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Now THAT's funny!

Heh. Interesting - read that a few months ago to get a perspective of what might be coming. Important to note that not everyone did poorly during the depression. Also, read 'judgment day' from the studs lonigan trilogy. Will share the main take-home point I got from this piece of...

Not to be glib, but what hasn't been done here? -aggressive easing to zero rate -commercial paper purchases -direct injections of liquidity - while purchasing of the long end of the curve hasn't been admitted, I would not be surprised if it has already happened. -

That's why you have to think outside the box. Try Osmium? :D

Pathetic. classic operant conditioning.

best buy boca raton fl 10:00 am today (friday). shopping lot packed.

Irradiating gold is like irradiating lead. That's just kooky.

I would imagine productivity would go through the roof... until another woman in the national costume, the tanga, walks by... So much for productivity. However, an agreeable lifestyle, wouldn't you admit?

Question is: What are they going to do with the money? No activity - very bearish Purchase of banking assets with the full amount - bullish (eventually)

Well, since you obviously want to be 'married' to the stock, I suggest picking something currently sexy like solar energy, alternative energy, or fertilizer. Just don't come crying to us when your new best friend stock is all down in the dumps all the time and has gone from a P/E of 70 to...

Time to go to law school.

Wasn't there a rumor (or a bit more than a rumor) that Citi approached GS about a merger earlier this fall? If GS knows citi's position/balance sheets/structure, would it not make sense to wait, just like JPM did? Pick it up for under $5, instead of $20-$30? Now this is pure speculation...

That's strong.

Check out the ^hui on friday? That answer your question?

When GS went public, its survival was no longer the primary concern.

OK. We get the whole trust thing and the foundation dodge. Explain the preferred share part.

You generally lose your money in the futures account more quickly than in a brokerage.

Concur with pabst about Au. Other industrial metals might be a hedge, but so illiquid that who knows how you would get out of them. I haven't grasped this sufficiently to comment . I'm somewhat partial to holding unhedged foreign government bonds. Look what happened to US treasuries...

What about asian CB intervention in the equity markets? Think about it - US market seems poised to collapse on an option expiration day particularly with the nasty sell off on the close. You can't intervene in US any more with US market closed, so go to asia and do it there. Asia up...

And closer... 0.98 at the NY close today