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Funny? Travesty is more like it. I'd love to see a thorough investigation followed by jail time, but that won't happen.

This just can't be true. We know all regulators are selfless angels protecting us from greedy pigs on Wall St. Don't try to change my closed mind!

OK, I'm sending 20 high schoolers to your double-wide. I trust you can do the 40 * $7.25 * 20 math to see what you need to shell out each week. They may actually clean the place a little for $12/hr. Sheesh, with this mindset it's not hard to see why we're in a mess.

Exactly. It's extremely hard to fire a Federal worker. Unless you do something blatantly illegal or very un-PC (e.g., white male accused of 'wacism or sexual harrassment), you have near bulletproof job security. Also, no one can force you to work more than 40+ hours/week without paying O/T...

Very unbiased source there. As if the Fed would release anything suggesting that we should limit the size or scope of economic intervention. I'd trust the tobacco companies' scientists more.

Please tell me you're trolling. It's hard to believe anyone is that ignorant. Your numbers are off, anyway. This appears to be way above your pay grade (most likely a low-level government employee)?

Not even close. The 2001-2012 in particular was after a period of massive underperformance. Amazing the amount of nonsense you see on a forum full of "elite" traders.

Uh, no. The last thing we need is a hyperactive Congress, passing more laws and killing more freedoms than they do now. And by its nature (and design, fortunately), the government will never be a super efficient machine. The economy does better in times of gridlock, and silly, arbitrary...

The Nikkei in the 80s is another one, though you can't find its historical chart at stockcharts.com. At its peak it was around 40,000 in 1990. Today it's hovering around 15,000. That should give the buy-n-holders something to think about. Not all markets recover within 20 years.

See my last post (now edited). I attached the Nasdaq chart. The percent gain will depend on your starting point. I don't have a chart for housing. If you look at U.S. nationwide housing prices or REITs it's probably not as extreme as the others. However, certain U.S. regions went up...

Well, just in the U.S. in the last 20 years: Nasdaq/tech bubble - Late 1990s http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/historical/nasdaq1986.html U.S. Housing - 2002-2007 Many more if you look back further and include other countries.

This from someone who has proven to be a complete economic illiterate...and knows nothing about debate beyond the ad hominem. Projection much? I thought your post about punishing savers was a troll job, but I guess some are that ignorant. Sad.

There are tends of thousands who have proven that this is a bunch of tripe. This includes many who came off boats to the U.S. with nothing but the shirts on their backs. And "Yuppie scum"? What are you doing here? Go to a more suitable website, maybe a place where eternal "victims" can make...

Wow, that took all of about 40 IQ points and the gutter mind of 13-year old to write. Any more brilliant insights? Sowell skewers income inequality and other claptrap here: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/01/21/fact-free_liberals_121302.html

Long-distance running in particular can be dangerous. Do some research on marathon runners and you'll find that they're not all healthy. It's better go moderate on the running and mix in other things (bodyweight exercises, swimming, etc.) I'm just now reading this and sad to see the news...

Long-distance running in particular can be dangerous. Do some research on marathon runners and you'll find that they're not all healthy. It's better go moderate on the running and mix in other things (bodyweight exercises, swimming, etc.) I'm just now reading this and sad to see the news...

Nah, they allow that in gov't schools these days.

Forget churches. Start a highly-political "social justice" organization like the Southern "Poverty" Law Center. You can get non profit status and get away with almost anything...and you won't be a target of an IRS audit. You just have to get on the right (er, left) side of the political...

Can't you follow Uncle Creepy on his own threads? Or is it always necessary to hijack someone else's? Just wondering.

Dang. Poor Trading Journals' thread will stay in the spotlight for months now. Hershey's followers remind me of the mindless aliens from the claw game in the first Toy Story.