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It's like Peter Lynch said: If you take all the economists in the world and line them up end-to-end, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

Why are they still paying a dividend at all? I suppose they will limit executive bonuses to under a hundred million, in order to "tighten the belt" Your tax dollars at work!

Do what me and the rest of the smart money are doing. Take advantage of this dip in the agricultural commodities to buy up all the vacant McMansions you can get your hands on, raze them, and grow some CORN, BEANS, and GRAIN!!! Pull your chisel plow and seed drill with your Escalade!! I'm...

Another option would be ETF's. http://www.currencyshares.com/home/CurrencyShares.rails I don't own any, and have not researched them closely. Some potential negatives: They probably take a bit of your interest in fees, and, if you are looking for protection against a collapse of the US...

No, not affiliated. I hope it does well, though.

And will they be around very long? And will they get data for foreign markets?

There is also an interface to opentick, so you can download data into Matlab. Very cool!!

http://www.matlabtrader.com/ I stumbled across this site today. Looks interesting.

Yes, unless something has changed recently. I have traded it before.

You can trade non-US dollar futures in an IRA, you just need to convert some of your funds to that currency.

How much will they charge for the data? I didn't feel like filling out a form just to get the price. I must be a filthy socialist because I think historical trade data should be free public information.

THEN where will we be? Probably in a factory in North Dakota making crappy-assed trinkets for the Chinese at a dollar a day. And we will be the lucky ones!!

The best news source on television is the fake news on comedy central.

neke, I meant billion. really i did..... I haven't even started drinking yet.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- More than two million subprime adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) are poised to reset at much higher rates in coming months, worsening an already suffering housing market. Just for amusement... I don't know what it is, but if the average mortgage was 1/2 million...

The news story got it wrong. He bought a steak FROM Havanonion's. (a fine Oklahoma steak and ale house.) Also delicious prime rib on the weekends...

I can't believe I was a product of the 80's and never heard of the Del Fuegos. I will blame crappy small-town radio stations. I happen to find them by reading about their lead singer, Dan Zanes, who now puts out kids music. (I really buy it for myself, because it's good) The look like they...

Here is my list of underrated 80's songs. probably not on top-40 lists, but I get sick of the same stuff anyway. Hot Dog - Led Zepplin Ice Cream Man - Van Halen My Kinda Lover - Billy Squire Don't Say you Love Me - Billy Squire She Caught the Katy - Blues Brothers Jimmy Buffet -...

As soon as I would buy a large gold position, some kid would post instructions for turning lead into gold on http://www.hackaday.com/ prolly using an old microwave oven, a cheesegrater, a rubber boot, and an iPod. Gold would go to thirty bucks a pound...