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    • Mon Nov 24th 04:10 AM
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      The Dow's Lost Decade
      Rash generalization, at best. It's not about the industrial era vs. the information era - after all, Citigroup has as many programmers on its staff as Microsoft.

      It's really an issue of a complete lack of real earnings by many institutions, cutting across multiple industries with a pattern that is discernable only to those who create numerous exceptions to define rules.

      If information were dominant, Microsoft would be riding high along with Intel which virtually solidified its hold as the core of all tech.
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    • Fri Nov 14th 07:47 AM
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      Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
      the g-20 summit meeting will denounce bank failures and vow a pledge to improve their economies.

      it will be as effective as UN resolutions condemning Israel's occupation or of Senate resolutions honoring mother's day
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    • Fri Nov 14th 06:37 AM
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      GE's Immelt Buys Shares - Should You?
      based on Inmelt's track record in running the company, his purchase of its stock is little consolation. Remember, Warren Buffet made a big purchase at 21.50!!
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    • Fri Nov 14th 06:22 AM
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      Did President Bush's Speech Spark the Rally?
      George Bush couldn't spark a rally at a little league game. The "random walk" on Wall Street has morphed into a series of direction-reversing panics with all the activity reflecting waves of shorting and short-covering.
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    • Wed Aug 27th 07:47 AM
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      AIG and the Lunacy of GAAP Reporting
      get it through your thick skulls: mark-to-market means mark-to-market: every investment contract made by AIG was made after the mandating of mark accounting. Every deal they went into had to maintain its value or generate a loss. If there is one thing we know, it's that they had no problem recognizing income from placing deals on their books - essentially benefiting from the mark before anything was actually earned. They took the fees when they did the deals; they ate like pigs at the trough.
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    • Sun Aug 24th 22:29 PM
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      Obama Is Bad for the Economy - Barron's
      Clinton v Bush on the Economy and the Stock Market:

      s&p 500 on 1/19/1993 - day before clinton took office: 435.13
      s&p 500 on 1/19/2001 - day before Bush II took office: 1,342.54
      s&p 500 on 3/04/2008 - yesterday afternoon 1,2292.20

      Bush's tax cuts have given us an increase in the deficit and national debt that eclipse any and all predecessors. Before an increase in the capital gains tax can matter, one has to generate gains; under Bush the pressures of the federal deficit have sucked the lifeblood out of the economy.
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    • Wed Jul 30th 04:00 AM
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      Embedded 3G Laptops Hype
      next gen small laptops (internet devices) will be sold with embedded 3g - but only if they are marketed directly by the wireless providers.
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    • Fri Jul 25th 07:53 AM
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      The Lost Decade: S&P Annual Return Just 2.5% Since 1998
      s&p 500 on 1/19/1993 - day before clinton took office: 435.13
      s&p 500 on 1/19/2001 - day before Bush II took office: 1,342.54
      s&p 500 yesterday afternoon 1,252.54

      the Bush administration has been a complete disaster for the investor class; while tax rates may be lower, the gains are fewer and further between.

      I'd rather make a shitload of money and pay tax than make nothing
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    • Fri Jul 25th 06:40 AM
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      Thomson Reuters Launching Business TV Channel To Compete with CNBC, Fox
      it's another channel for advertising flomax
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    • Thu Jul 24th 06:16 AM
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      Beware the Big Financials' Dividend Trap
      it would have been nice to be warned about the div trap last year when i bought citigroup at 45
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    • Tue Jul 15th 20:52 PM
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      Earnings Preview: Host Hotels
      this stock has gotten the crap kicked out of it for the past 4 months; there may be a perfect storm brewing to kill off travel because of high gas/air prices; however, if you try to get a room, it's still hit or miss on busy weekends
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    • Wed Jul 9th 05:51 AM
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      AIG: The Success of Failure
      Just another Hot-shot Failure
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    • Thu Jul 3rd 09:23 AM
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      Starbucks Tells Walmart:: "Here, You Take Them."
      in the long run, paying a whole bunch of people to pour coffee for 2 hours a day while sitting around and comparing boyfriends & girlfriends the rest of the time does very little for the economy
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    • Tue Jul 1st 08:52 AM
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      Merrill's Call Should Boost GE
      ge is trading to yield 4.7%; even if it takes 2 or 3 quarters to rebound, it's a steal.
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    • Wed Jun 25th 09:07 AM
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      Why Media Stocks Are Looking So Ugly
      worst of all - there is absolutely no moat around any of these stocks; cable has virtually obliterated any real barriers to entry; the internet has allowed anyone and everyone to compete; and the viewing public has become so diffuse, that the chance of sustained concentration in viewers or readers, or other devourers of content is slipping off the ledge.
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