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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (74159)	11/25/2010 7:59:58 PM
From: gg cox	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

<<Democracies have a chance to wipe the parasites off.>> Heil mein fuhrer.. better edit....lol

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (74159)	11/27/2010 9:42:57 AM
From: arun gera	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Are you suggesting that the countries that are falling over are going bankrupt because they are evil? More like foolish. Foolish because it is difficult to understand the mathematics of indebtedness and currencies; also the borrower is handicapped by the overconfidence that comes with easy money. In any case, the good countries such as Germany that were lending money will find out that their hard work is not going to help them because they got greedy and risked too much. Maybe there in Good or Evil. Just difference in risk perception. The Good understand that there is a risk in violating a social contract or standard, and will do "good" to lower their risk profile. When their is no chance to get caught or everyone is doing the wrong thing, the Good typically join them. The Evil just estimate that their chances of getting caught are much lower and reward to risk ratio is worth it. The Good are likely to be conservative investors, who will bet on supposedly safe stocks such as GM,GE, Citigroup, Bank of America because they believe that these companies would not be so big if they were not Good. >That's why Good always triumphs over Evil - Evil can only exist as a parasite on the Good. First, there's Goodness, then the Evil can latch on and feed. The feeding has grown mightily now and many countries are falling over bankrupt from the process.>

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (74159)	11/27/2010 12:35:33 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	3 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

I have not posted for a while as I do not have much to add to my previous posts, or post something meaningful It is unfortunate that the stocks, currency and commodities markets got so entangled into a huge gambling casino controlled by the few big financial institution that manipulate the markets and spread false rumors that confront logic that every logic approach to investing is out of the window. This forced me to convert from a position investor to a trader which I hate as I am churning my portfolio to adjust positions continously. Increase volatility benefits only the gamblers and not the investors. Gone are the days where research, logic and proper positioning made sense, all is not moving based on the wimps of the big financial institutions and the Central Banker The politicians are also entered the fray with self-interest statements based on re-election slogans that make little sense in the long run. Gone are the days where hard work and preparedness gave you the results – the casino request constant attention and adjustments to ones positions. The US was cursed with a President that is no leader, is sold to the Financial Institution and jet-toning out every one that does not obey the wimps of Wall Street. Paul Volker had some good ideas which were tossed out as had others in the offcialdom - non that where inconvenient to WS were adapted. The blood sucking parasites populating the financial institutions go about their pillaging practices as usual, enriching themselves on the expense of those hard working people around the world There was a golden opportunity to punish harshly trim back to the true size WS financial institutions and recover the ill received moneys form WS workers. Unfortunate, BO failed to do the right thing and therefore, the US transcended from a loved nation to a nation which is despised in the eyes of to many people and nations around the world. BO administration is the biggest insult to the American nation and only few get it. The big question is who will replace him and how soon, as his thinking and judgment, which in his eyes is the “right thing to do” have a disastrous effect on us all. After writing this I would admit that I am very unhappy at the fact that the substantial amounts of money I must give up as capital gains, which moneys is wasted by the BO administration and not making the US a better place to live.