So what are you saying - get out of stocks, bonds, bank investments - what's left - cash or real estate - right,,,,will like to see how you manage your retirement fund. Suppose there will alway be a place for a barter economy. Yeah and get rid of cash altogether - that will solve the Bernanke quandary. Stop the credit ...more

Dow falls on European worries? Usual load of rubbish - Dow didn't fall - it was manipulated along with the other markets and will rally again ina day or two as if does every time. How can the markets fall on worries - hell the information has been public for years now, so what is the additional worry we didn't know abo...more

Morgan Stanley completely misses estimates - boo hoo - sod them after they screwed the markets - no wonder nobody wants to play with them anymore. If these institutions keep this up, pretty soon they'll all be on the street. The real workers will pick up the pieces, but will remain wary for a very long time. The instit...more

Read a story on Bloomberg (bless their tongue in cheek unbiased reporting) that Diamond who resigned from Barclays as a result of the Libor debarcle, while probably won't find a similar position with a public company, will llikely be sought out by private hedge funds and the like due to his extensive expertise and skil...more

Same old garbage - get ready for a crapy earnings season - if we are to believe the past few months as portrayed by these columists and collective media - then there should be absolutely no reaction since everyone knew the news already - but I'd still expect a rough ride since obviously it must be the smaller investors...more

Jeff Ellis and Associates

Doesn't matter whether it's Merkel, Obama, or any other world leader or want to be leader. They get elected according to what is termed democracy, and in most cases there is little to choose from. The same machinery to get one party and individual in power is the same machinery used by the losers. And that machinery is...more

Tissues. Matches. Politicians. Shavers. Burritos. Facebook shares. Euro bonds. Toilet paper. Soap Flea collars..   Try making a sentence with all the above...

Well the governments better do something soon. Investors are exhausted trying to stay in and according to averages, losing again. Merkel continues to rebuff calls for bonds, and if anything, they might as well toss Germany out of the Euro since obviously they want everyone else to pay the burden, but if the shoe were o...more