Search results

I hear this all the time, but I'm not buying it. Many of their people still live in abject poverty. The average rural Chinese worker earns about $200usd/month. I don't really care if they have a 500 year plan frankly. Many countries or regions can point to a time of cultural dominance. That...

The ethnic makeup of Germany is 90%+ German. Look at the IQ bell curve for various races. Compare that with the racial makeup of the US and do the math yourself. A more relative comparison is to compare all of the EU with the US and when you do that, it's a complete mismatch in terms of...

Ouch, busted! That is typical of the socialist. Always wants someone else to pay for it.

I'm not sure you can trust any data that China puts out anyway. That entire country/economy is one giant smoke & mirror scheme, IMO. It will come crashing down at some point and it won't be good for anyone when it does.

I do agree with this to some degree. The service sector, which is now such an enormous part of the US economy, has very low compensation and benefit programs. Many service sector workers are on some form of assistance, even while working in a full time capacity.

$8mm is peanuts to TDA. This will be settled uneventfully.

Do you seriously think that it would go towards paying down debt? Or even reducing the level of spending? HA!!!

That's exactly the point!!!! The revenue gained from a FTT would not be locked in some "lockbox" for the next financial meltdown. It would be spent gaining votes and political favors regardless. Then we would be right back to where we started.... needing to borrow to pay for whatever...

There is a ZERO percent chance that the US will allow Germany to impose anything like this on US securities regardless of who owns the NYSE. Even the Dems wouldn't want to allow that to become a political issue in the 2012 elections and after that it's a moot point, as the Republicans will...

I see no way the UK or US embrace the FTT. Not going to happen.

Free speech is a bad thing? Typical liberal

What a joke. His "magic formula" is selling books and charging outrageous fees on his funds.

Very good article. Thanks for posting.

I think include entertainment producers, directors, TV/movie execs. We can see if the Hollywood types actually walk the walk since they are always advocating higher taxes on the "1%'ers"

OP, have you read a newspaper or watched Bloomberg/CNBC in the last 6 months? Europe is about to collapse due to "Democratic Socialism".

What happened? Cramer started recommending gold as a part of his viewers portfolios.

One half of the political base in the US wants to make us more like Europe in every way imaginable...:(

Great job, congrats. Now you just have to not get greedy, keep the bulk of your capital safe, and make enough to live month to month.

I learned a long time ago not to listen to these so-called experts. Even though they are often right, their timing is almost always way off. Usually months or years too soon. Bill Gross would be another great recent example.

I don't think anyone is saying that collapses and black swans don't happen or that they can all be prevented. Rather, I think the point is that MF Global execs need to be PROSECUTED some how, some way. These men need to go to jail for a very long time, so as to send a message to the market...