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Actually, the japanese tried that b4. I seem to recall the uproar over them buying rockefeller center... then we bought it back from them years later for nickels on the dollar. I think that purchases of assets by extranationals is encouraged, so long as: 1. Those assets aren't hard 2...

Tony - Isn't that the crux of everything? The economy remains strong even in the face of a doubling or tripling of oil/gas over the last few years. However, structural inflation has now been built into the system. If you read a number of Pabst and my own previous posts, we both have...

1. The disciplined approach you are choosing is entirely appropriate for a long term, small amount investor such as yourself, who is unable to trade larger sums at a clip. I am unfamiliar with wells fargo & sharebuilder - I assume it is a DRIP type program & can't comment on its...

Good advice.

buy on dips = pooper scooper?

Bush halts additions to Strategic Petroleum Reserve, at least until the fall. http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/25/bush.energy/index.html Should keep oil firm, but remove some buying pressure in the near months.

Hedonic adjustments causing numbers to stay within acceptable limits with no real relationship to reality? You don't say? I am shocked... shocked!

While I think it is a useful posting for the uninformed, there is no doubt that the casting of China in a central role to replace the power vaccum left by the disintegrated USSR is a paradigm favored by the military. 1. Its cozy to reassume old ways of thinking. 2. It is the last major...

The quick answer is that when people get nervous about the USD, they tend to move into 'hard' assets such as commodities, mining stocks, lumber, or 'stable' currencies such as the Nord or Euro. Same idea with real estate, although that ship has long left the harbour. It is sometimes...

Nice trade.

IMHO, the commodities were going up in relation to agitation over the dollar and anticipation of a potential dollar collapse. G7 & IMF strategies for stabilizing the dollar relative to the euro and yen were announced this week. Go to this thread where some I posted some interesting articles...

Both the G-7 and the IMF met this weekend, with apparently some significant results. 1. G7 to allow Japan to continue to tighten http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/04/23/g7_gives_free_hand_on_policy_as_boj_aims_to_tighten/ 2. After what was probably an unproductive...

Awww, the russians are just sore that the meeting was only a g7 and not a g8. on the same note, this interesting article hit the net: http://www.ndtvprofit.com/homepage/news.asp?id=246001 and this http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,16849-2149187,00.html Since when did...

My H&S has not convincingly yet broken the neckline, so not sure if it will complete. This should be interesting. Would LOVE to pick up foreign equities on near to intermediate term Dollar strength, thanks.

For this one, mebbe... y'all know I am probably one of the longer term traders here. I adjust my risk accordingly, though.

Sorry, didn't you mean to say: "It's only a matter of time before another Hitler or Napoleon shows up in the states..." Thank god for America, but we have really significantly deviated from our original American experiment as decided by the founding fathers.

What do you think about $581 as a support level? I am flirting with placing a standing order there with a willingness to ride it down to $480 as a stop (which I think there is a snowball's chance in hell of hitting) Not sure if 581 gets hit, but after g7 meeting this weekend, I expect some...

Along with many of the other threads, I would like to comment on the following issue: Would hyperinflation automatically cause a declining equity market? Hyperinflation and deflation are both predictive of stock market crashes. Witness 1923 Germany and the Nikkei Crash in Japan. As...

Libertad, as usual, you are right, but you are wrong. There is no question that there are significant difficulties that Europe will face due to its unfavorable demographics. Those demographics are similar but worse to those facing the US in the future, and those which Japan has faced for the...

in my opinion: 1. Roth IRA is the way to go if you are young. Forget the small deduction on your taxes that would favor a traditional IRA, as future tax rates are likely to be higher than lower and your nest egg will probably be taxed at a 40-50% rate. The Roth IRA gets you out of that...