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The real question is .....are the markets valid businesses ? And in particular those businesses whom depend on daily trading activity...are they valid ? Gambling itself is a business...and a profitable one for those that have good management... Likewise ....there are intraday stock...

Excellent Commentary All ............................................................................................ The real question here is ... Does the marketplace represent a true long term buyer seller marketplace where everyone that transacts has a long term goal in mind ? Is...

All oil companies...THE BUSH OIL ADMINISTRATION...and all oil welfare states want oil at whatever the market will pay.... And could care less about developing countries...middle class, poor, etc... The oil welfare states basically only have oil as their main export product.... What is...

Excellent Article........... Thank you ! What is particularly interesting is that the Templeton Group is using mid $40s oil for 2007... Also...in government planning Venezuela uses $29...

Excellent Commentary... Doubter Wrote... You may be correct but personally I am not a big fan of "conventional wisdom". I have profited greatly over years by ignoring the crowd mentality. ...

Excellent Commentary............. Exactly.....what is very intriguing is that China is both fragile and strong at the same time....very sensitive to change... For example...in some of the smaller Latin economies...rather drastic changes occur with what appears to be changes that are not...

China warns 15 million will not find jobs next year Beijing.– China will be unable next year to create jobs for 15 million people – nearly equivalent to the entire population of the Netherlands. An estimated 25 million urban residents will be seeking jobs and they will be competing...

Americans can learn a hard lesson with respect to Bush...in that there is too much authority granted to too few people...who are really just average people mentally ...at best... Why should the American people have to put up with any one ..two...or three individuals ? World issues are far...

This is very interesting about China and their selling goods in Latin America... Having the liberty of living in some of these countries...China is at this moment building large stores like WalMart and instead of bullying the local population...it is sharing the wealth by enjoining co...

Daal wrote... The change can be made through cutting taxes on investing and saving to decrease the consumption culture and encourage production, cut government spending on the entitlement programs to pay for those. Any politician who tries to run on this base will be destroyed by the...

Excellent Commentary All ............................................................................................... The Keynote possibly is PRODUCTIVITY.... The issue is not a question of having the assets....It is how you use the assets you have... Here a simple example of a...

Excellent Commentary All............ ............................................................................................. The idea about the US being in dire straights regarding its economics ...as compared to other countries is indeed a subject of intrigue...

Excellent Commentary... Most of the world lives at $200-$800 monthly...and is far more sensitive than the US to price movement... The current numbers are extremely high relatively.... And whatever the oil price is...the production states are not going to like a cheap dollar...which will...

Oil prices... With regards to factors that are continually publicized regarding oil price movers... OPEC announces production cuts Nigeria announces aggression towards facilities Oil company announces facility disruptions Bush announces confrontational policies Chavez announces...

dhpar wrote... you must be kidding in the first section of your post (I did not read the rest of it). You realize this is completely nuts... or am I missing a joke here? you are talking about aggregate demand like it was something from microeconomics driven by individual agent's budget...

Excellent Commentary All................... The biggest item regarding the stability of China...oil prices etc...is demand itself... If demand for the item is created by $200 per month capability...and thus the $200 changes in value to 130/140X200...obviously demand itself has changed...

Excellent Commentary All......... What is interesting to note is that historical data of all types are typically referenced in order to provide rationale for now and the future... For example a commonly discussed item ...equities vs debt... Wall Street has made the case for equities vs...

The real question here is ..... The NYSE is a BUSINESS..... which means a product is formed and sold for more than it costs... Thus what are the products... ....................................................................... The Stock NYX...

Dr. Steph Excellent Commentary........ You make an excellent and highly overlooked point.. For those that have the money...they will demand more interest with respect to the higher inherent risks... One would notice this particularly if you monitor the banks in high risk credit...

Excellent Commentary All....... It is very interesting this point of how people cannot govern themselves...and thus need elected officials to serve as their leadership...which in turn are given incredible subjective power... Thus the risk lies on whether or not these elected individuals...