> can someone explain to me why deflation right now is a bad thing? Basically, inflation is bad... but deflation is deadly. Simplifying things...
Or worse... the day China tries using us to fight proxy battles with India. Nothing overt, like bombing cities there or invading them, but things...
> I'm not striving for dramatic effect here, but does any, single person here doubt > that both China and the U.S. are allocating their best and...
> There is not a single country in the world where the car industry is collapsing > as it is in the US or where housing is being hit that hard....
The market would only surge if he were executed by decapitation, his severed head auctioned to the highest bidder on eBay with any...
$79-100/barrel shale oil is costly compared to $50/barrel light sweet crude from Saudi Arabia. However, it's downright cheap compared to...
Lots of condos marketed in Miami towards the end of the boom (and approaching completion at this very moment) are truly dreadful. Basically, the...
The problem with "Peak Oil" theories is the fact that they conveniently ignore the fact that as the price per barrel goes up, the amount of oil...
The idea of a breakup over economic matters is ridiculous. It shows just how different the mindset is in Russia (and to a large extent, the EU as...
I had to exit Command Center 2.0 and relaunch it. Fixed the problem.
Sigh. Once again, Google is not HP. They know that not everything they do will directly produce revenue... and they don't particularly care....
Actually, now that I think of it... if GM DOES go bankrupt, January or February will probably be a great time to get one HELL of a great deal on...
> Like INTC. ESPECIALLY companies like INTC, that are solid, but whose stock price is getting completely beaten up right now due to being a...
> I would gouge my own eyes out with a popsicle stick before relying on a high yield chinese ADR. Normally, I'd agree... except Siliconware...
One more thing to point out about BP... thanks to the strong Dollar, its share price is shockingly low compared to other comparable companies......
Um... I wouldn't lose sleep about it in the United States. Most of the things mentioned in the article are currency-related, and structurally...
One question... if you take advantage of DRIP and get issued fractional shares, does each new fractional share get added to your existing...
> That alone should lift Goog to 800 Yawn. If it gets cheaper, I'll buy more. If it goes up, I won't be able to afford or justify it, and...
Just to add, the highest dividend I've ever seen that seemed to be sustainable was ~20%, and THAT was mostly because the stock price itself fell...
The highest "real" ones I've found: Siliconware (SPIL). Before Thursday's crash, it was around 14%. At the current price, it's almost 20%. It...
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