The Obama Portfolio: 'Dirt Cheap' Ag, Infrastructure Stocks Best Positioned

RICH GIRL FOR OBAMA I had suffered huge capital losses twice under the Bush administration when the market tanked the March we went to war and a few months ago. I could use the breather of a flat economy for a while. If most rich people had the same fate, they won't be paying taxes on capital gains anyway - you can carry forward your capital losses and deduct them. I predict I will not have to pay tax on capital gains for over 10 years due to this even if the market turns and I make a killing. Remember, part of why we are in this mess is because W would not raise taxes to fund the war and, therefore, borrowed money from other countries (the money had to come from somewhere) and now we will be paying a LOT more than if we had just forked up the taxes in the first place to "pay as we go" instead of owe more every minute in interest to foreign countries. Now, even if we pay more tax, most of it will go to build these countries that invested in us (i.e. paying off the loan and interest) and therefore the money will not be available to build America. I am glad Obama is looking at ways to strengthen America in parallel (put the oxygen mask on yourself first and others after that).

this guy looks like Ron Spector nice hair

Aaron Task if you would quit sucking up to Obama and give us unbiased opinions maybe I would believe you. You are clue-less when it comes to investment. Invest in Ireland, China and India countries which are pro business.

I've never posted and am not a financially savvy person. I own my own business, (not a plumber) and do some investing. I find it interesting that some have doom perspectives, some are "half-fulls". The serious question, should be how our current president will help make the next president's start better. Can Bush finally pull his head out of Cheney and Rove's cheeks, be his own man and get it done? Wouldn't that be refreshing? Wouldn't that help the market?

It was the Catholics who gave Obama the victory. They voted for "pro-choice" instead of their faith.

First thing OBAMA needs to do is to remove ALL government subsidies for fossil fuels! That way, oil stays high and we smack it out of existence with alternative energy.

Where do go to get my 'Free Gas" card and where do send my mortgage payment book so it can be taken care of? Happy Days are here again. I am going fishing now.

The masses are asses and the asses have spoken! In my state foolish asses think the Dems are going to bring their jobs back from overseas - yeah right! In Argentina their socialist president just recently confiscated all worker's pension funds. Why? because they ran out of things to tax and need more money to fund their welfare state!

"The second there is an alt energy bill, oil will fall to $40 -- then we don't need it anymore," he quipped. That is a typical Republican talking point. The truth to the matter is that oil is more of a national security issue now after having seen what high prices have done to the economy of Russia and their political posturing.

To all you GREEDY , MONEY HUNGRY , NARROW MINDED , KNOW IT ALLS who can assume one president can change the entire structure of America , two words TOUGH LUCK ! wake up and smell the coffee

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand. Karl Marx Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. Karl Marx It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations. Barack Obama I am not a Marxist. Karl Marx

So, what is the point of double taxation on already taxed dollars, i.e. divident taxation? I mean, capital gains taxes at least make sense if you argue that wealth was created in the appreciation of an asset over your cost basis. But dividend taxation? That's taxing money the company has already paid taxes on and given to shareholders. Wealth isn't the problem, nor the accumulation for wealth. Why should my WWII era grandparent's be punished for accumlating a large estate because they saved feverishly and got the benefit of up years in the stock market? The problem is the government expenditures are out of line w/ revenues. Now I have fewer incentives to save or work hard since I'll be taxed hard by the Government if I should be so lucky to make more than $250K a year or accumulate $3.5 M after a lifetime of saving for retirement. I'm paying income taxes on my revenue, and the company has paid taxes on their revenue.

Is it true that Katie Couric had an orgasim last night while reporting the election?

But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many. Barack Obama In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. Karl Marx Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite! Karl Marx I am not a Marxist. Karl Marx

I am one of those "rich" Americans whose household makes over $200,000 per year (and who lives in a city and pays through the nose for real estate and everything else)...and who was hoping to start my own business in the next 1-2 years...but that's not going to happen now. I'm going to have less expendible income on top of it, which means I will spend less...with new capital gains tax, so I will invest less...but as long as the "middle class" is bouyed by Obama's new plan, I guess that's good for America? Of course, when there are no new jobs available to replace the jobs that have been lost...I'm not sure how anyone is going to find work again.

I agree fully ibd.curtisjr. Time for those looking for a handout to get on their feet and work for a living. Heres your chance, Obama said he'd lower College costs, so get an education and get out in the workforce and pay those increased taxes were going to see for the next decade.

Money will be fleeing the country. High interest rates, flat returns, higher capital gains and death taxes, less investment. You'd be happy if you were a large acerage corn farmer who just bought new equipment at a low interest rate and need to hire a lot of illegal immigrants.

I predict more u.s. involed wars in the near future. The Bush-Obama deal will be evident within one year.

Whit - LOL! Yes, the media had a clothed orgy, a televised orgasmatronic love-in of their socialist messiah. It will make watching them report the inner city riots and the Middle East war that much sadder.

Why complicate things so much? Its a no brainer. Incentives to corporations that are based and produce in US. Tax the s--- out of corporations using other countries as home base and using foreign slave and communistic labor to produce products shipped to US. Who can compete with that? Corporate America needs to take long hard look at a Business Ethics Book.