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- “We may have lost a generation of investors,” said Joseph Brusuelas, a director at Moody’s Economy.com. “People may now look at the stock market as a losing proposition, as some sort of Wild West where the undeserving become rich, and those who play by the rules end up losing.”...

Actually, cheering for a massive crash is not at all at odds with wishing for a brighter future. There are many brilliant economists who believe we are simply delaying the crash, and in the process, making it far more painful when it does come, with all the intervention being injected to...

I agree up until the economic reality sets in where people open their wallets (governments open their bank statements, business open their check books) and there are only vapors. If they can't borrow any fiat at that defining moment, they're all burnt, black, acrid toast - and the market will...

Whoever claims the U.S. economy will grow, let alone grow 3.5%, must be taking some good shit, and I do hope they pass it on down.

It's simple math, really. Get ready for the worst case scenario - higher taxes and 'fees,' a shrinking economy, a debasing of the USD (whether it happens this fall or in two years is nearly irrelevant unless you're a commodity or currency trader with active bets), and a much, much lower...

Tax revenues at every level of gov't are plunging like mad, as our government is dramatically increasing spending. You are correct. That is a TOXIC combination.

Yes Sir. They are realizing you can't get water from a rock or blood from a turnip.

CONTINUED Export Slump “In Beijing, it’s all about control, but China’s leaders have got to learn that they have no control over what people spend in Wal-Mart on Chinese-made goods,” Straszheim says. “There’s a buyers strike in America, and the Chinese have built an economy...

CONTINUED Change of Tone He backed off that accusation in an April 15 survey of America’s trading partners. “In the current report, Treasury did not find that any major trading partner had manipulated its exchange rate for the purposes of preventing effective balance- of-payments...

There is a definite trend now developing of India and China falling down here. I posted an article a week ago about how growth and investment in India hit a brick wall. If this is the info they're releasing, can you manage what we're not being told, and how bad the true state of affair is...

Here's a vegetable-tarian you might lust for: :p

I almost forgot - Jeff Immelt and GE will loving free dollars from the taxpayer when they need them... Ba Da Ba Da Ba....GE's lovin' it.

CNBC has no remotely close rival in bringing on financial planners and brokers, whose very livelihoods and levels of compensation depends on getting more people to have faith that equity levels will rise, and who will then buy into stocks despite being so badly burned based on strategies of...

It's 'dumber,' not 'dummer.' Sorry. I couldn't resist.

Read my first post, and then address the specific claims made that you think are half-truths and rebut them with specific facts. Thank you.

It's Monday morning. I was freakin' hilarious last night.

- "Even the government’s grim projections may vastly understate the size of the credit card troubles in store for major U.S. banks." Rising Credit Card Losses Are Next Challenge for Banks http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/business/11credit.html?hp By ERIC DASH and ANDREW MARTIN...

Kids that are active tend to be healthier today than ever before, but that's only because of advances in medications, health care, and fairly rigorous standards imposed on things such as sanitary sewer systems and drinking water. Kids that aren't active are in bad health. I do think there...

By the way, this is the new paradigm view that will be taught - check - is being taught, in schools across the country, maybe to your children now - maybe in the future when you have kids. Whether it is accurate is imperative.

http://www.storyofstuff.com/ I am not opining on this until a healthy % of you do. Prove her wrong using her facts and your facts, not non-factual attacks and non-factual innuendos or non-factual generalizations. Be specific. This is pretty general but does contain alleged specifics...