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una, This is capitalism. The hedge funds were buying up tracts and divisions of empty houses/condos in Phoenix, Miami and SoCal for the past two years. They had been renting them and now ready to sell it to the waitress of yours. Capitalism is about predators and prey, i.e. transfer of wealth from waitresses to hedge fund financiers who said 15% tax FIT is too high for their $millions.
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On the hour: Dow +0.35%. 10-yr -0.17%. Euro -0.21% vs. dollar. Crude -0.29% to $96.65. Gold -1.74% to $1359.95.
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una, FCOL, Many UAW members lost their jobs and many forced out of their living wage jobs for $12 an hour new wages. Chrysler was run by a hedge fund and banking to outsource American Jobs to Mexico before selling it in pieces. That's what hedge funds do. GM was trying to sell hummers while Wall Street was speculating crude prices all the way up to $150 a barrel. That's what modern Capitalism do.
Thanks to the Supreme court members who were bought by the right wing nuts, votes are now up for sale to the highest bidder, that's modern capitalism in politics. -
una, Capitalism is not supposed to be losing game for those with capital, just those without. That's why it is so attractive for the haves. Only tax man and death are their spoilers.
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una, You don't like capitalism where greater fools and crooks alike can exercise their greatest potential?
John Tuld: So you think we might have put a few people out of business today. That its all for naught. You've been doing that everyday for almost forty years Sam. And if this is all for naught then so is everything out there. Its just money; its made up. Pieces of paper with pictures on it so we don't have to kill each other just to get something to eat. It's not wrong. And it's certainly no different today than its ever been. 1637, 1797, 1819, 37, 57, 84, 1901, 07, 29, 1937, 1974, 1987-Jesus, didn't that #$%$ up me up good-92, 97, 2000 and whatever we want to call this. It's all just the same thing over and over; we can't help ourselves. And you and I can't control it, or stop it, or even slow it. Or even ever-so-slightly alter it. We just react. And we make a lot money if we get it right. And we get left by the side of the side of the road if we get it wrong. And there have always been and there always will be the same percentage of winners and losers. Happy foxes and sad sacks. Fat cats and starving dogs in this world. Yeah, there may be more of us today than there's ever been. But the percentages-they stay exactly the same. -
polta, If there is a remote chance that global warning is causing more violent climate patterns, should we do something about it, at least try instead of just say no?
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una, Get in and out before the bubble burst. That was the ticket in tech y2k and housing bubble circa 2006. Good luck with your risk taking.
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4:00 PM At the close: Dow -0.13% to 15336. S&P +0.02% to 1666. Nasdaq -0.04% to 3498.
Treasurys: 30-year -0.1%. 10-yr -0.02%. 5-yr -0.02%.
Commodities: Crude +0.63% to $96.9. Gold +2.27% to $1395.65.
Currencies: Euro +0.43% vs. dollar. Yen -0.9%. Pound -0.58%. -
In January, the State Department proposed legislation that would allow future investigative bodies to recommend disciplinary action based on demonstrated poor leadership during security incidents.
As part of the $1.4 billion Congress approved this year, $553 million will go to recruiting, training and deploying about 350 Marine security guards to two dozen high-risk embassies in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen and Kenya. The first 90 additional Marine guards are expected to arrive by the end of the year, State Department officials said. Currently, there are about 1,200 Marine guards in more than 130 countries.
In addition to more Marines, who are mainly responsible for securing classified material in the diplomatic posts, the State Department also created 151 new diplomatic security positions; 48 are expected to begin in July, and another 48 are planned to begin in early September.
In addition, the department has improved and expanded efforts to upgrade language capacity, especially Arabic, among American employees, including diplomatic security agents. The department is seeking $2 million from Congress to start a two-year training course. In the meantime, a 12-week introductory class for diplomatic security agents begins Oct. 1.
Beyond the recommendations outlined in the panel’s report, the administration is taking other steps to address shortcomings in security.
The Pentagon is revamping its quick-response forces around the globe to respond faster to crises like the one in Benghazi. The independent investigation determined that military intervention would not have prevented the deaths of the Americans there, but lawmakers from both parties have expressed anger that the military was caught flat-footed.
As the first part of this overall plan, the Marines are sending a special 500-member combat team to Spain that will be ready to deploy on six hours’ notice to hot spots in Africa and the Mediterranean.
The corps is also creating a group of 120 Marines bas -
Crashes more frequent (quote from Margin Call 20112):
John Tuld: So you think we might have put a few people out of business today. That its all for naught. You've been doing that everyday for almost forty years Sam. And if this is all for naught then so is everything out there. Its just money; its made up. Pieces of paper with pictures on it so we don't have to kill each other just to get something to eat. It's not wrong. And it's certainly no different today than its ever been. 1637, 1797, 1819, 37, 57, 84, 1901, 07, 29, 1937, 1974, 1987-Jesus, didn't that flock me up good - 92, 97, 2000 and whatever we want to call this. It's all just the same thing over and over; we can't help ourselves. And you and I can't control it, or stop it, or even slow it. Or even ever-so-slightly alter it. We just react. And we make a lot money if we get it right. And we get left by the side of the side of the road if we get it wrong. And there have always been and there always will be the same percentage of winners and losers. Happy foxes and sad sacks. Fat cats and starving dogs in this world. Yeah, there may be more of us today than there's ever been. But the percentages-they stay exactly the same. -
3:00 PM On the hour: Dow -0.11%. 10-yr -0.02%. Euro +0.49% vs. dollar. Crude +0.69% to $96.96. Gold +1.59% to $1386.35
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12:00 PM On the hour: Dow +0.18%. 10-yr -0.08%. Euro +0.24% vs. dollar. Crude +0.91% to $97.17. Gold +0.08% to $1365.75.
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America's Pink Slip Capitals - and no surprise who they are.
by rahtexas12 •May 18, 2013 12:36 PMyouknow, Yes, go live across the mexican border. You can live like a king for $30K a year. Many retirees have.
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springs, Let's say Bush soaked the house with petrol and started the fire in 2008. You blame the firemen for not put out the fire and rebuild the house fast enough?
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DELL's board sends another letter to Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, reiterating its need for more details on their purchase proposal, i.e. how they plan to finance it. "Unless we receive information that is responsive to our May 13 letter, we are not in a position to evaluate whether your proposal (is superior to Dell and Sliver Lake's).
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9:00 AM On the hour: S&P -0.15%. 10-yr +0.17%. Euro +0.13% vs. dollar. Crude -0.57% to $95.74. Gold -0.89% to $1352.55.
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polta, audit balck, brown, white, yellow and all colors in between. We should be outraged that people can donate to influence political candidates and get to write off those donations or let's be honest, write off those bribes.
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Big banks and oil led the markets while PM keeps on bleeding.
4:00 PM At the close: Dow +0.77% to 15351. S&P +0.95% to 1666. Nasdaq +0.87% to 3495.
Treasurys: 30-year -0.85%. 10-yr -0.36%. 5-yr -0.14%.
Commodities: Crude +0.87% to $95.98. Gold -2.29% to $1355.15.
Currencies: Euro -0.42% vs. dollar. Yen +0.95%. Pound +0.67%. -
Sym Today Peak(Oct-07) Low(Mar-09) 401(K) EQ YTD Change
dow 15354.79 8.41% 137.32% 435 17.16%
nas 3498.97 22.38% 176.48% 491 15.88%
spx 1666.12 6.46% 149.87% 427 16.81%
hp 21.27 -60.23% -16.23% 159 49.26%
sym Last wk Today Week
dow 15118.33 15354.79 1.56%
nas 3436.58 3498.97 1.82%
spx 1633.64 1666.12 1.99%
hp 21.54 21.27 -1.25%
sym Apr-End Today MTD
dow 14835.65 15354.79 3.50%
nas 3328.79 3498.97 5.11%
spx 1597.22 1666.12 4.31%
hp 20.6 21.27 3.25%
sym 2012end Mar-end 1Q Change
dow 13105.98 14576.77 11.22%
nas 3019.51 3267.52 8.21% `
spx 1426.31 1569.05 10.01%
hp 14.25 23.84 67.30%
sym Mar-end Jun-end 2Q Change
dow 14576.77 15354.79 5.34%
nas 3267.52 3498.97 7.08%
spx 1569.05 1666.12 6.19%
hp 23.84 21.27 -10.78%