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Anglo Irish Bank: Equity Becomes Worthless as Institution Is Nationalized

relying on letter ratings is useless anybody still believe in AAA?

Ten Top Value Traps with Unreasonably High Dividends

this article is nuts.take the yields cut them 50% & you still have a great return.NAT & FRO are still giving good returns.i have no agenda.own both happily.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

mmooody's?rust this cow???

11 Stocks Selling Below Cash

fat cat is on the money. you cant believe the liars. the accounting trickery,the phony ratings,the lack of ethics, the self serving boards,the overpaid ceos,the total lack of transparency must be by now common knowledge by most of the sheeples.you ignore it at your own risk(maybe not-the taxpayer may bail you out).the scammers & scoundrels are not going away.they just jump around from place to place,collecting their huge incomes,paying as little tax as possible via loopholes,& laughing all the way to their swiss banks.

Allied Irish Banks: With 9% Dividend, This Bank Could Thrive

could be ok but sort of self serving.in a way.hard to judge. if the author owns it he is eating his own cooking if he doesnt whats his agenda? might be good to wait & see.

The 20 Largest Trading Losses in History

its the climate of ethics( or lack of) & greed @ any cost. these are only the ones that have surfaced so far. there is more coming. sadly our own government is in leadership of lying,spinning & " i cant recall". the individual investor is just lucky if he does well because almost everything is in a black box.