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I'm not sure the FED is simply "pushing" the market higher to make people feel better. The FED is not directly purchasing equities they are buying debt. QE1 was about buying company debt and helping fund business through a rough patch. This gave lower rates and helped company profitability. One...

I guess that my rationale is that the price of a stock isn't really based on those kind of thoughts. Stocks are priced on earnings and expected earnings. Our companies have far better management than they did even a decade ago. Financial managers are better equipped to keep companies in healthy...

Did we end up betting or no?

Tablets are the next step. Think of the possessive nature teens have towards phones. Now multiply that by a billion on a smart phone or tablet that carries "their whole life". This tool takes over several areas of life and creates huge new markets. Think of the tablet as your future remote...

Best guess so far. Obama has done a 180 on fiscal issues. It could be an interesting 2 years.

Rural to Urban migration in the third world is equivalent to population growth. These are people previously separated from the world economy that will now be adding value. Most of the growth will be centered around where these people are migrating. However, a substantial portion will be in the...

There will still be bull and bear markets, but I agree with the notion that we are heading into an extended world growth period. The article also agrees with my take on urbanization. 88% or Generation Y says it plans to live in an Urban setting. Considering Y is the largest generation, the next...

The United States still has a birthrate around 2. We are barely keeping our heads above water. Most European countries have already fallen under the replacement rate of 2.1. We still have the ability to keep from becoming extinct. Countries like Japan are sealed in their fate. Spread the word...

That's the funny part. We have been brainwashing our youth to avoid getting married and having children. What did we expect to happen? I don't know why people are so against exponential growth. That is what our species does. Without it there is no economic system that can sustain us. People have...

Facebook advertises that 50% of its user base visits at least once a day. The majority of college aged and younger live on it. They also say 70% of Americans have an account. Sounds like they have a lot of influence.

IMO this company is here to stay. They are profitable and have convinced people that selling their non identifying personal info isn't a big deal. None of my friends really care that FB uses their info to make a profit. Of course they all cleaned up their profiles since they first got on, but...

Six posts a day all with the same theme. What is your motivation?

He wants stock prices to rise because that is indicative of companies doing well. There policies are not aimed at affecting price directly but using QE1 and QE2 the Fed helped fund thousands of business projects. The low rates on these bonds made the projects highly profitable. This pushed up...

Bloomberg is reporting it may be a mock up and not a functional jet. It would be impressive if they produced one of these.

I think you misunderstood my sentiment. I am not waiting for the average investor to re invest his capital. When I talk about the average investor I'm not talking about people who are responding to investment surveys. Or, in general, are even capable of responding to these kind of surveys. I'm...

The average retail investor is still on the side lines. That is the biggest clue you have that this expansionary period is for real. Your analysis on treasuries is inaccurate. An increase in long term treasury yields indicates capital flowing out of safe havens and into higher yielding more...

Is your only evidence for a supposed decrease in manufacturing the loss of manufacturing jobs? Because if so that is an extremely faulty argument. The manufacturing sector of the United states has shed 3 million jobs over the course of the last 3 decades. Down to 13-14 million from 17 million...

Gross debt will almost always be increasing as wealth created increases. That is just how it works. However, debt in comparison to gdp gives you a better idea of how burdensome the debt load is to the economy. According to the graph attached we are not at a historical high. Would our debt-gdp...

Appreciate the post. Me and my friends enjoyed the clips.

Do you really think there are profitable systems that retail traders can just buy? Seriously? If this is true then give me and everyone on this site a link to these systems. We shall all purchase one and become rich. What trader would sell a profitable automated system? They could do nothing and...