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    • ON: Fri Oct 10th 08:41 AM
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      Cramer Should Be Suspended
      I do not watch Cramer but unfortunately, far too many people do watch adn respond to his pronouncements. This is a very difficult time and Cramer adds to the Circus as one of the better known clowns.
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    • ON: Wed Oct 8th 08:22 AM
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      Five Investment Principles To Remember Now
      This ia good advice for most people, if you have the nerve to buy now, go ahead, but there is nothing wrong with being cautious and looking for opportunities. There is no hurry to be the first in a leaking life boat.
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    • ON: Wed Oct 1st 08:42 AM
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      Six Paths to Possible Bailout Success
      The insurance idea of the House Rebubs does not make sense. "Insuring' them gives some incentive to walk away from the mortgages, thus certain loss for the insurer, ie: the taxpayer. The misnamed 'bailout' allows for potential refinance or workouts to reduce foreclosures and thus minimize loss and further distressed property on the market. Insurance means an indeterminate cost to taxpayers but no potential upside or gain.

      Under the bailout option, most of the mortgages will be good and the ability to avoid panic or disreesed sales could mean eventual either a small loss for the taxpayers or an actual gain, such as occured in the loans to Chrysler and Mexico.

      The options are not perfect but the Hosue Repubs are idiots and zanardan is their cheerleader and enabler.
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    • ON: Tue Sep 30th 08:38 AM
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      5 Possible Picks in a Tumultuous Market
      Why no energy pics? lack of knowledge never stopped Cramer
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    • ON: Tue Sep 30th 08:36 AM
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      To Bail or Not to Bail? - Fast Money Recap (9/29/08)
      The market has punished the stupid, look at the bank failures-mergers-buy outs and asset write downs. Now is the time to punish the selfish and economically challenged House Repubs who risk panic for politacal ideology.
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    • ON: Tue Sep 30th 08:30 AM
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      Why This Bailout Can't Work - And What Will
      You have soiled a reasonably good analysis with goofy right-wing ideological solutions. Some of the above comments by readers need not be repeated but they need to be heeded. At a time of crisis, we need not only good analysis but calm thoughtful solutions. You did not deliver on the second. Please join the rabid right talk radio circuit and leave economic solutions to the level-headed.
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    • ON: Sat Sep 27th 08:57 AM
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      I'm Speechless: Palin on the Bailout
      Sorry, right-wing nut cases, the question was simple and gave her the opportunity to explain the 'bailout' or suggest other-better ways to spend the money. The video and transcript says it all. Her ramblinging and disconnected quasi-answer shows her minimal grasp of the economy. She is a political freak, one chosen to appeal to religious extremists. She is out of her league and losing the sale. I feal sorry for her. McCain should never have picked her and she should have stayed with the Moose, who do not ask even simple questions.
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    • ON: Fri Sep 26th 08:54 AM
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      Does the House Republican Resistance Make Sense for Their Constituency?
      the comments by 'small biz owner' are a good example of why the Repubs are pissing away the economy. The fanatics are so hung up on goofy tax theories as to ignore simple economics and history. The RTC, loans to Chyrsler and Mexico turned out to be prudent and effective. The stated fear that we can not do the Paulson Plan becasue the govt. might make money shows the right wing Repub love of ideology over good economics.
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    • ON: Wed Sep 24th 08:30 AM
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      The Real Reason Behind the Global Financial Crisis, Part III
      thanks for a readable and enlightened article. It is more thoughtful than the junk we get from the cable shows and others
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    • ON: Sun Sep 7th 10:33 AM
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      Forget the Moral Outrage: Just Restore the Mortgage Markets
      The Chrysler loan was successful for both the company and government, it was backed by hard assets and was paid off ahead of schedule and with interest. If you great conservatives believe in the 'free-market' then all of the extensive tax breaks the oil and gas industry enjoys need to be repealed. No one operates with more government assistance than they do.
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    • ON: Sun Sep 7th 10:22 AM
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      The Two-Ton Wall Street Conflict of Interest Few Dare To Talk About
      the political comments are reckless babble from the mouth of a fool, just rewarmed bumper=sticker slogans. They destroy any credibility in economic analysis. If being 'anti-corporate' means being more concerned about the impact of policy on people than hedge funds and over-payed CEO's then count me in. We need some sensible economic policy that does not transfer our fleeting wealth to OPEC and to China. I am for free trade and understanding that the current situation is being manipulated against us is not 'leftist,' it is hard-nosed practicality and actiully more conservative than this goofus Matt
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    • ON: Tue Jul 22nd 08:21 AM
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      Weak Earnings After Hours - Fast Money Recap (7/21/08)
      If in fact Jobs is never on the conference call, then what is wrong with the media and the TV commentators? They expand and help spread a rumor that damages the stock when they simply have no facts? The quality of what we get as 'experts' merely demonstrates the folly of trying to fill up hours and hours of cable TV time. In the end we get garbage.
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    • ON: Tue Jul 22nd 08:14 AM
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      Apple's Quarterly Groundhog Day
      It is hard to decide which group is more reprehensible, the short term speculators in the stock or the media. No one should pay any attention to Apple guidance, it is historically always low. Look at the facts, which has been growing market share, great new products, and an adoring customer base. I agree that Jobs deserves credit for the team but it appears they can and have performed beyond his personal involvement
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    • ON: Thu Jul 10th 08:52 AM
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      Why Tax Credits for Health Insurance Won't Work
      This was a reasonble article which deatails the issue and the problems. Predictably, the self-centered radicals of the right immediately trash any opposing views. The system is broken. We require insurance for cars but are too caught up in silly and petty ideological straight-jackets to consider a health 'system' instead of the dysfunctional and over-priced mess we have now.

      We 'want government to be involved' because it is how a society can collectively address and solve problems which effect all of us. Government is not an abstract or shadowy 'thing', it is society acting as a group to seek common goals.
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    • ON: Sun Jun 22nd 09:48 AM
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      Blame It on Oil Speculators
      "New york Jews" ??? It seems that the Middle East Oil Ministers have much more impact on price than anyone else. I also assume this lets any New York Gentiles off the blame hook. 'Mad American' (above) is the sad downside of free speech, it lets us hear the willd ravings of idiots.
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