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Will New Credit Card Regulation Lengthen the Recession?

I agree that it would have been better to do the reforms years earlier, but that was not possible until the Democratic numbers were increased in the Congress. It takes a special type of mental qymnastics to propose that reform of arbitary and punitive practices somehow causes large scale economic problems. The whole column is superfical, silly and far fetched.

Profit from Volatility with Options Straddles: Financials Edition

If I understand this column, the proposed play would require a great deal of movement in ahsort time, with no consept of direction, and would prove to be expensive in most cases. Why would you propose this action in a declining VIX?? Of all the possible positions on finanicials, this appears to be one of the worst possilbe choices.

Five Signs That the Bailouts May Be Helping

The simple fact is that Qbama Adminstrtion has handled the crisis and the process well, not perfect, but so much better than we had in the fall. The hard core right will not admit it but the calm and pragmatic approach may have helped save the American Capitists from their own arrogance and risky behavior. Ideology can take a hike, the proff is in results, and the market is slowly responding.

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.