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    'Buy farmland and gold,' advises Dr Doom, Faber

    Farmland....comquats or whatever....is as good as what it produces.... Farmland all over the world.....is priced way over what it can produce economically..... Would you being willing to accept 2% returns....in a good year ? Of course this would be a non commercial approach....however...
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    SEC Disappointing Goldman Sachs Amid Vote on Short-Sale Curb

    The solution to SS is very simple.... Shares can be sold with no uptick rule.....the numbers of shares to be restricted by shares outstanding....by electronic tag....first come first served..... However there would be restrictions on share size for large institutional accounts...
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    Buffett's Partner: 'It's Over' for U.S. Economy

    ............................................................................... You have nailed it as usual.... We have repeated this message....how many times here....? The equity and credit total change versus the add on by fabrication.....only makes the problems even larger...
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    It's A Bank's Heaven.....and a Mom and Pop's Hell....

    ...................................................... Exactly.... However ....as Japan has slogged through this for more than a decade......Japan must serve as a forewarning that the Boomers are not exempt from a Japan scenario... Which means the savings effort has to be even moreso in...
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    It's A Bank's Heaven.....and a Mom and Pop's Hell....

    Let's think this way.... Let's say I give you a banking license.... I let you margin 30:1..... I loan you money at 0%....."All you want".... I then sell you my short term debt at 2%..... Mom and Pop.....give you their life savings.... You pay them 0%....nothing....and do it for...
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    How does propping up the stock market help?

    This is very interesting.... Fed $ going to the banks is a form of leverage.... ie Inserting $ to lever ie via the banks.... Stocks...ie same story.... But the point which you are making is 100% correct in that the $ is coming from a non-sustainable and false means.... Why ...
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    Shanghai real estate in HUGE HUGE HUGE bubble

    ................................................................ 1000000% CORRECT.... And guess who is at risk....and who is not ???? Which is even better for the govt... What a great business....YOU take the risk....I get the profits.... And I the govt. never have to conjure up...
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    Shanghai real estate in HUGE HUGE HUGE bubble

    If the govt. keeps interfering in market prices.... In time ....the govt....will have to own it all.... Capitalism....the people own it.... Socialism/Communisim....the govt. owns it.... How does one wish to wake up the next day.....? Knowing that one will never own...
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    World governments should cooperate to ensure bankers can't escape tax.

    Ireland opens doors to hedge funds By John Murray Brown in Dublin and Sophia Grene in London Published: December 18 2009 23:18 | Last updated: December 18 2009 23:37 The Irish government has passed legislation to make it easier for hedge funds based in the Cayman Islands and other tax...
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    Why China Makes London Cabs

    The Chinese are fast-tracking their global strategies by acquiring Western brands, sometimes at knocked-down prices. In 2006, Geely acquired 23 percent of Manganese Bronze Holdings Plc, the Coventry, England-based maker of London cabs. The 55 million pound ($90 million) deal enables Geely and...
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    Free Markets Will Never Happen As Long As There Are Central Banks ????

    Here it is.... "Buy and Hold" is not a reliable strategy.... One can only "trade" assets.... Why ???? Too many unknowns for "Buy and Hold".... ie The arguments for extremely low rates versus China walks and rates possibly skyrocket....etc.... What CAN one do ???? TRADE...
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    Free Markets Will Never Happen As Long As There Are Central Banks ????

    http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/imf-advice But there’s a deeper and more disturbing similarity: elite business interests—financiers, in the case of the U.S.—played a central role in creating the crisis, making ever-larger gambles, with the implicit backing of the government...
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    Free Markets Will Never Happen As Long As There Are Central Banks ????

    http://www.zerohedge.com/article/guest-post-interview-jskim J.S. It’s impossible to have free markets and central banks at the same time. The free market will dictate what the interest rate should be, but central banks keep altering it and causing boom bust cycles. They created the...
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    Chavez's Socialism....vs Toyota

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704039704574615990386867578.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us_business Sound familiar ????
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    Goldman's crimes

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/business/24trading.html?hp In order to create $billions in revenues....there has to be instruments made available to create them....out of which monetary conflicts and fair dealing come into question.... There is nothing wrong with creating all high...
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    Goldman's crimes

    The question is.... How does one prosecute FASCISM....???? The police.... are policing the police.... ....................... And to qualify it further....has happened due to flaws in govt. design.... Govt. design must be changed in order to prevent further similar episodes....
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    Health Care....Price Visibility

    Perhaps legally visible/mandatory pricing should be made available to the public via entrance/internet regarding all medical facilities/all types.... Once prices are made publicly visible.... May the competition begin.... And the same competitive pricing rules apply... ie price...
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    The Origins of World War III

    .......................................... Well now...who knows.... One can start with Bush, SR....Clinton....B Jr.... What's the total $.... What's the lost opportunity in innovation for failure to adequately fund a REAL effort.... Who knows.... How about a truly serious...
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    Did Households Buy 35X More In Govts. ....2009 vs 2008 .....

    http://www.tradersnarrative.com/is-it-all-just-a-ponzi-scheme-3393.html We must admit that we were surprised to discover that “Households” had bought so many Treasuries in 2009. They bought 35 times more government debt than they did in 2008. Given the financial condition of the...
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