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That was beautiful tortoise!! :)

Also consider, as alluded to in the above post, the Treasury has to pay out on its TIPS according to what the CPI number is...so it is saving itself a TON of cash by having that number low. Real inflation is way up there!! Imagine if it included FOOD and ENERGY!!

Any REITs that you know of picking up the fallout from the foreclosure conundrum?? Have you guys thought about this, or done any research at this point into the equity REITs that buy and manage real estate?? Thoughts appreciated...

With the following kinds of credentials and over 20 years in the derivatives business I'm assuming this guy would be fairly close to the mark: "Satyajit Das is a specialist in the area of financial derivatives and risk management. He is the author of a number of key reference works on...

Simple. The difference is made up in credit. Now apply that same thinking to hedgies, the big gorillas on wall street, institutions and other big traders, and talk about credit...and leverage...talk about $485 trillion global derivatives exposure (a number that has increased 5-fold in the...

Thanks Surdo!

How do you interpret fair value relative to where the premarket futures are each day??

The reason why we're not gonna see the bottom anytime soon: All these foreclosure properties that the banks are taking back on their books are gonna start being dumped on the market as REOs. The banks are in the business of making money, not collecting real estate. So the push onto the...

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I think the boomer generation will pay extra attention to politics and use that voting power as a tool to direct government money in certain directions. One direction that comes to mind is healthcare and health sector companies. Might not be a bad idea to have good exposure to companies in this...

Another factor that is going to play out is all this money in 401(k)'s and IRA's (excluding Roths) are gonna be taxed upon withdrawal. Should help compensate the government. Does anyone know if there are studies on this. Haven't read anything on it, just been thinking about it. What is the...

Well, I would encourage all people in the boomer generation to tighten the belt now, if not already. I watched a Cramer show a couple months ago and he mentioned a company, Medtronic, that is well positioned in the economy to be able to capitalize off the large numbers of clients it will be...

Been gone all day - some interesting posts!! The reverse mortgage business trend is something that certainly seems well-positioned on the horizon of things to come. In a post i read a day or two ago someone mentioned that the money the boomers have for retirement, that is currently stored...

I wanted to start a thread about the boomers and keep it strictly on topic. All other threads regarding the baby boomers seem hodgepodged; this one I'd like to keep specific and open to all ideas::: What current trends do you guys see happening in our financial markets that'll be important...

So what are they going to spend their money on?? Their children and grandchildren. The "wealth" is going to be spent on kids cars, college education, appliances for their kids houses, clothes and toys for grandkids. Then on themselves. Some will not want to be taken out of the economic...

Why not position yourself in a dividend-paying stock that yields 14% and pays monthly, that trades in a nicely defined channel and write covered call options against that to up your yield to 20-23%, provided the price doesn't rise through your strike price and exercise you back into cash??

"It would be just as effective to enact protectionist trade legislation and throw the Chinese economy into a deep recession, thereby curtailing their energy demand." Hmmm, didn't think about that - until now - good looking out.

Okay...........with $100 oil, why not just tell the big producers to eff off and we pump it out our own ground?? Or......does anyone know at what price that becomes feasible??

Gas prices so low that our big Lukoil type companies falter and bring down the house??

What the hell are the US govt oil reserves for?? To try keep the brakes on the price of oil going to 100?? Well, what are they really for??