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Dark Clouds Hang Over WellPoint
“WellPoint reaffirmed their 2010 guidance, but please note that excludes any kind of health care reform. If we get a big health care package, that would change the guidance.” — CNBC’s Squawk on the Street 3/17/2010 Healthcare investors and investors in general must pay attention to the daily...
FDR Second Bill of Rights Speech Footage
I mention this video in my review here: This was first seen in Moore’s film and its finally online.
Tea Party Out - Coffee Party In!
Coffee Party Movement: Alternative to Tea Furious at the tempest over the Tea Party — the scattershot citizen uprising against big government and wild spending — Annabel Park did what any American does when she feels her voice has been drowned out: She squeezed her anger into a Facebook status...
Wealthtrack – Romnick’s contrarian views
This week on Wealthtrack, Consuelo Mack sits down with Steven Romick, the founder and portfolio manager of the five star FPA Crescent Fund. Romick’s contrarian views and go anywhere, invest in anything style have put him in the top one percent of all money managers over the last decade and...
Going Where Those Chilly Winds Don't Blow
By: Elliot TurnerI am neither a Cramer basher nor an admirer; however, yesterday during his intraday segment on CNBC he said something for the second time in recent months that really got my blood boiling. Since I cannot find the actual quote anywhere online, I will take the liberty of...
Wealthtrack – The outlook for US Treasuries
Investment guru Marc Faber calls Treasuries junk bonds. Best-selling Black Swan author Nassim Taleb says, “It’s a no brainer, every single human should short US Treasury bonds.” And there is a new expression among traders on Wall Street these days, “anything but Treasury bonds” or ABT for...
Presidents Know What Is Up?
Consider an exchange between a questioner and President Bush at a December 17, 2007 press conference: I wanted to ask you [Mr. President] I’m a financial advisor here in Fredericksburg [Virginia], and I wanted to ask you what your thoughts are on the market going forward for 08, and if any of...
Wealthtrack – The intersection of stocks, politics and energy
This week on Consuelo Mack’s Wealthtrack: the intersection of stocks, politics and energy and what they mean for your portfolio. Consuelo sits down with Wall Street’s number one Washington analyst, ISI Group’s Tom Gallagher; five-star FPA Crescent Fund manager, Steve Romick; and Weeden & Co.’s...
Food for Thought
A great line about the United States: Something is fundamentally wrong. All we have are government policies that are short-term [which] encourage people to make a little money and spend, and then what do we do? We buy Chinese goods and all the money goes overseas instead of creating jobs here....
Kicking the Can Down the Road
This article is a great example of what happens when governments take over free markets. An excerpt: Home sales up 7.4 percent in November as federal aid spurs sales. Home resales surged last month to the highest level in nearly three years, reflecting an extraordinary level of federal support...
Turtle Jerry Parker: Happy About Virginia Politics
Turtle Jerry Parker is often considered the largest contributor to Republican politics in the State of Virginia. He must be very happy tonight with political changes in Virginia. ShareThis
Net Neutrality, Fairness Doctrine and Insanity
I don’t know exactly what “Net Neutrality” or the “Fairness Doctrine” means, but I do know in simple terms a bunch of federal government idiots are being pondered as the gatekeepers of approved content on the web. How do we actually make fun of the Communist Chinese government for censorship...
Propaganda Pawns
I don’t care what the issue is. I don’t care if it is on the right or left, but using kids as propaganda pawns gives me a sick feeling. And trust me I am sure there are examples on both sides, but it just so happens I saw this one this morning. ShareThis
