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Lots of optimism bubbling to the surface last few days. Copper could be up on restocking of strategic supplies rather than any actual increase in use. Some slightly good news on housing but not enough to increase demand more than a small %age.

This brilliant man of boundless energy is increasing his power daily. He's one of those exceptional individuals who appear at times of crisis and ascend to the heights of power. He will be the most powerful president the US has ever had before his term ends.. if it ends.

Apply as a refugee. Just claim that Homeland Security wants to waterboard you; it will take about two years to process your claim. You'll be covered for health and Bell provides ultra high speed internet in most small towns.

These companies belong to the "too big to fail" class and are therefore more than isolated entities that we can allow to suffer in isolation 'what they so justly deserve'. Unregulated capitalism doesn't work; it's a naive theory that inevitably leads to the concentration of wealth in the...

Obviously a subject on many people's minds. Defaults on credit cards will undoubtedly be one of the many crises in the near future. Those of us who always pay on time will probably end up paying higher rates to cover defaults.

Obviously there's a disconnect between the two posts you cite. The post about ripping off the bank by way of the fake injury was submitted in jest. The post about moral judgements of criminal acts of desperation being arbitrary was not. Sometimes we must trespass to find shelter, steal to...

Hardly mea culpa - my post is a generalization and applies only to spanish89 if the particulars of his situation are covered by that generalization. Ultimately, those who commit immoral or even criminal acts out of necessity are punished for pragmatic reasons by people who believe they belong...

Lots of moralizing in this thread.. Check out your moral belief system - you'll find it's entirely self-serving and has nothing to do with universal right and wrong. How about a guy who has hungry kids to feed right now and can only do it by ripping off the system? His moral duty is to...

I owed 2300.00 on my visa. I pretended I slipped on the front step of the bank and made sure I hit my head on the door on the way down. As I negotiated with the bank manager blood was dribbling down the side of my head. We settled for the balance owing. Works every time.

Leaving and going where exactly?

Plausible scenario. Something to watch out for.

An ebbing tide lowers all ships. Essentially what you did was call a temporary top. You could have named another hundred stocks with almost the same statistical probability of success. Nevertheless, you did call the top and I congratulate you on that. A much tougher call is where...

I took me an IQ test once. First time I ever scored over 50 on a test.

Following a performance review they're cutting his annual salary to 50 cents.

20%/week is amazing. If this is due to an improvement in your skills rather than just a temporary compatibility of your trading style with the current market you may eventually get over the hump and start increasing your capital.. and be on your way.

Soon, in the global race to the bottom, every central bank will be @ 0%; after that it's all a matter of who's most imaginative at coming up with ways to weaken their currencies without causing their economies to implode completely.

Right. Because the whole point of everything the FED and Gov't are doing is to cause inflation. They will print $'s until it happens.

The AIG bonuses are small potatoes and a smoke screen. The real question is why did AIG fork over all those tens of billions to its counterparties in the manner it did. Note that Paulson's alma mater, Goldman Sachs, got the biggest chunk; Paulson's a crook and a conspirator in the biggest...

How about monetary inflation coupled with price deflation - if the money's distibuted and then doesn't circulate?

What's with the fancy 4-silabul wurds?