Mozilo is dishonest. He knew this shit was coming down the pike, he was selling shares like mad, but he was playing cheerleader until the end. Now...
Let's take a specific example. PetroChina is traded both in Hong Kong and the NYSE. By your logic, once Hong Kong closes, the price of PTR...
If you buy or sell, you are making a forecast yourself. You are predicting that China will open higher or lower (respectively) than the current...
You're ignoring consumer surplus. This is commonly overlooked by people who do not understand economics. Lower wages create value for...
That is precisely the case. The ETF tracks the expected value of the portfolio. Even if the underlying stocks aren't trading in China, their value...
Actually I agree with pretty much everything you're saying here. I think the best outcome is to encourage ordinary immigration, i.e. people who...
I knew I was going to regret it. :) "Open border" was a poor choice of words. I don't support illegal immigration or the policy of turning a...
What are you talking about? The end of day NAV? Nobody cares, it's just an estimate. What matters is where those stocks open tomorrow morning....
Cheap labor pertains to the first generation of Mexicans who sneak over to this country. The problem here is that their children and children's...
<i>1) the micro economic issue of the health care. On this issue you are correct</i> Thank you. That really was all I wanted to get across....
Many illegal immigrants and other uninsured people go to emergency rooms for routine care, or for routine conditions that have gotten to an acute...
Good, so you agree that we have to provide emergency life saving care to everyone. I just wanted to make sure we're on the same page there....
OK, all they are <i>entitled</i> to is humane deportation. Strictly speaking, I agree. But, in the real world, absolute attitudes like yours...
Thanks for the clarification. First of all, I did write: "I'm not saying free health care for illegal immigrants, or single payer health care...
OK, so please explain to me, where do you actually disagree with what I actually wrote? Martin
I agree, and this is a big problem, because emergency rooms an incredibly inefficient way to provide medical care. One of the big advantages of...
If you want to fix the problem of meritless lawsuits, be my guest. My concern with this legislation is that it has nothing to do with merit, and...
If the lawsuits are in fact meritless, then they get thrown out of court. You still get a jury of your peers, and in America that means a jury...
In fact it was. Can you post a link? Martin
"Crazy risks"??? What, you mean the one in 100,000 chance I'm going to die from terrorism this year? It doesn't take much in the way of stones to...
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