Second-Generation Immigrants Are Assimilating And Will Expand The U.S. Economy [View article]
Greenriver, Must disagree. The American sense of entitlement is profound and growing. Some rich people cheat and break laws. Bury them under the jail. Most rich people earned what they have (check the decades-long research of Dr. Thomas Stanley) and resent the entitled crying out to gutless politicians to make the earners pay up more.
Ruger: Profit Off Gun Control Mania And Get Paid A Dividend [View article]
Consider a new broker? Merely showing a handgun to attackers saved my sister and wife in two separate incidents. Criminals do misuse firearms to do terrible things, but decent people also use them every day for legitimate protection.
Baby Boomer Demographics: The Shift Ahead [View article]
"Worst case, we go back to how we lived 80 years ago.. when there was no such thing as retirement. "
Not really. A massive group of highly entitled Americans now exists. They do not know how to take care of themselves in good times, and I fear they will not do so well in bad.
Gold And Silver Are On Their Last Legs ... For A While [View article]
AT, Thanks for this and your other thoughtful articles. Careful though in regarding proficiency in English as a measure of intelligence. I know several brilliant people who speak no English at all, and woe to the fool who deals with them from a position of assumed superiority. Also pronouns should agree in number. "Wow, I never thought someone could challenge my intelligence when they themselves can't even speak English." Thank you again!
Draghi: He shoots down ideas the ESM (the permanent rescue fund) can get a banking license, saying the current legal structure does not allow it to become an eligible banking partner to the ECB. At this point, essentially all that was drawn from his comments last week has been shot down. European shares and the euro have staged a 2-3% reversal since the press conference started. [View news story]
Arcos Dorados: A Not So Golden Investment Opportunity [View article]
Caiman, Thank you for the great article and your interaction in the comments. You invite suggestions for companies or topics to investigate in LatAm, and I was wondering if you have any interests in Mexico. I look at the improvement in Colombia in regard to the narcotraficantes, and I am hopeful things will likewise improve in Mexico where I have relatives and several opportunities to invest. Your thoughts on the general trend would be greatly appreciated. Chris
U.S. Economy: 4 Simple Reasons Recession Lies Ahead [View article]
Hi Mostserene1, Tony didn't criticize Israel's foreign policy if you are referring to his comment. He wrote "The white house is already taken over with special interest groups. How did we go to the current wars? Oil or Israel? "
If there is a criticism of foreign policy in the statement, it would be a criticism of US policy for allegedly allowing Israel to take over the White House and cause us to go to war. However, I see little evidence President Obama supports any issue of importance to Israel, and I see no evidence our wars benefit Israel.
Yes, there is much to criticize in Israeli policy, and the US media are not at all hesitant to roll it out. But a gratuitous slap at Jews on SA seconded by fuzzy thinking isn't criticism of a specific policy.
Why does it matter? We can debate if Israel's current possession of land by conquest is or is not as valid as others' former possession also by conquest. We can, perhaps, debate whether intentionally shooting rockets at civilians is a legitimate struggle of an oppressed people. But people who do not like Jews simply because they are Jews are not fundamentally different in kind from a Hitler, they are only different in degree. And collectively they can shift the world in ways that are potentially destructive to all of us.
Greece will seat neo-Nazis in its parliament less than seventy years after WWII's end. Will they rally the people by downplaying decades of destructive public policy and blaming the rich Jewish bankers who secretly run the world? Will this be limited to Greece?
Of course my response is way over the top for 1932-- I mean 2012. You should wait until they are rounding people up and starting wars before you say anything.
U.S. Economy: 4 Simple Reasons Recession Lies Ahead [View article]
New Superhuman, Your "blame it on the Jews" post appeared under my response to Tony's antisemitic comment. If you were responding to me rather than him, you misunderstand my intent completely,. I was questioning how our current wars benefit oil supply or Israel. Since they do not, there must be another reason we are sacrificing our people and borrowing so recklessly. And not only is the white House not taken over by Israel, as Tony asserts, but there has never been a US administration that so hates the only democracy (still) in the region. Tony's sentiments unfortunately are shared by many, but not by this Gentile. Chris
U.S. Economy: 4 Simple Reasons Recession Lies Ahead [View article]
Matt, So I caused this mess by owning a small fraction of productive companies ? Please explain. This is Seeking Alpha not Granma. See http://bit.ly/K8d3Yg if the allusion escapes you.
I do not really understand your point or GreenRiver's at all. It's 10:50 PM and I am trying to study and more effectively allocate capital for the good of my family and world. Even though I have worked in a machine shop, investing still feels like non-parasitic hard work to me. Got to go. Thinking about SH and I want to read what the other parasites think. Then I'll google Jim Rohn on You Tube and go to sleep listening to something that encourages achievement. Good investing! Chris
U.S. Economy: 4 Simple Reasons Recession Lies Ahead [View article]
GR, You've worked very hard and that is a major factor in your success. Another factor is that your machine shop is located in a capitalist country with ready markets for your products. Investors who provide capital and liquidity are your allies. I got my investment capital working my butt of while others played. Save your insults. People who get a special deal from politicians, regulators and so on and game the system may be the real parasites you have in mind. Have you thought cashing out your Mom's investments, buying her a milling machine and hiring somebody to run it for her financial benefit? Or you could just buy shares in good and productive companies. There is no difference. Used to canoe on the Green River in NC. Any connection? Chris
Intel Valued As Though New Technologies Will Bust, But I Disagree [View article]
Having a bad day friend?
Time To Buy Silver Wheaton [View article]
So you are shorting SLW, etc?
The Long And The Short On Cameco [View article]
Agree, but maybe etaster meant US uranium, not Russian.
Second-Generation Immigrants Are Assimilating And Will Expand The U.S. Economy [View article]
Must disagree. The American sense of entitlement is profound and growing. Some rich people cheat and break laws. Bury them under the jail. Most rich people earned what they have (check the decades-long research of Dr. Thomas Stanley) and resent the entitled crying out to gutless politicians to make the earners pay up more.
Ruger: Profit Off Gun Control Mania And Get Paid A Dividend [View article]
Baby Boomer Demographics: The Shift Ahead [View article]
Not really. A massive group of highly entitled Americans now exists. They do not know how to take care of themselves in good times, and I fear they will not do so well in bad.
Latin America's China Addiction (Part 1): China's Soft Landing Impacting Regional Growth [View article]
Good comments. You write "Brazil is the chief beneficiary but she has more to lose." Any short positions you see developing? Thanks
Latin America's China Addiction (Part 1): China's Soft Landing Impacting Regional Growth [View article]
A very helpful and well-written article. Thank you for the information!
And Mexico?
Gold And Silver Are On Their Last Legs ... For A While [View article]
Thanks for this and your other thoughtful articles. Careful though in regarding proficiency in English as a measure of intelligence. I know several brilliant people who speak no English at all, and woe to the fool who deals with them from a position of assumed superiority. Also pronouns should agree in number. "Wow, I never thought someone could challenge my intelligence when they themselves can't even speak English." Thank you again!
Draghi: He shoots down ideas the ESM (the permanent rescue fund) can get a banking license, saying the current legal structure does not allow it to become an eligible banking partner to the ECB. At this point, essentially all that was drawn from his comments last week has been shot down. European shares and the euro have staged a 2-3% reversal since the press conference started. [View news story]
Arcos Dorados: A Not So Golden Investment Opportunity [View article]
Thank you for the great article and your interaction in the comments.
You invite suggestions for companies or topics to investigate in LatAm, and I was wondering if you have any interests in Mexico. I look at the improvement in Colombia in regard to the narcotraficantes, and I am hopeful things will likewise improve in Mexico where I have relatives and several opportunities to invest. Your thoughts on the general trend would be greatly appreciated.
Chris
U.S. Economy: 4 Simple Reasons Recession Lies Ahead [View article]
Tony didn't criticize Israel's foreign policy if you are referring to his comment. He wrote "The white house is already taken over with special interest groups. How did we go to the current wars? Oil or Israel? "
If there is a criticism of foreign policy in the statement, it would be a criticism of US policy for allegedly allowing Israel to take over the White House and cause us to go to war. However, I see little evidence President Obama supports any issue of importance to Israel, and I see no evidence our wars benefit Israel.
Yes, there is much to criticize in Israeli policy, and the US media are not at all hesitant to roll it out. But a gratuitous slap at Jews on SA seconded by fuzzy thinking isn't criticism of a specific policy.
Why does it matter? We can debate if Israel's current possession of land by conquest is or is not as valid as others' former possession also by conquest. We can, perhaps, debate whether intentionally shooting rockets at civilians is a legitimate struggle of an oppressed people. But people who do not like Jews simply because they are Jews are not fundamentally different in kind from a Hitler, they are only different in degree. And collectively they can shift the world in ways that are potentially destructive to all of us.
Greece will seat neo-Nazis in its parliament less than seventy years after WWII's end. Will they rally the people by downplaying decades of destructive public policy and blaming the rich Jewish bankers who secretly run the world? Will this be limited to Greece?
Of course my response is way over the top for 1932-- I mean 2012. You should wait until they are rounding people up and starting wars before you say anything.
Chris
U.S. Economy: 4 Simple Reasons Recession Lies Ahead [View article]
Your "blame it on the Jews" post appeared under my response to Tony's antisemitic comment. If you were responding to me rather than him, you misunderstand my intent completely,. I was questioning how our current wars benefit oil supply or Israel. Since they do not, there must be another reason we are sacrificing our people and borrowing so recklessly. And not only is the white House not taken over by Israel, as Tony asserts, but there has never been a US administration that so hates the only democracy (still) in the region.
Tony's sentiments unfortunately are shared by many, but not by this Gentile.
Chris
U.S. Economy: 4 Simple Reasons Recession Lies Ahead [View article]
So I caused this mess by owning a small fraction of productive companies ? Please explain. This is Seeking Alpha not Granma. See http://bit.ly/K8d3Yg if the allusion escapes you.
I do not really understand your point or GreenRiver's at all. It's 10:50 PM and I am trying to study and more effectively allocate capital for the good of my family and world. Even though I have worked in a machine shop, investing still feels like non-parasitic hard work to me. Got to go. Thinking about SH and I want to read what the other parasites think. Then I'll google Jim Rohn on You Tube and go to sleep listening to something that encourages achievement. Good investing!
Chris
U.S. Economy: 4 Simple Reasons Recession Lies Ahead [View article]
You've worked very hard and that is a major factor in your success. Another factor is that your machine shop is located in a capitalist country with ready markets for your products. Investors who provide capital and liquidity are your allies. I got my investment capital working my butt of while others played. Save your insults. People who get a special deal from politicians, regulators and so on and game the system may be the real parasites you have in mind.
Have you thought cashing out your Mom's investments, buying her a milling machine and hiring somebody to run it for her financial benefit? Or you could just buy shares in good and productive companies. There is no difference.
Used to canoe on the Green River in NC. Any connection?
Chris