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  • Investing in the S&P 500: SPY vs. IVV
    Vanguard Large Cap ETF (VV)
    also tracks S&P quite nicely.

    finance.yahoo.com/q/bc...=^GSPC

    it has an exp ratio of .07%
    Dec 09 08:10 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Focus on Exports to Revive the Economy
    what exactly do you think can be sold to foreigners which they can't make themselves for less money?
    Dec 07 09:22 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • A Window on Hotel CMBS: Columbia Sussex
    oy vey!
    Dec 05 06:59 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • 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.
    Nov 24 04:10 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • 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
    Nov 14 07:47 am |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • 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!!
    Nov 14 06:37 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • 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.
    Nov 14 06:22 am |Rating: +2 -2 |Link to Comment |View article
  • 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.
    Aug 27 07:47 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • 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.
    Aug 24 22:29 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • 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.
    Jul 30 04:00 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • 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
    Jul 25 07:53 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Thomson Reuters Launching Business TV Channel To Compete with CNBC, Fox
    it's another channel for advertising flomax
    Jul 25 06:40 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • 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
    Jul 24 06:16 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • 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
    Jul 15 20:52 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • AIG: The Success of Failure
    Just another Hot-shot Failure
    Jul 09 05:51 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article

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