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So what is this industry? I saw the ads from Motley Fool and they were stupid. There was another similar ad on the end of Wal Mart.. They seem to be nothing more than fantasies meant to sell Motley Fool subscriptions.

Ok, this is what I (might) see. 1. Use the sovereign debt crisis to reduce the size and influence of government. This is important because in countries like Germany for example, the state owns a large share in many big companies. Each government will try to promote certain sectors of its...

Can you please elaborate? I certainly see traces of that, every country is forced to look the same, to act the same. The soveireign debt crisis is an excuse to engineer all their governments with the same goal in mind.

Why does China and Russia want a world currency? Is it just because they are holders of Treasuries? So is Japan and Saudi Arabia... Overall, it sickens me.

I wonder if the same drive of support will come for Chile. Some people have said that Haiti was about foreign policy goals and not humanitarian reasons. Rarely has Bush ever championed humanitarian reasons for example.

I find it highly suspicious that so many people come out of the woodwork to bash the pound. I wouldn't short it at those levels. Over the short term (1 month), I might even be long the pound, how about that? And it doesn't take away that your analysis of the pound sucked. You only talked...

I blame it on global warming. ps: My thoughts also go with those who suffered from the earthquake.

It seems you lack a basic understanding of finance. For the pound to go lower, there needs to be a GREATER THAN EXPECTED drop in its economy. The markets do discount the future, but for there to be a greater fall, things can only get worse. If the bleak future remains the same, the currency...

I agree with Catalite's comments that currencies are a zero sum game. The US isn't the only country having a lot of problems with its financial system and being very slow to recover. There's no reason to believe that the USD won't get stronger. As for manufacturing, well thank God that...

Well the last time they expected a crash, they took out the uptick rule. I'm not too happy with this rule, how much did the uptick rule really take away from shorting? Anything at all? If not, it's just an annoying interference.

I wouldn't call it lemon socialism, it's mostly the city of Vancouver and the BC government that went with it. I don't think the majority of Canadians had any expectation that it would make money, it was national pride but with reservations. Frankly, as a Canadian, I hope we never see the...

Yeah, Wow. And the pound does seem to be falling!

I wouldn't trust anyone who calls Jim Rogers a billionaire. Where's the facts? Also hardly anyone makes predictions for a few weeks later, unless they do want to scare you.

True, but it's sure fishy that AIG underwrote so much. Where were they analyzing the risks? The risks were so great. We're not talking about "risks" of lower profits, or a modest loss, the whole company went down! How could they be so wrong? And as for Goldman, well the idea of "buyer beware"...

Because the truth is that the Fed does not have control of the money supply. They can't force people to make loans. This is something the government DOESNT have control of.

This is classic debt repayment, every recession except 2001 had people pay down debt. As soon as they were able to get their finances in better order, that's when the economy started getting stronger. The problem now is that we have a critical mass of people who are unemployed and in huge...

Why did Buffet and Munger invest in Goldman Sachs, or Salomon Brothers? They like the casino! The house always wins! How about they actually DO something instead of complaning. How many of Buffet's billions are going in America? Maybe there's a promising development fund that need money, or...

Like it has been said, this has been known for a long time. The only difference is that now the top leaders say it will become a reality, meaning that they are pretty much resigned and don't want to do anything. Much easier for them to just launch a few PR campaigns and "educate" those without...

I don't drive anything, I like money in the bank. And the RX400H has barely any improvement over a conventional gas one, that's my beef. The Hybrid is purely a gimmick for foolish customers. It shows Toyota's disrespect and cynicism, the company is not about "value" to the customer anymore.

Congrats on the job Sandy, I wish you the best of luck. I've also noticed that the American cars are improving in quality and that (at least) Toyota is really just hanging back and counting on their brand. About a year ago, Toyota released these really dumb commercials praising NOTHING but...