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Illogical Justifications for Owning U.S. Treasuries

I am an Australian. I have my money parked in a 24 hour money market account of an Australian bank. It is fully guaranteed by the government up to a million dollars, I checked a couple of days ago and it is currently yielding around 6.5% and I can get the money virtually immediately. It doesn't seem that difficult to me.
Dec 21 19:24 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Rating Agencies' Game Worse Than Madoff's Scheme

Excellent article.
Dec 18 10:53 am |Rating: +4 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Is The Great Depression the U.S. Treasury's 'Playbook' for the Current Crisis?

You have summed it up perfectly mate.
Dec 15 07:34 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
The Nefarious and Destructive World of TARP

Spot on, Andrew!
Dec 07 06:51 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Looks Like We'll See Dow at 10K - Soon?

The market keeps trying to go up in the face of increasingly dreadful news so I suppose anything is possible, particularly if the participants are prepared to hang their hat on threadbare rubbish like this article. In the end reality will reign, and the reality just keeps getting darker and darker.
Dec 04 10:11 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment |View article
GE: What's Working, What's Not

Great summation Rhett!
Dec 03 20:33 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Buffett's Gamble: $40 Billion Bet on Volatility

I agree with you stoneweapon. I have a lot of time for Buffet but I really thihk all of the attention and adulation he's been getting may finally be going to his head.
Nov 22 02:01 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment |View article
WSJ: A Frightening Indictment of Our Society

Great article. If this was a truly free market like that pathetic soul George Bush imagines it is, then all of these banks would have failed by now. I don't profess to know where all of this is going to lead, but it aint going to be pretty.
Nov 19 09:29 am |Rating: 0 -1 |Link to Comment |View article
Can Central Bankers Prevent a Great Depression?

If you haven't had the foresight to see what could be then I am afraid to say you are in deep poo poo.
Nov 19 09:15 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Yes, Fund Managers Really Do Underperform

Diversification is the killer. The most common advice you get from so called "financial experts and advisors"is to diversify and it is supurb advice as long as you want to go nowhere. Everything just evens out and you end up never making any real money. You need to know what you're doing so you can pick winners and then you need the balls to go for it with everything you've got. Most fund managers don't have these attributes but they don't need them. They have big fat fees to fall back on. It is very very unlikely that you will ever get rich relying on others for investment advice. You have to learn to do things for yourself.
Nov 18 23:14 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Did President Bush's Speech Spark the Rally?

I think you are dead right Cranky Investor. I think you are being a little too generous to the guys on CNBC, xsuddensam.
Nov 15 07:44 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Is America Repeating Japan's Mistakes?

Brilliant stuff
Nov 13 09:20 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Everybody Hates Merrill Lynch This Week

Great article Kirk. In many ways, Merrill has led the way in this "Sodom and Gomorrah" market. If there was any justice in this world, they would all be turned to salt.
Nov 12 11:12 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Goldman Sachs Beaten, Buffett Down $2 Billion

Excellent article Mark. You have been a beacon of light in this "Sodom and Gomorrah" market. Keep up the good work mate.
Nov 11 21:19 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
CDS Prices Trend Calls Another Downturn in Equities

Very interesting article.
Nov 04 09:44 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article

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