicians and they MUST THEN PAY OFF THAT POLITICIAN TO KEEP RULES IN THEIR FAVOR
THAT IS WHAT CORRUPTS AND SUBVERTS THE SYSTEM
Not the free will of the market

Thats right if a radio station in podunk uses 97.1 as their station and puts out 500000 watts and interfers with another station that lawfully bought their's that is a violation

but forcing business to pay the government x amount to do what they deem appropiate with their business is no different than a mafia shakedown.
my apologies to the mafia for using them with the FCC

an example you want to give, bad language, sex etc falls undre the same premise

the market place has always weeded it out

its just that the government made it simple via the point of a gun to appease the lazy
even though the lazy will many times put on the face of "Caring"

FCC Starts Examining Carrier-Exclusive Phone Deals

none of your business who has exclusive deals thats the province of the business

I am too a consumer and want the best service, quality etc but NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE

SOCIALISM SUCKS

Are REITs a Good Place to Hide from Inflation?

Since long term bond yields could mean anything......

Forget arguing Bush/Obama etc please lets just talk economics

The debt is growing and taxes/fees etc are going to go higher
Companies are going overseas as biz taxes go higher and the states and localities are screaming uncle

We see funds that are "conservative" losing money as the perforances are so/too low that even min fees take .05% so that 100k is down approx 480 for the year

The gov is getting free money as people dont have a safe haven and are willing to lose money to get any type of protection they can

I mean Hugo Chavez did in fact say the other day that he and Fidel are to the right of Obama... I am not getting political I merely say it so we can see that bigger gov is here and appears to be "in"

buying land seems good idea as long as you dont need the money or expect any development of that land or dare I add eminant domain land grabs but overzealous local dictators doing things for the "good of the people"

Is it really over?