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http://www.thebandarlog.com/arch/arch54.html#10_7_2008_10_46_22_AM Stock (-Market-Crash) Photos One of the hardest tasks of the business-section editor, whether in print or online, is choosing the right stock photo of a trader to accompany a "market tanks!" story. It all depends on the...

I agree, the major unknown that has me concerned is the derivitaves market, specifically CDS (Credit Default Swaps) which I believe has not truly unwound yet. This market is $60-70trillion dollars. Where are we with regards to CDS are we halfway through the unwinding, or god forbid has the...

Maybe the final capitulation is when elitetrader.com goes dark.

I got a better tip for you. Short LEH, AIG, WAMU, I hear they may be having problems with some bad loans. My Broker told me after Oct 8th he's going to short the hell out of them for me and only charge $120 commission per round trip as a special deal. Hurry up

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Cramer is silly to reference the dot com. bubble. First of all many of those companies where vapor. They had no mechanism to make money they where just ponzi schemes. We already had our equity collapse which actually has led to healthy companies. Many companies today have lots of cash...

I still think we have a bit further to go but positive signals 1) People have cashed out big time 2) SP500 down 38% over the last 12 Months 3) Roughly 13% of companies in the S&P 500 (SPX) have shares with dividend yields that are higher than Treasury bonds. That's the highest level...

Here are the 3 Scenarios that we can anticipate 1) The bank runs continue and there are Intermittent Freezes and withdrawl caps. To slow the rate of exodus. This is rare overall but common within sever Financial Crisis. IMF recommends this as a last resort in managing Bank Runs. This is a...

We have that now. America’s inflation rate of above 5% is an advantage. Not only are real interest rates negative, but inflation is also helping to bring the housing market back to fair value with a smaller fall in prices than otherwise. But in another way America is more exposed than...

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http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aIYZmuAcPtKg&refer=home Commodities R.I.P. as Leverage Vanishes, Growth Slows (Update2) By Shruti Singh Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Commodities markets are heading for the biggest annual decline since 2001 as investors exit leveraged bets and...

My bad...it was just some bad sushi. That supermarket sushi at 6PM ..bad idea.

Something tells me the next 48 hrs may be life altering.

So Hank reaches into the bullpen and pulls out the rookie who struck out on all the previous crap when the crises wasn't a crises. Man this article should make the market soar tomorrow. WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is expected to tap Neel Kashkari, a key adviser on whom...

move along sheep if you think Obama will correct this problem. He is upfront and honest that he has every intention of spending more money. As Jim Rogers said a pox on both their houses. A split government would at least entail inaction which is a good thing. I think the Obama...

First lets define We We the government, just fine and dandy either way. We have the guns and gold. We donot take pay cuts and we do not lay off people, well we don't layoff anyone important. We the financiers and bankers, just find and dandy either way we own the government people who have...

During tough times cheap diversions do very well. - liquor - ice cream, chocolates, gums - sodas People will spend on the cheap stuff as their diversion.

We are insolvent. With the crash in GDP we will have for 2009 and the increase in debt to about 12-13 trillion we will be close to a 90%- 100% ratio of Debt/GDP We wouldn't even qualify to get into the EU as they require a ratio no higher than 65% Of course That does not include Medicare...

I know its only Iceland but just like trying to bailout one bank was more than they could handle, we are now trying to bailout the entire system. http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/market-movers/2008/10/03/iceland-when-too-big-to-fail-becomes-too-big-to-rescue

Hank speaks German. No Worries he is on the phone with Berlin as we speak. Here is the video <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fzuinISI9Bk&color1=0x11645361&color2=0x13619151&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen"...