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Are you anticipating across the board cuts? Or only in certain areas (i.e. missle defense as in the case of ORB)? Do you know if any stimulus money will go towards defense projects?

Defense has been getting hammered this year with Obama making comments regarding spending cuts. Question is, are spending cuts already priced in? Or will these go lower when details of spending cuts come out?

Yes plagues too. With advancements in health care people are living longer, decreasing the natural population control. Say for example (theoretically), scientists discover the cure for aids, or cancer. Millions of people who would have died are now alive and well and looking for jobs. Do...

Good point. As sick and twisted as this may sound, wars are sometimes a good thing...necessary even in some cases.

I know your economic predictions for the next 10 years as you post them any time a bullish post is made... But is it possible...just maybe...once in a million years...that you are wrong? I don't like Ben as much as the next guy, but is it possible that he knows more about the future...

Thank god for this thread or else I might not be aware that GOOG was green today... I also might have missed the good advice from stock_trad3r that GOOG is going to $400 and I should buy buy buy.... Fuck doing my own research, I'll just keep reading these highly informative threads!

I've never heard of 0% risk in an investment, must be nice... How does the credit card company benefit from lending you 90K @ 0% for a year? Just hoping that you continue to have a balance on the card after the year is up? You would think the credit card company would get something out of...

I believe the government policy of "do nothing" contributed heavily to the prolonging of the great depression. While I do believe the stimulus package has flaws, I am under the firm belief that the stimulus package is better than doing nothing at all. This is especially true because I live...

What is the criteria for the industry stock group to be leading? YTD share price returns? Earnings? Debt to equity ratio's in 1997?

Agreed that this is not your typical recession. This recession will likely be deeper and more prolonged than a "normal" recession, but regardless, I've heard the same arguments in past recessions from the bears. I am also pessimistic on the short/mid term prospects of the economy but not...

I see your point now. So cash is king right now in order to have it to buy the hard assets etc. once inflation kicks in, am I correct?

Wholesale inflation increased in January by 0.8% which is the largest amount since last July. Economists had predicted a 0.2% increase. Should this be interpreted as a bullish signal? Could this be the end of the deflation spiral? Or is this just a blip on the radar?

Roger that. But just for the record as I have heard many comments about extraordinarily high taxes in Canada to pay for the healthcare, here are the 2008 federal tax rates in Canada: 15% on first $39,000 22% on next $39,000 26% on next $49,000 29% on income over $126,000 Add roughly...

50% taxes?! Are you insane?! I am Canadian and can tell you we pay nowhere NEAR 50% taxes! Please get your facts straight before you post.

I am not as bullish as you but I definitely agree this recession will be shorter than most bears want us to believe. Certainly it will be shorter than S2007S is predicting. Recessions breed this type of panic and negative thinking. During every single recession there are always people...

He was right?! Inflation has increased more than expected as per the news today. Temporary? Maybe. But increased nonetheless.

Aren't you contradicting yourself here? If inflation is on the horizon (which it is), then cash most certainly would NOT be king. Anything BUT cash would be king.

Owing huge amounts of debt and not being able to pay for it.....hmmmmmm where does that sounds familiar?

You are flat out wrong. "Can be as high as $70/barrel" is not the same as "Is regularly $70/barrel". A car CAN cost as much as $100,000, but that does not mean all cars always cost $100,000.

These numbers sound quite accurate actually.