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jprad, thanks for the explanation you say: " We're in the bottom of the 3rd, 3 ballls, no strikes, no outs." which seems very early in the game when i thought the worst of the resetting was over - why do you think it's only the 3rd ? also, care to speculate on what the further...

there's an extremely annoying taskbar popup stating 'it's 3 days since last update' how do i permanently disable this popup ?

the equivalency between 1929 and 2008 is margin, in 29 it was margin for stocks and in 08 margin for houses, speculation in stocks, speculation in house prices both resulting in a credit crisis when margins weren't met and prices fell what's apparent in a recession/depression after the...

this 4/02/08 article gives a breakdown on how the rate's calculated explaining why unemployment may be double that reported: http://seekingalpha.com/article/70958-lies-damn-lies-and-the-unemployment-rate this one was published Nov 7 with additional data - check the difference in the charts...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b75638b6-ad35-11dd-971e-000077b07658.html

' Effectiveness of AIG's $143 Billion Rescue Questioned ': http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/02/AR2008110202150.html

the idea that obama or any us politician/party is 'leftist' is foolish the record voter turnout and breakdown of voters indicate the us population recognized enough was enough. obama has clearly stated that what has to be done is so great that it may not be accomplished in a single...

good article explaining the problems of the revised 2005 act, after the act was passed personal bankruptcies dropped from about 2M in 2005 to just 600K in 2006: attached http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/24/pf/bankruptcy_filings/?postversion=2008102711 was the revised act another indicator of...

yes, as said i overstated things. b-a-h also applies to those who are looking for dividend payments however few have the capital available to buffett and in the context of his statement, it's a loser's game

dancalio: afraid i may have overstated things i'm a single bet short term trader of the es mini or any other futures, betting on the up- down of price moves. the idea i'd allow my bet to go against me by 50% is rediculous index futures and options on index futures provide the means to...

global recession/depression

'The US is insolvent' - 'Financial Report of the United States Government' 12/15/06 http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/martenson/2006/1217.html ' On 3/12/08 David M. Walker resigned as Comptroller General of the US Gene Dodaro GAO's COO is the Acting Comptroller General '...

don't know when buffett made his statement but it's redundant and has been since 1982 when stock index futures were introduced - the buy-and-hold method was killed at that time, and while i don't care about the 'professionals', i'm sorry for the majority of the public who're sold and...

well i find it very interestingly curious how the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 got enacted, was it just coincidence ? fate ? the re-alignment of the planets ? the banks were certainly fleet of feet to take advantage of the US housing boom and realize such a potential swaps...

in an interview i watched yesterday the guy was saying that it's not the stock mkts that's the problem but the credit markets: that they haven't bottomed, spreads are at record highs and going higher, that there's daily forced selling of major structured credit products and portfolios...

'Foreclosure Phil' http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/07/foreclosure-phil.html talk about incestuous - ' (For Gramm, Enron was a family affair. Eight years earlier, his wife, Wendy Gramm . . . as cftc chairwoman !!! had pushed through a rule excluding Enron's energy futures...

thanks gnome, will try Auslogics

videos: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml

legalising cds, derivatives, swaps betting - courtesy of tonight's '60 minutes' the 1907 law banning such activity 'revoked' in 2000 - clinton administration ' COMMODITY FUTURES MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2000 ' [last statement on last page - 262] "PREEMPTION.—This title shall supersede and...

up to 15+ on eurusd currently down at 8.8 gbpusd 26.4 now 10 bouncing with 10 pip changes, what's your broker's spreads ?