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Rate hikes won't solve anything long term. Rates have gone up and down in the past. Increased regulation is needed to fix (or at least partially fix), some of the fundamental problems with excessive risk etc. And I'm talking real regulation, not the bullshit the SEC claims to oversee.

Increased regulation and rate hikes are both inevitable. Why do we need to choose one over the other?

I think the measure of comparison is fair. GDP per capita in terms of PPP makes sense. How else would you suggest comparing?

It was? I guess I missed the punchline... Why don't you hedge your USD exposure if that's what's worrying you? There are solutions to every problem.

Shoulda got out of RIMM @ $140. Got out @ $70 instead :mad:

Stop fear mongering. Someone hacking Google does not mean a broader conflict is at hand.

When I was in school, you would get teased mercilessly for having two gay parents. That being said, I'm sure there are many gay parents who are better parents than some straight parents. But all else being equal, I would not have wanted to grow up with gay parents.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2010/01/12/12432031-ap.html Interesting piece of information. Since China allows only one child per family, many women are aborting when they find out they're having a female as they would rather have a male. Those poor Chinese men! Are they allowed to...

I thought you were responding to my comment which was directly above yours. If not, I apologize. I was speaking of the global economy in general in my post. No need for hostility.

Why do you automatically assume we are talking about the USA and not the global economy?

This is a great point. So many people can't understand how we are currently in this "jobless" recovery. Recovery is a process over time. As pspr has stated, employers start hiring after they are assured the increased business is sustainable. Only time can assure employers of sustainability.

Interesting article. But how can the Fed be sure that a stock crash is imminent? Or is the author assuming a crash once liquidity is removed?

Great post. The complainers clearly aren't making money. If they were, they wouldn't be complaining.

LOL I hate the manual calculate. Have spent many hours trying to figure out what's wrong with my formula in the past, only to find out I didn't hit F9.

Indeed time will tell. But I am in CAD, so perhaps I am biased.

A managed depression is better than a depression let loose to run wild.

I smoked for eight years beginning in high school. Quit cold turkey. It really is all in your head. If you don't think you need a smoke, you don't. If you believe you have to have a cigarette, you'll need one.

Bernanke is the reason I made so much money in 2009. And the reason why people still have what little confidence is left in the financial system. I suppose you are one of those people who would have liked the Fed to do nothing and watch the financial system and the economy implode and...

The financial system would be in ruins without the Fed.

Which is why I think it's so important for finance and money to be taught throughout the education system to everybody. There is not nearly enough emphasis on this.