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I think that you are doing all the smoking :) McCain did improve toward the end of the debate but he was all over the place and still not able to talk coherently, and his people need to tell him not to jump around like a jack in the box like he did at the end of the debate! Mitt Romeny...

Ok, yes Obama will win but doesn't he have to at least wait for the Bush tax cuts to expire at the end of 2010?

So when are our taxes going to go up, in 2010 or 2011?

Why would the financials lead, equity holders can still be decimated by gov buy ins and their earnings are going to suck without all that leverege. The point is that the credit crisis has hopefully now been contained and other sectors of the marke that have transparency and real sustainable...

He's not Patrick but it is good news, thanks for letting us know.

Are you sure about that? If that's the way it turns out it would be a relief as Clinton rates most could live with. From what I have been hearing from CPA friends is that when all increases are accounted for the final tally will come in substantially higher than what was due in the Clinton years...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122385651698727257.html Obama's tax policies are so backward it is just sad. He is a smart guy who could do a lot for the US instead due to his polices that crush productivity and entrepreneurship in favor of rewarding the most unproductive he will deal the...

Actually Soros has done some phenomenal things outside of finance. Look up his Civic Education Project which for years spread Popper's messege of open societies and sent US Phd studnets and profs over to easter Bloc Uni's to help them rebuild their social science depts and law schools in to...

If this is true then the banks have played everyone. They caused the crash that forced the government(s) to bail them out. They hold all the cards, this was their trump card, their ace in the hole. Flytrader, I hope you read this, Arab financial terrorism my arse. I hope they all get...

One of the few level headed posters left on ET, couldn't agree more Cutten.

Tech will still offer the best (real) earnings out there and will benefit from any recovery in the EM first. In addition, I wonder how long this USD strength can last especially if the crisis is more or less resolved in the next month or two. Weaker USD will benefit tech the most.

Fly you have been right about naked shorting but I think you are seeing conspiracy everywhere now, unless I see some real evidence of intentional financial terrorism I think that normal hedging activities are being spun as terrorism for a particular political adgenda.

A lot of these evolutions of financial engineering the last few years are actually quite useful and allow for greater flexibility, investment, and credit generation. They need to be listed on an exchange and regulated by a clearing house (not by the gov). The clearing house will establish margin...

Lol I agree I lost money Wednesday and that certainly wasn't a bottom! OP, i am sorry you took the loss, people just don't realize that when they play with the markets they are playing with fire, a long bull run lulls so many in to a false sense of security. The old adage of never playing...

I have no love for O-really or consp. theories but it would actually make sense that arab funds would short the equity markets as a hedge against the drop in the price of oil. They aren't going to use oil futures to hedge as that would just add to the downward spiral in oil so they short...

Can we take a breath now? Phew, what a day. G7 had better act or it will be more of the same next week. Have a great weekend all.

I'm betting that whatever move comes next will be huge and have been sitting in ES puts and NQ calls since the EOD Wednesday. Unfortunately the position is weighted more toward the NQ calls. Barring a concerted global loan guarantee program this weekend or some other radical intervention the...

I am hoping that you are right, even though I have a few ES puts I don't want to go through another Black Monday, not from this level. GS is recovering which is a good sign also. The gold price can be misleading in that institutions could be selling to raise cash given the number of...

Who would have thought that Bush would be making a "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" speach on finance!

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