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Of course this is old news....but for some time there were arguments favoring "passive" vs "active" management.... To the extent that companies such as Vanguard were created from this premise.... Vanguard's CEO even as recent as a few weeks ago was talking his book about how "active...

The least understood item on the list is "tax revenue".... It is going down like a stone in thin air.... ................................................................................... The idea of a 10% consumption tax is two fold.... 1) Gives an immediate incentive to...

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/feb2009/db20090217_521673.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_dialogue+with+readers Unless one likes to lose 50% of their money over a 10 year period.... Mr. ¨Vanguard¨does not look so smart afterall....

dhpar..... americans consume/spend more then they produce/receive. that is true for both the private and the public sector. it does not look like anybody wants to reign in public spending right now. so you can either raise taxes (dems), indebt your children (republicans) or do both...

The US is going down the Euro-Japan path of the lost decade coupled with a much higher level of socialism.... At the moment to get out of this current jam....Obama would need to signal that the US govt would be dramatically downsizing while changing over to the 10% consumption tax culture...

The point is that the political system itself.... Must be changed.... ......................................................... Churchill stated .... A democracy is a horrible way to run a country.... But it better than the other options...

Gnome..... I think the Gummint has EXACTLY WHAT IT WANTS! The "new plan"... 1. Overtax [further] and PUNISH the wealthy, most productive, most successful, most ambitious. 2. Undertax further, the least successful, least productive, least ambitious and most abusive of the social...

Well....This certainly solidifies the fact that ¨the US just has another lawyer with the podium¨.... The 10% consumption tax collected locally ....could account for low income individuals very easily....via local rebates on essentials...

http://seekingalpha.com/article/121818-real-estate-apocalypse-now Check out the chart.... Then think about a 50% decline and its meaning to the holdings relative to leverage in the exposed banks.... Then think about the futility of "small government bandaids"....

http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/it-infrastructure/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=214501906&pgno=2 What actually should be ocurring is the changing of the regulations that prevent the BATS trading model from being fully implemented worldwide for all exchanges.... What was left out of the...

Whether it is Soros, Rogers, Paulson....and every other pundit in the media.... They talk one thing.... Their "book".... And even get to sell "books".... If one has publicity....why not "sell it " ? .................................................................... By the...

The "real question " which has not been posed to Soros is exactly what instruments were used in order for him to earn over $3 Billion and just what methods were utilized.... Case in point.... Let's say one is looking for "vulnerable" securities.... What would the likely outcome be if...

The Stanford case is a fraud because.... 1) The underlying investments were not representative of those which met regulatory standards.... 2) Interest payments were made from fresh funds ie a ponzi scheme ? And the largest US banks did not do the same ? Money is fungible...

Gnome.... We need to accept our medicine.. the Gummint needs to scale back, as it's become "unaffordable" in its present obesity... ........................................................ The question being....."When" ? If there ever was a clear message that the current progressive...

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123509667125829243.html WSJ likes to give space to Rove and Gramm....

http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13145370&source=hptextfeature

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN1951859620090219?rpc=44 What is "BBB Rock" ? Schist ? ................................................. Or.... Maybe BBB will be the higher end of what's available ?

Tax structure change "should be " number one.... Why? Promotes employment via long term planning and productivity.... All good companies will want a US domicile....(private sector jobs) Will create a psychological upward surge ....(most important) Is not a bandaid fix soon to...

The real tax increase is going to be the widening of the bid ask spread for all securities.... Defazio is too fucking stupid to understand this but the difference between the bid ask will become larger than the total interest earned from a BBB bond for a whole year.... So the tax raise is...