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http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=28842 Senate Roll Call Vote on Bailout Bill by Human Events A breakdown by party of the Senate vote yesterday on the bailout bill (H. R. 1424 as amended): Yea -- 74 Republicans Alexander (R-TN) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Burr (R-NC)...

I suspect some Warren Buffett type investor might buy US Steel stock symbol X. Yahoo.com http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=x reports price / book value of 1.30 and total debt / equity of 0.51. I think those are pretty good numbers from a value investment standpoint ( I do not invest this way ).

I do not use this system for real trading. For real trading I use a simple multiplier times range. I remember wondering about volatility: What happens if I take very large position size when price volatility increases? What if I reduce position size during times of increased volatility? With...

Some other things may be added to the Senate version of the bill: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JJ03Dj02.html "Also, the bill that emerged out of the Senate is loaded with constituent goodies pretty much unrelated to the financial crisis. Among these are adjustments of the...

I can't figure this deal out in terms of Warren Buffett guidelines. It looks like Mr. Buffett is buying GE stock near the five year price support level established during year 2002. The support level might be about US $ 22 / share. The part that does not make sense to me is yahoo.com...

I remember writing a trading simulation program that could change position size exponentially as a function of volatility. For example, say I am using average true range (ATR) to measure volatility. I use a parameter that I call PositionSizeExponent. I raise ATR to the PositionSizeExponent...

I remember receiving a pre-approved credit card in the mail recently. I recall my neighbors saying they are receiving credit card offers in the mail recently also.

Perhaps if you post the tracert output then we can interpret it for you. Command in the command window is: tracert schwab.com > out.txt <enter> Replace schwab.com with any web site or ip address that you choose. Test both computers so we can compare results.

Money market funds might own short term debt securities of companies that are in trouble.

The problem computer might need .net foundation classes installed.

Where can I find a report of who voted to pass this bailout bill?

I observe major currencies trading with little change. EURUSD gapped lower about 0.5 % but USDJPY and AUSUSD appear stable. I observe New Zealand and Korean stock markets rallying almost 1 %, Tokyo stock market rallying about 0.3 %.

What is motivating congress to act quickly on this bailout plan? I do not remember congress people acting so quickly since they last voted themselves a raise.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aBEM0cTTdBmA&refer=home I agree this is an interesting article so I'm pasting it here. === Bailout May Be Granddaddy of All Carry Trades: John M. Berry Commentary by John M. Berry Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- There might be a gem in...

[continued] Mr. Paulson scrambled to revive the talks, and they resumed almost immediately. Congressional and Treasury staff then worked all of Friday and through the night, ending in the predawn. Mr. Paulson and Congressional leaders stepped in at 3 p.m. Saturday and were in direct...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/business/28bailout.html?em Breakthrough Reached in Negotiations on Bailout By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and CARL HULSE Published: September 27, 2008 WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders and the Bush administration reached a tentative agreement early Sunday...

Longer term averages.

I notice Ingersoll Rand (stock symbol IR) trading at the lowest price in about 4 years. I recall reading that Warren Buffet has an investment in the company. Yahoo is reporting IR price / book value as 0.96.

Might be a good idea to own guns and bullets just in case. A sailboat might be handy. If things get dangerous then a trader could anchor out at sea for a few weeks.

I suspect governments use inflation to increase employment. It can be dangerous to have lots of poor unemployed people in a country. If conditions become bad enough then revolution is possible, extreme political parties can become powerful, and politicians can be led to the guillotine. Stock...