Peter Bowers's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/93175/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/148704-the-stimulus-plan-success-or-failure?source=feed#comment-590695 590695 Your anger has no depth or reach. Just another whiner.


On Jul 14 08:22 PM User 447741 wrote:

> Wow! Based on these comments I would thing Republicans walk on water;
> however, I know that isn't true, and so does everyone else that lives
> in reality. Otherwise, the Republicans wouldn't have been voted out
> of power in the Executive and Legislative branches. Face it the Republicans
> lack leadership, and if the best that the Republicans can do is Sarah
> Palin, then God help them. The only thing going for Sarah Palin is
> she is an attractive woman in her forties.
>
> As far as what is going on with the economy there is enough blame
> to go around for politicians and businessmen and the American people.
> I can name quite a few reasons for the meltdown of the economy, and
> personally steps should be taken to identify the problems, and then
> resolve the problems by way of regulations and other means because
> I for one do not want to keep going through this crap over and over
> again. I am tired of making incompetant leaders (financial CEO's)
> rich.]]> Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:13:17 -0400 Your anger has no depth or reach. Just another whiner.


On Jul 14 08:22 PM User 447741 wrote:

> Wow! Based on these comments I would thing Republicans walk on water;
> however, I know that isn't true, and so does everyone else that lives
> in reality. Otherwise, the Republicans wouldn't have been voted out
> of power in the Executive and Legislative branches. Face it the Republicans
> lack leadership, and if the best that the Republicans can do is Sarah
> Palin, then God help them. The only thing going for Sarah Palin is
> she is an attractive woman in her forties.
>
> As far as what is going on with the economy there is enough blame
> to go around for politicians and businessmen and the American people.
> I can name quite a few reasons for the meltdown of the economy, and
> personally steps should be taken to identify the problems, and then
> resolve the problems by way of regulations and other means because
> I for one do not want to keep going through this crap over and over
> again. I am tired of making incompetant leaders (financial CEO's)
> rich.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/108447-now-is-a-better-time-to-assess-earnings-not-valuations?source=feed#comment-317626 317626

On Nov 30 10:51 AM PrudentMan, CFA wrote:

> All investments are only worth what they earn, especially free cash
> flow. One of the most respected (of course unheralded because he
> wasn't and an "establishment&amp... guy, only cared about sales
> and free cash flow because to manipulate sales is fraud regardless
> of what the clueless nonsense espouse at the FASB.
>
> The NBER will probably say this recession started this year when
> it started in March, 2007 and that great discounting mechanism, the
> stock market, continued to hit new highs like they did in 2000 when
> the recession started in March and the NBER lists the start in 2001,
> when it actually ended. Idiots learning from other idiots and getting
> Phds for it. (See Nobel winners Krugman as well as Merton and Scholes
> of LTCM fame with their "fellow traveler" Arafat and Jimmy Carter.)

>
>
> My friend was so good the management had to replace him with and
> an Ivy Leaguer (son of a friend of Alan Greenspan) as he wasn't one
> of "them", even though he won a Lipper (the only one the firm ever
> earned) and the fund, under its new "prestigious&q... manager
> folded. My friend also stated the truism that a derivative is only
> as good as its underlying security but with more risk. That was
> in 1987.
>
> If you haven't learned in the last ten years, that the smartest guys
> in the room are not on Wall Street, Boston or Washington as their
> P.R. people try to sell you on, you are doomed to continue to rely
> on the same investment statists.
>
> I think the next Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce along with
> the Council of Economic Advisors should be staffed with successful
> farmers and small businessmen - the less "formal" education the better.
> They know the "real world" every day and not by Ivy League syncophants
> who got their positions through networking.
> ]]> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:57:39 -0500

On Nov 30 10:51 AM PrudentMan, CFA wrote:

> All investments are only worth what they earn, especially free cash
> flow. One of the most respected (of course unheralded because he
> wasn't and an "establishment&amp... guy, only cared about sales
> and free cash flow because to manipulate sales is fraud regardless
> of what the clueless nonsense espouse at the FASB.
>
> The NBER will probably say this recession started this year when
> it started in March, 2007 and that great discounting mechanism, the
> stock market, continued to hit new highs like they did in 2000 when
> the recession started in March and the NBER lists the start in 2001,
> when it actually ended. Idiots learning from other idiots and getting
> Phds for it. (See Nobel winners Krugman as well as Merton and Scholes
> of LTCM fame with their "fellow traveler" Arafat and Jimmy Carter.)

>
>
> My friend was so good the management had to replace him with and
> an Ivy Leaguer (son of a friend of Alan Greenspan) as he wasn't one
> of "them", even though he won a Lipper (the only one the firm ever
> earned) and the fund, under its new "prestigious&q... manager
> folded. My friend also stated the truism that a derivative is only
> as good as its underlying security but with more risk. That was
> in 1987.
>
> If you haven't learned in the last ten years, that the smartest guys
> in the room are not on Wall Street, Boston or Washington as their
> P.R. people try to sell you on, you are doomed to continue to rely
> on the same investment statists.
>
> I think the next Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce along with
> the Council of Economic Advisors should be staffed with successful
> farmers and small businessmen - the less "formal" education the better.
> They know the "real world" every day and not by Ivy League syncophants
> who got their positions through networking.
> ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/76538-2008-wesco-shareholder-meeting-detailed-notes?source=feed#comment-165202 165202 Pete Bowers, President, Satellite Electric Co., Inc.]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 18:57:25 -0400 Pete Bowers, President, Satellite Electric Co., Inc.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/76538-2008-wesco-shareholder-meeting-detailed-notes?source=feed#comment-165198 165198 Trivial as it sounds, amazing, just flat amazing! Makes my owning a paltry number of shares that much more valuable.
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 18:49:02 -0400 Trivial as it sounds, amazing, just flat amazing! Makes my owning a paltry number of shares that much more valuable.
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/73755-form-factor-appears-deeply-discounted?source=feed#comment-155966 155966 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:22:22 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/67191-berkshire-s-see-s-candy-magic-formula-stock-from-1972?source=feed#comment-122656 122656 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:59:45 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/67124-american-axle-strike-unions-continue-to-kill-u-s-manufacturing?source=feed#comment-122647 122647 Really, you who write to this editorial ought to reflect on what went wrong with your dream, goal, wants and how YOU are going to remedy the situation. Racial slurs against the messenger aren't the answer. Holding your hopes for Hillary is preordained to get you more of what you got already. Expecting your union gurus to lead you to the promised land is like Jim Jones exhortation to slurp the cool-aid to refresh yourself during negotiations. You have the responsibility for you families future, work for it or accept what is offered.]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:36:40 -0500 Really, you who write to this editorial ought to reflect on what went wrong with your dream, goal, wants and how YOU are going to remedy the situation. Racial slurs against the messenger aren't the answer. Holding your hopes for Hillary is preordained to get you more of what you got already. Expecting your union gurus to lead you to the promised land is like Jim Jones exhortation to slurp the cool-aid to refresh yourself during negotiations. You have the responsibility for you families future, work for it or accept what is offered.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/56903-on-poker-and-investing-let-your-winners-run-cut-your-losses-quickly?source=feed#comment-104958 104958 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:48:05 -0500