$6-8 Billion writedown? Is that before or after they pay him the big buckos for job-well-done?
Is that why Paulson is Treasury Secretary?
"Central banks dont have to show profit or loss" That's good - can hide the profits because there won't be any losses.:)
"The fed prints money for free and charges you for it" The TREASURY prints the money. They just do what the Fed tells them to do...:D If...
"If he/Fed are not going to do their job then why have them?" The Fed is to keep inflation low and to maintain economic stability. You have...
"I'm not so sure the Fed has failed. I'd say the number one culprit for the housing bubble and virtually every other bubble is the American...
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[IMG] Shot at 2007-07-10 Moonshot...
I agree with you about BCON. It had a few false starts but finally boogied... You can't short stocks that cheap though [IMG] Shot at...
That is circular. If skill = edge in your definition, then they are the same thing. If there is an inefficiency in the market but you don't...
? How skillful can you be exploiting a non-edge???
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2007-07-03T211939Z_01_WAT007834_RTRIDST_0_FANNIEMAE-URGENT.XML "...
"if you could have bought BX at $31 and sold it at $35" I've looked at the chart on the IPO day and don't see it at $31. Is that the price...
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=bx&sid=0&o_symb=bx&x=0&y=0 What's with the "closed higher" hype. Yahoo...
Bet Kevin Rollins got a nice fat paycheck for f--king up the company too. But then, Michael Dell did choose him after all...
Dell has been having hardware problems lately, so until they fix those and improve customer service, it'll be an uphill battle no matter what....
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/secret-stock-market-upstart-systems/story.aspx?guid=%7B11EB6EC9%2D6D71%2D43C9%2DADD2%2D59C6B9E3C5D1%7D I...
"Vista - the virtual desktop that virtually works with nothing" It blows. Will start exploring Linux so I don't have to be trapped by this junk.
You sure a W5K equal weight exists? Where did you hear it referenced? If you want eq wt, you can try the VL Arithmetic...
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5EDWC
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