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washcomp
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DTS Through End of October
Published (2009-11-07 12:31:00)
Coal might be a good buy for Christmas stockings - energy prices can only go up - right? Just kidding :-) Check out the ability to shop on-line on Black Friday - prices frequently the same, and you can move from shop to show without burning off any calories accumulated the night before. Jeff
tim443
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Five Banks Closed
Published (2009-11-07 19:18:00)
I also don't like it when big political cheeses smoke contraband Cuban cigars but support laws making that illegal for the rest of us. Again, I don't like it but I have come to expect it. ================================ Pariseur, Shucks if that's all you want no problem... well at least if you live close to the Canuck or Mexican border. We will be happy to sell you all the Cuban cigars you want (well at least we will tell you...
WendyBG
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Interactive charts on unemployment
Published (2009-11-06 14:00:00)
Good interactive charts. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/06/business/econo... Wendy
DoctorOptimist
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Buckle Up - Your cost for health...
Published (2009-11-07 18:16:00)
so in order to know whether this bad or not, how much would such a person currently pay for a similar policy? I checked the article and they don't mention it. thus, this 17% of income for health coverage gets passed off as if it's a new tax, when really only a portion of it represents an increase, if any. The reporters don't bother to tell us the current costs, so we can't make an informed decision about whether this is a...
davidMN
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Transferring money from...
Published (2009-11-07 22:02:00)
Duh. http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/11/thoughts_on_the_... Everything the Fed has been doing over the past fifteen months makes sense if you think of their goal as transferring wealth from taxpayers to banks. If you try to explain it as an attempt to implement an expansionary monetary policy, you won't even get past my high school students. >> D
PolymerMom
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Buckle Up - Your cost for health...
Published (2009-11-07 23:47:00)
He says that his total out of pocket cost for healthcare (including premiums and out of pocket costs) is about $1000 per month. They are exceptionally healthy. $15k is about ballpark for a decent policy that covers a family. When the company I worked for was bought about 6 or 7 years ago I went through a workshop that gave advice (i.e. get a HELOC loan lined up now, just in case) and numbers for equivalent health insurance. It was ~$12k for...
inparadise
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the "elite"...
Published (2009-11-06 19:38:00)
No revolts will occur so long as unemployment benefits keep getting extended - and so long as those benefits are enough to pay the cable/dish and cell phone bills. Couch potatoes don't find revolt very appealing so long as the checks keep coming. As someone who has many friends out of work, and whose family is holding their breath with regard to yet another Traditional Christmas Slaughter, I find your comments incredibly asinine. IP
qazulight
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SPY - long term moving averages
Published (2009-11-07 15:52:00)
Andy The daily spx is building a head and shoulders, but weekly is still bullish. I am guessing the 50 period average is would provide support after the weekly pattern works itself out. If it completes. In any case my macro out look is for the spx to make it's old high plus or minus 10 percent. Note the SPF is a higher beta chart than the spx but some of the banks within the index have broken thier charts and that ride may be over cheers...
notehound
29
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the "elite"...
Published (2009-11-06 21:50:00)
I am extremely concerned... that our hard-earned savings in the form of dollars will soon become worthless.
warrl
27
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I got mine
Published (2009-11-06 13:36:00)
While he was vilified in the recent election for using his own wealth ($100M of it) towards getting elected, it also gives him the independence to make decisions without owing others favors in consideration of their financial support. Vilified? He has the best mayorship money can buy. I can't think of anything more appropriate for NYC. But how evil of him to buy an election with his own money. He's supposed to sell privileged access...
 

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Started 6 hours, 43 minutes ago (2009-11-09 12:32:00)  by qazulight
Gold has been tracking with the banks and the SP 500. The banks have diverged the banks chart has failed. However, the SP 500 index has failed to form the head and shoulders I was worried about. DOW 14000 by March. Although the SPX should make it to its all time high, it will struggle with banks dragging it down. I sold my last bank BCS a while back. It may have been a bad choice as they...
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Started 1 day, 7 hours ago (2009-11-08 11:56:00)  by WendyBG
Whafa, how do you keep your cash safe? If you keep it in your safe deposit box, you may not be able to access it if there is a bank holiday. If you keep it at home, it may be stolen. Wendy
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Started 22 hours, 46 minutes ago (2009-11-08 20:29:00)  by PolymerMom
This also allows a move-up, existing house acquisition. This will, hopefully, get the fence sitters to reduce the oversupply of existing homes. http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news/story/44213/mo re-people-... The bill will allow first-time homebuyers to get a tax credit of up to $8,000 through April 30, 2010. Single people making up to $125,000 and married couples with incomes up to...
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Started 9 hours, 31 minutes ago (2009-11-09 09:44:00)  by mas113m
that leaves a pretty small field of places to go: cash foreign currency metals and will it hurt stocks? maybe not if your stocks are mining companies with lots of cash, and listed on foreign exchanges in currencies of commodities producing nations.
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Started 8 hours, 12 minutes ago (2009-11-09 11:03:00)  by washcomp
Interesting theory. When I was taking my MBA program, I wrote a term paper decribing the use of an analog computer (RLC circuits with volt and amp meters) to model the money supply. I figured the second order differential equasions were the same, so the results should be predictive. The same equasions also aply to thermodynamics (and a number of other physical disciplines such ad ...
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Started 2 days, 5 hours ago (2009-11-07 14:04:00)  by DoctorOptimist
are we developing a permanent welfare class in this country? it seems like there becomes a point where we are no longer providing mere safety nets, but actually a whole network of resources on which someone can live without having to do productive work the reason this has macro implications is because if there is an economic rebound, we could actually have a large pool of unavailable, ...
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Started 12 hours, 53 minutes ago (2009-11-09 06:22:00)  by whafa
The words he used - and this is right from his mouth to this TMF website - is that "she can't afford to go back to work now, with benefits like these". Friends, if this is happening out here in po-dunk cattle ranching country, then this is rampant all over the country. I know, passingly, a patron at my local bar who is doing the same thing. She's ecstatic every time they extend ...
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Started 1 day, 23 hours ago (2009-11-07 19:45:00)  by Woolybooger1
On CNN Money when I voted 65% were going to spend less 26% were going to spend the same 9% were going to spend more...... For the Markets reaction, who knows......... Only time will tell. A little worrisome though if 91% are going to spend the same or less. Yikes! Anyone remember last Holiday sales? Double Yikes!! Wooly............... who likes regifting only as a joke.... ...
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Started 1 week, 3 days ago (2009-10-30 11:39:00)  by inparadise
It will be interesting to see what the elections bring in terms of replacing Dems with Repubs. Even NJ is leaning towards electing a Repub this time. Hell is freezing over. I doubt any vote will take place before the change over. The Dems already have a hard time getting the votes they need. This bill still may not go through, certainly not as is. IP
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Started 2 days, 2 hours ago (2009-11-07 16:21:00)  by doubtit
• Secs. 1158-1160 (pp. 499-520) initiates programs to reduce payments for patient care to what it costs in the lowest cost regions of the country. This will reduce payments for care (and by implication the standard of care) for hospital patients in higher cost areas such as New York and Florida.
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Re: Food Stamps - 20 new posts
Started 2 days, 5 hours ago (2009-11-07 14:04:00)  by DoctorOptimist
are we developing a permanent welfare class in this country? it seems like there becomes a point where we are no longer providing mere safety nets, but actually a whole network of resources on which someone can live without having to do productive work the reason this has macro implications is because if there is an economic rebound, we could actually have a large pool of unavailable, ...
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Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-01 17:16:00)  by MrPlunger
Inflation refers to an increase in *prices*, not money supply I agree MadCap, they probably think they are being ultra precise, but actually they just become incomprehensible to their readers.
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Started 1 week ago (2009-11-02 14:40:00)  by qazulight
What happens to the economy if this pattern is reflected across the country? What happens if and when we exceed the previous peaks? Is out financial system healthy enough to withstand it? Be sure you have a life time supply of everything that is provided by this society that you need to continue living. Qazulight
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Re: Think about it - 16 new posts
Started 4 days, 11 hours ago (2009-11-05 07:23:00)  by ajaskey
Wendy laid out an excellent summary of what's wrong and what needs to be done. But even on these conservative boards it only got 14 recs. These boards are for amusement only. You are taking the importance of posts here way to seriously. This a place to bitchin' and complainin'. If someone has a real idea then they need to run for office or at least work with those that run with ...
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Re: Five Banks Closed - 16 new posts
Started 2 days, 14 hours ago (2009-11-07 05:06:00)  by Woolybooger1
PolymerMom, Thanks for the reminder........ It is a cold and calculated closure that the FDIC is trying to minimize by its regularity. Few Facts................ don't let the Spin get in the way. Some Links included so no one will think this is unsubstantiated..8^) (1)We are now up to the number closed during the Savings and Loan Crisis in 1992? True One more closed in California...
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Re: Scary Chart - 15 new posts
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-01 09:50:00)  by FastMike
"...When does it turn into structural unemployment?..." Dear PolymerMom: It'll become structural unemployment when an industry, or industries are created that demand jobs, but for which the current unemployed don't have the skills. It doesn't seem that way, entirely. There are certainly enough unemployed from the tech sector to fill new jobs, not to mention 'new grads' that are and...
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Started 1 week ago (2009-11-02 14:17:00)  by franksmartin
We will crash down to new lows in coming months if not sooner. Agnes this is your key folly - you were trying to time the market without tight stop-losses in place in case you are wrong. The economy and the stock market could diverge for another year, who knows. Dow 11k is very possible by year end, but so is Dow 8000. This is uncharted territory, so stop blindly trusting your ...
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Started 5 days, 7 hours ago (2009-11-04 11:55:00)  by whafa
Had the emergence of World War II not provided insatiable consumers, and provided a crisis-induced mental reboot of the population, if you will, I suspect the 40s would have been far grimmer in economic terms than it proved to be. Sounds like he agrees with my theory that we need a nice, beefy World War. I figure it's going to happen before 2020.
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