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The US economy is 80%+ service and 20% manufacturing industry. What does that mean? Technology is the leading capital expenditure of our service economy...NASDAQ guidance will probably drive expectations for the foreseeable future.

oil is the inflation hedge of the 21st century folks...think about it. why would you want a synthetic hedge? ie: gold/foreign currency...those are just some of the options available to store purchasing power. in reality, whatever purchasing power unit a nation accumulates will be widely...

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The private equity firms and IBs will make a killing from GM one day...it's about money.

The common stock won't be too big of an issue to mutual fund investors because the market cap of GM is only 10-12 billion dollars right now and MF's restrict position size in their investment policyto limit exposure to any single security. The potential impact to mutual fund investors will be...

If this and GM's own admission that they might not sell GMAC isn't the writing on the wall, what is? I guess someone has to buy the shares on the way down! I just feel bad for the individuals at GM that will be impacted by this...massive amounts of carnage!

Oh the joy of investing in cash account markets...a huge part of the stability in the US market is the amount of money tied up in retirement accounts...people just can't/don't pull that stuff out at the drop of a hat because of the limitiations and disincentives associated with doing so. With...

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Hmm...upon seeing this post I just checked the secinfo site again to figure out how this information could be incorrect. The document I looked at in October was incomplete. Brin still has class B shares that weren't listed on that document...he has a lot. about 30mm b shares that he has been...

You guys need to travel more...perhaps that would orientate to what is going on everywhere else. OUR PROBLEMS ARE EVERY DEVELOPED ECONOMY'S PROBLEMS! If the global-economic system resets, we still stand in the best position moving forward! Beyond educating yourself, there isn't a single...

Everyone is in bed with us on this one...when the time comes, we can fight about it (war) or we can let the system go and rebuild it learning from our past mistakes. Either way, the USA still maintains the dominant position moving forward. We are systemically better in terms of...

that was my entire point mrhashe! If he believes that the euro is going to appreciate against the dollar why reduce your position as significantly as he did??? Especially if he is going to say that he has no defined investment horizon expectancy...he is just guessing.

``The policies that we're following are likely to lead to a weaker dollar over a long period of years,'' Buffett said at news conference in Boise, Idaho, on June 20. ``It's not a forecast for next week, or next month or even next year.'' than why cash out a chunk of your "bet?":eek:

FYI, yesterday I heard someone say they are thinking about taking a loan to purchase GOOG...thought I would pass along this "news." :D:D

Yes: (Annual Coupon +/- the Annual Accretion or Ammortization) divided by the (average of (purchase price + par))

Ross Jeffries found a very utilitarian application of NLP... HAHAHA! I first heard about NLP in reference to Jeffries and then did more reading from Bandler, Robbins, etc. The person that told me about Jeffries needed his system, not myself of course! :D Like anything in life, if you plan...

New Belgium Brewery...:D:D:D

From the Marriot on N Michigan, walk out the west exit onto rush street. Turn left, and walk south on Rush Street two blocks to Illinois. Turn right on Illinois and walk three blocks west on Illinois. Time to Ballo's: 5 minutes if you crawl there. Moda is right around the corner...

Get dinner at Ballo's on Dearborn/Illinois, then head over to Club Moda one block over on Hubbard St. Great food and smoking hot women at both places. Ballo's is run by George Dana, the son of Alex Dana...Rosebud Restaurants. They have a great chef and the atmosphere is awesome... Club...