What do you think about the newest 'Love-Triangle' in the tech sector?

Microsoft wants Yahoo! but Google seems to have a problem with that for obvious reasons. Yahoo! has its own issues with Google and so does Microsoft.

What do you think would be the best solution to the 'problem'. Fell free to submit and sh

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If you’ve expressed an interest in making stock, currency or other investments you will sooner or later find yourself receiving cold calls from salespeople telling you that they're seeking a "select group of people to invest in a company with a st

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This is a sample of some of the research we provide clients with. In this case a rather timely report on Singapore and its ETF EWS.

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This site does a linkfest every single day and still has managed to get a PageRank 5. Why and how? Because they are wonderful. I go every day and know that I am getting awesome content.

This post is an explanation of what it takes to become an A-list investment blogger. But the exact same thing applies to every type of successful blog.

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The major headline may have been the rise in the price of oil to almost $120 per barrel but the majority simply favors to ignore the negative news and continue to hope and expect that everything is just fine. Sooner or sooner reality will set in and the markets will collect fines for the ignorance.

Supply-Demand has nothing

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The Internet is littered with web sites and blogs of people looking to make money online. Everyone has an angle. You’ll see pages singing praises of a program that will help you make $10,000 per month with tons of testimonials saying they don’t have to work anymore, they can buy boats, cars, new homes, etc. Every single time I see one of thes

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This post outlines why Bernanke fights the battle on the wrong front and why it will cause him to loose the war.

The majority may not care about what Bernanke does but everybody will see the effects of his decision making and may be impacted by them one way or the other.

Is there anything that you can do about it?

No,

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Thursday saw a sharp rally on Wall Street but the rally had a bearish touch to it while all economic reports released pointed towards a (severe) recession. False hopes, expectations and ignorance will not solve the problems the economy faces.

The majority hopes that the rate-cuts will have the positive economic impact that w

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According to the Fed there is no inflation problem (but of course they live in a world where food and energy has no impact at all on your life) and many investors hope for more rate-cuts to come.

What they seem to ignore is that every rate-cut has more of a negative impact on the economy that the positive impact hoped for. I

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Citigroup has had a bad year almost down 40% beginning of this year shares were above$ 52 and now it is below $35. Billionaire Investor Warren Buffet seems to think it is great Idea to purchase the stock at its price. relinquishing shares in railroad and array of other company s to purchase even more shares.This is the basic strategy of an in

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The markets have closed a third day in positive territory and each day the reason for the rally seem to get more and more ridiculous. Yesterday it was the rating agencies today it is IBM but all of them really have no impact on the real problems such as inflation, housing and even consumer confidence.

The ignorance of probl

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You have to ask yourself the following question:

When is enough enough?

The Fed is clearly on the wrong path and Bernanke makes one bad decision after the other. It is about time for someone to have mercy on the economy and the consumers and stop Bernanke (it may be already to late for that).

What has the economy, the

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Stressed out about your Christmas bonus? Yeah, me too. But, with a little foresight, you can capitalize on the benefits of even the paltriest year-end reward. Your bonus is a convenient cookie-jar to dip into right now or to invest for a rainy day. As with most things, diversification is key, so blow a little on Christmas, invest some for

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It seems as the phrase 'enough is enough' does not exist anymore. I mean, come on, quit for the sake of capitalism.

What's with the obsession of bail-outs for market participants who cry for help from problems which they have created?

One has to wonder who is less intelligent:

1. The professionals who ca

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Warren Buffet made an offer to insure up to $800 Billion of municipal bonds...so what?

If you really bought into the rally today based on that you may want to rethink if you should really be in the market (it doesn't mater if you are alone or with the help, if that's what you want to call it, from mutual funds).

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This post (sorry it one day lat due to 'third-party problems') reflects on what happened during the trading day and gives the key economic reports a closer look.

Three major benchmarks broke key support levels ( as expected) and further downside should be expected. Unfortunately, the majority of (professional) investors re

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This post gives a (somewhat long) review of what influenced global equity markets today and gave the economic reports of the day a quick look.

What happened this week was probably a bit too easy to predict but the majority seemed to be surprised which is another reason why false optimism and ignorance will always cause you t

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A continuation from Thursday's rally was seen today and this was required in order to ensure the health of the bear market.

Why?

No market will move in one direction without periods of counter trend moves. Those counter-trend moves are a strong sign the markets function well and will fuel the overall trend of the market

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Quick overview of the trading week which was filled with five days of great market action. The bears have been in control all month long and Friday's close has been a great finish. Opportunities are more than enough but the majority favors to pass those opportunities for whatever it is they seek.

Why do so many individuals

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This post gives a short view of why P/E ratios (which are among the most widely used fundamental analysis tools utilized) are worthless. It outlines why P/E ratios are worthless and lists four reasons investors/traders should always keep in mind.

In addition it gives one key fact many often chose to forget or ignore. Many '

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This post features a site review of 'The Money Kings', a valuable source of information which can help you to play the greatest game ever invented. You may ask yourself what this game is...

Well, you are 'forced' to play the game every single day, whether you like it or not. You may not be aware of the game and you most

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Another great month has closed and the majority has missed out on all the opportunities which were presented to them.

Why do they consistently miss out?

Because they subscribe to the thought that mutual funds are a safe and sound investments which is the start of their problems. Laziness decreases health and wealth at the

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This post briefly details the four economic reports released yesterday and 'decodes' the message send by those reports to market participants. There is no doubt among the 'sophisticated players' in regards to the state of the economy, equity markets and consumers but the majority insists to be ignorant about the subject...a

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This post takes a look at the retail sales report from Thursday (among a few other things). Most idiots really bought into the sales pitch that retail sales were stronger than expected but what would you expect from individuals who can't tell the difference between the male and female reproductive system?

To chase an illusi

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Several major economic report were released earlier this morning and this post takes a closer look at them. Markets managed a slightly positive close but this can be viewed as the calm before the storm. Tomorrow's initial jobless number may have a little impact but the big news will come out on Friday...the Employment Report..

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Have you ever wondered why there is a stubborn bullishness right now in global equity markets? There is one simple reason for that...

If you listen to clowns disguised as business reporters employed by the circus better known as business news channels and think that you received anything of quality you just have answered why

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This is the second part of the two part series which outlines the idea that your house is your biggest liability. This post looks at the instance where your house can contribute to your asset column and gives a very quick and simplified example of how to purchase liabilities.

The example is one the majority would disagree wi

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What do you get if you continue to ignore problems and cherry pick only what you want to hear and know about?

The type of equity market condition we are currently in. A healthy bull-trap within a huge bear market. A bull-trap which has been ignited by false hopes and expectations that do not reflect reality. The bulls have c

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This post lists one reason why investors and the general public should simply ignore what ratings agencies have to say about any investment instruments.

The rating given by any ratings agency is as relevant to the investment as the amount of water consumed by a herd of cattle over a four week period. You get the point.

Th

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Today's trading day was a great finish to a great week and may have marked the end of the bull rally in this young, strong and healthy bear market. Today offered yet another example of ridiculously high earnings expectations, aka ignorance, and how expensive it can be.

Another important economic report released today clearl

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Equities saw limited action over the past two days ahead of the FOMC announcement tomorrow. This FOMC meeting is completely irrelevant and the bulls will take anything as a positive sign and will attempt to continue their 'Rally to the Slaughterhouse'.

What could stop them?

Reality and the bears which patiently wait for

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The bulls may have send the strongest capitulation sign which marked the end of the bull rally as of yet. The 'Septic Tank' and at least seven of his plumbers have voted to lower interest rates by another 25 basis points to 2.00% and they continue to ignore the long-term effects of their idiotic monetary policy.

Plenty of

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It has been another great day for global equity markets but this post focuses more on the least professional investors available in today's markets. Unfortunately the majority seeks investment advice from those sources which is exactly the reason...

Life is a big game but you need to know the rules of the game if you want t

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Equity Markets surged from the first second the markets opened until the last second markets closed. The reason behind today's rally was 'More leakage from the 'Septic Tank'.

The bulls clearly were in control all day but one thing market participants need to keep in mind is that a wounded animal (in this case the Bear) i

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Another great day on global equity markets and another day the majority opted not to participate. Rumors of problems at Lehman grabbed the attention early on while 'Septic Tank' Ben took the first step to become a real-estate czar. Clear Channel gets a life-line but safety at airlines is somewhat questionable while a small Ca

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Inflation continued to surge higher and the continued ignorance on headline inflation reached a pathetic point. The vast majority (of the worst professional investors...the entire mutual fund industry) focus their attention on core inflation and argue more for more rate-cuts.

Energy and Food, which are excluded from core inf

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The short stampede of the bulls was crushed by the re-surging bears. Bulls ran and ran but once the bear woke up by the noise and roared the bulls ran for their life (Ben should have not fired at the bears and wounded them...now they seek revenge).

Spitzer resigned, fell hard and Wall Street cheered while the ever-lasting lo

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Have you read the economic update which was released earlier today? One really has to wonder how a small group of people manages to put so many idiotic comments into one small update.

Not only is the update based on false and desperate hopes but it also paints the wrong economic picture. The idea behind

'The-Ship-Is-Sink

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Another great week for global equity markets closed today. Economic data offered no reasons for encouragement but a great amount of false optimism and ignorance somewhat limited selling pressure. The short-term top for U.S. Equity Markets was confirmed today.

'Septic Tank' just could not resist to live one day without maki

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This post describes the bull-trap many investors fell for and points out the signals given by the markets but ignored or misunderstood by the majority of market participants.

The bull trap which took three days to set-up and catch the bulls and two days to give them the 'silver bullet' presented many great opportunities f

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A quited day on global equity markets lead to a mixed close ahead of some key earnings to be released after the bell and prior to the bell tomorrow. The bulls will have a filed day as earnings will not matter since the bar has been buried deep in the ground which requires companies to just report anything in order to stage a ra

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A quick recap of the past two trading days and the successful completion of the bear mission all week long. The Bank of England and the European Central Bank once again displayed their supremacy in regards to knowledge of the economy and monetary policy which is a contrast to the Federal Reserve.

The BoE and the ECB follow a

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U.S. Secretary Paulson initiated a serious of steps that will mark the end of free market capitalism and rang in a new era of communism on Wall Street.

The Federal Reserve will be given more authority when the opposite should take place. The biggest risk to equity markets and the economy is the severe lack of competence by

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Well, Monday was a great start to a new trading month and the entire week was just as great as it could be and market participants could have not asked for a better week to start a new month.

The opportunities were presented by the markets to investors on a golden plate but few decided to take the free gift and mutual funds.

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This post gives the two economic reports which were released today a closer look and what the data translates into for the economy.

Equity Markets had a seesaw session as some desperate fund managers and possibly retail investors mistook the 100 point dip as a buying opportunity (which is a bit funny and sad) and tried to ig

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It was no secret that Bear Sterns would be taken out but many were surprised by the $2 per share offer JP Morgan chase made. The NY Fed involvement in this 'deal' equals corporate socialism and is just one step shy of communism.

Who decides which company 'deserves' a bail-out?

Markets work best without any interferenc

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Today saw the third strong bull rally in this bear market and as expected the majority mistook this as the possibility of a turn-around. Bull rallies are very important for the overall health of this bear market and serve as a confirmation that this bear market is strong and functions properly.

What does Lehman try to hide

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The first day of a new trading week kicked-off and a little breather was expected...unless you are a mutual fund mismanager...than you were a bit disappointed (well, like always you know...you guys should really get used to that by now) since you big bargain hunting rally did not materialize as so many of your colleagues hoped

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Today saw another seesaw session but with a negative touch to it. The bears went to sleep after a long walk and the bulls charged ahead amid bargain hunting (always funny when you see professional investors try to hunt for bargains where no bargains are to be found).

There are several more economic reports to be released th

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A lackluster trading day which offered quites some interesting news. Bank of America disappointed as expected but what may have surprised some is that their shares actually dropped (unlike shares after C and MER disappointed but rallied).

The Bank of England finally made the big mistake the mentally challenged market partici

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Another FOMC meeting...another bad decision (as expected) but the fact that two voting members voted against 'Septic Tank' Ben was a welcome development.

The one question the majority wants to avoid to answer is:

What price did you have to pay for this short-term solution?

The answer is something the majority does no

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Yahoo! refuses to throw in the towel and decides to put up a fight before it ends up at the short end. Microsoft may start to get a bit nervous but they will raise their offer and Google has been basically told in a polite way to back off.

News Corp. and a private equity firm to the rescue of Yahoo!

Will it work?

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The bulls had fun all week long and managed to produce decent gains. This allowed the bears to take a breather and get some needed rest. The bulls approached the top end of their range and a pull-back should not be a surprise to anyone.

Why were the bulls in charge despite bad economic data?

Because this is a strong and h

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There are bad things and there are worse and a pathetic $700 Billion 'Economic Death Sentence' belongs to the ultimate when it comes to bad ideas. By now you have heard about it but did you know that The International Beggar himself got down on his knees to beg Democrats not to disclose how bad the bailout discussion which ta

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Yesterday's rally was extremely overextended and today's trading action should have been expected. Equity markets enjoyed another great day with a decent move to the downside.

Different airlines were in the news a bit more today than usual and as always the will be at least one financial institution in the news. The Govern

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This post takes a look at all the bullish factors in the U.S. economy and to round up the post there are seven news stories that may or may not be of interest. It is no big secret that the bulls are fooled once again that they are in control of the market action which is exactly the start of their end.

Yes, they do currently

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It was just a matter of time until more idiotic statements will be delivered by Ben Bernanke. He really seems like a boxer who did not hear the bell and keeps on throwing punches.

For some reason he just dislikes the economy an well as the U.S. Dollar and continues with a serious of bad fiscal decisions but what did you real

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Some things will never make sense and among those are reasons why you would give any management team who accomplished a semi-destruction of the company additional funds in order to do...what?

Loose more?

Well, Washington Mutual sure does not complain...

Ignorance can be very very expensive and the best example of the

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Another trading day...another wrong assumption by the majority of market participants. As of Friday 4% inflation is not a bad thing and another round of artificial hype has been released into global equity markets.

Do you still think that mortgage lenders are gaining control of the situation?
Do you wonder what the favored

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YAY - 205

NAY - 228

The House of Representatives came through and in a very pleasant surprise rejected the Economic Death Sentence. This has finally injected a small amount of confidence into the system as there has been at least an attempt to provide a long-term view to a long-term problem.

The usual practice is to th

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According to the bulls there are no real problems or threats to anything as they continue to paint an economic picture far away from reality but that is fine. Here is a simple question:

What do you get when you seek legal advice from a corn farmer?

There could be many answers but they will be similar than the answer you

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Another sad day for free market capitalism:

It was sold for $250 Billion!

Ignorance towards the real issue, yes the ONE issue, which has caused the current crisis will lead to more steps in the wrong direction. Every time a short-term solution is thrown at a long-term problem the situation will get worse.

Feel free to

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One blog post which you may or may not disagree with depending on which side of the equation you are on. Of course in order for you to build your own opinion you would actually have to go and read the post. Most readers could care less about the topic but for the one or two community members who actually decide to read it I do

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Europe played catch-up after a four-day easter weekend while more bad economic news were released today in regards to consumer confidence and the housing market. Goldman Sachs threw its global loss estimate of the credit crisis at the markets while the government faces severe headwinds with Social Security and Medicare (what el

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This post gives a very short insight into the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Jean-Claude Trichet (President of the ECB) and Mervyn King (Governor of the BoE) demonstrate their knowledge about the economy and take all necessary steps in order to ensure sustainable future long-term eco

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Warren Buffett is a man who has made millions but he also started working at his father's brokerage when he was 11 years old, that's an age when most other kids were playing hide-n-seek and didn't know how to spell 'brokerage'.

great grandfather started the store in 1869 and it was in the Buffet family until 1969, till

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A great day for the markets with plenty of news circulating around trading desks. A great mix between new 52-Week Lows, all-time lows and all-time highs, strong bears in one market, strong bulls in another market and the majority on the sidelines scratching their heads.

Why?

That's what they were taught to do.

Take a

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