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Ultimately the Board is elected by shareholders and is responsible for overseeing the company and its executives. Not one Board on any of these dead broke firms saw this coming? Tell me what the point of having a board at all is?

If you're putting money up why would you ever except less than 100% pay out? Only exception I could think of is if you're getting serious mentorship.

XLF down 8% with no shorting in financial s. Biggest one day decline all year I think. Hmmm, maybe this INCREASES volatility.

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Uhh, how can anybody say what the dow 'would have' dropped to?

One things for sure, there is NOTHING more annoying in this world than a Heroin junkie who can't support their own habit. I take it RM didn't have that problem, I'll give him credit for that.

Its been said plenty of times, this site is full of crap but also has plenty of decent advice and info. I have a handful of handles that I am 89% confident are real deal traders. They are the only posts I take seriously. You're better off finding the small number of known good ones and...

Guys, come on. Aren't we going a bit overboard with this Greenspan stuff. The bottom line is excessive leverage which led to excessive risk. This has nothing to do with Greenspan and everything to do with executives at these firms who clearly didn't understand what they were getting...

How do you trade with a H habit? I know a couple H junkies and they couldn't think logically if there life depended on it let alone trade for a living. Doesn't seem possible.

This confirms what I already thought. I'm right down the middle, very balanced in my views. Economic Left/Right: 0.00 Soc. Lib/Auth: -1.85 <IMG SRC=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2080582>

Actually it is dems fault, freddie and freddie is a dem creation and letting the debt get out of control is also a dem agenda. ALthough there were some lame repubs that also turned away from the freddie fannie problem also. see this thread...

A homeowner who loses their house because they over spent and over stated income is of no ones fault but the homeowners. I-bankers who suck at understanding risk and go bankrupt is of no ones fault but their own also. But the govt isn't saving an individual with this plan, they are saving...

Its a problem because its a sneaky way to throw controversial items into a bill that NEEDS to be passed. No time to debate this bill and dems are stepping over each other to get shit stuffed in it with no debates on the matter. Complete utter bullshit.

Its not a mortgage rescue bill, its to buy crap paper from financial institutions (financial inst rescue bill) so we don't go into depression! Now is not the time for partisan bullshit. Anyone who calls themselves democrat should be ashamed at themselves and their party. Just reached a...

While the govt is trying to do everything in their power to avoid a complete collapse of our financial system the Dems are playing games and trying to stuff pork into the rescue bill! I swear.... speechless. AP Democrats are insisting the rescue include mortgage help to...

The Bush administration should go down as one of the best in history in dealing with catastrophic events brought on by liberals who chose to advance their ideologies at all cost. Well done W. <IMG SRC=http://publicintellectual.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/sept14_bushbeckwithbullhorn.jpg>

If the gummit is buying all the toxic paper then what the frig do they need boa's balance sheet for?

Cars are all mixed up these days. My saab is still 75% made in sweden.

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Ok, now I'm just being silly. :p