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    The Fed Hires Bear Stearns Risk Chief

    http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/11/fed-hires-bear-stearns-risk-chiefto.html If you cannot get a real job....you can always work for the gummint.....
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    Confidence = Valuation

    Can one be confident that a McDonald's cheeseburger that costs $4.50 in one country is worth $1.00 in another ? Can one be confident that a house is worth $700,000 when an identical one right beside it just sold for $230,000 ? Then why would a lender be confident about making 10 percent...
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    Jim "never had a losing trade" Rogers finally exposed on Bloomberg

    Well here it is folks....... Has anyone seen verification of Roger's personal statements ? Does anyone have a right to see them ? Has Rogers ever sold books ? Has Rogers ever been paid for speaking engagements ? So really......Does anyone really know if Rogers has really traded...
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    So Which Economic Scenario Is Going To Happen ....

    http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/nov2008/db2008112_957646.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_news+%2B+analysis
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    Is the Truth Really That The US Financial System Is Insolvent ?

    Ephany wrote.... Take a step back and realize that by definition any financial system under fractional reserve banking is insolvent ............................................................................................... Very interesting....this would simply mean accessibility...
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    Merrill Analysts Throw Bones On The Ground To Read The Future

    Merrill Lynch Analyst would do better just to throw bones on the ground to read the future.... Moves the earnings guess from a positive $2.98 to a negative .49 on Goldman..... A bit similar to Goldman's call on oil...
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    Is the Truth Really That The US Financial System Is Insolvent ?

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/02/AR2008110202150.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR ................................................................................................ If this this is the case as depicted by AIG.... Then when the world wakes up to...
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    Reminder-- Most Corporations do not pay Tax to the USA

    Here is the point........ It is going to happen............... If we can think about it now.....this is already very telling..... ........................................................................ When all the items are visible and on the table and easy to access...
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    Reminder-- Most Corporations do not pay Tax to the USA

    It really seems like change is going to take place through firms representing access and delivery points such as GOOGLE..... The issue in the past and the present is control of the media..... Usually the cost of media has been the sticking point.....but this is changing with the...
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    Reminder-- Most Corporations do not pay Tax to the USA

    So the question becomes.... HOW DOES ONE CHANGE THE SYSTEM ? DOES ONE ACCEPT THAT THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE OR POSSIBLE ?
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    Reminder-- Most Corporations do not pay Tax to the USA

    The real answer is a consumption tax with no exemptions. Point of sale terminals can handle that with great ease... Exactly right...... THEY JUST DO NOT GET THE BIG PICTURE....... THE MONEY MADE IN THE US....WILL STAY IN THE US........ IF NOT....IT GETS TAXED AGAIN...
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    Reminder-- Most Corporations do not pay Tax to the USA

    Ok.... One more time..... Eliminate the IRS.... Implement a sole 10% consumption tax.... The tax take will increase many times over.... And the money stays at home.... Why...because the other home wants some too...
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    NY Post: NO BONUSE$ FOR YOU

    http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/operations/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=T0S5EBO1LW5DUQSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=211600199
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    NY Post: NO BONUSE$ FOR YOU

    Look....Times Are A Changin.... The winners of the future are the efficient ones.... GS,MER,MS,LEH, and others are business models of days gone by....much like GM, F, Chrysler..... When people buy a car......they should not be buying retirements and hospitals and dumb bored doctor's...
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    The New Zero Interest Rate World

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=av2VQkhpqdhc&refer=home ......................................................................................... Seeing how many of the world's stock markets will have to advance over 100 to 200% just to break even to the numbers just a...
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    Chinese Fund May Be Biggest Fool

    And................ Once the price falls 70%.....the price has to increase over just a small 200%.....just to BREAK EVEN...... And....at the attractive rates soon to be offered by the FED.... at almost 0%..... GUESS WHAT THAT MEANS.......... Now think about the range of losses by...
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    Would the smart thing this year for wallstreet not to take the bonuses?

    The best thing to do is to start over.... Why ? The personal computer has changed everything for what was once upon a time Wall Street.....the legitimate birthplace of capitalism.... One can relate to this by noting the following prospective near term future...
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    General Motors / Ford / Chrysler

    What would be better is to start over.... Why ? Why would one want to pay $38,000 when they could pay $16,000 ? When leverage ceases, so do high prices.... Why? To simplify....... One could borrow $100,000 before....and could add this to the pool of money that prices...
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    Ownership of Stock Exchanges

    Furthermore....it has been proven that the investment banking firms do not know how to manage money..... Proof positive....look at today's losses....for themselves and their clients.... And this is with all of their advantages...ie seeing positions and prices no one else can see....the...
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    Ownership of Stock Exchanges

    I see.... But this is why BATS is so important..... ARCA demonstrated first.....that the ECN works so efficiently....that it forced the NYSE's hand....and when the NYSE did not want to utilize the full efficiency of the program....by allowing specialists to continue to game the...
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