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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

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...

Good interactive charts. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/06/business/econo... Wendy

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...

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

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...

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

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...

I am extremely concerned... that our hard-earned savings in the form of dollars will soon become worthless.

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...