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    • Wed Nov 19th 11:35 AM
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      Repricing Employee Stock Options: Disingenuous and Disrespectful
      Although repricing options is troubling to say the least, there is a real issue with retaining key employees. For those employees who can get a job offer with new low-priced options at another company, what can current management do to retain the employee? Repricing options would clearly help level the playing field.

      Maybe repricing needs to be done more selectively, and perhaps not at all for executives.

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    • Fri Nov 14th 11:52 AM
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      Bypass the Depression and Head Straight for 1907
      Why not give a link to the NPR story at
      www.npr.org/templates/...
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    • Thu Oct 23rd 18:54 PM
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      Husband-Wife Manager Team Favors Low-Cost Indexing Approach
      Nice article. Sounds like a very sensible investment approach. I will look for the Swenson book.

      There is a PIMCO research paper that argues for the reward/risk value of commodities in a diversified portfolio. What do you think of that?
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    • Wed Oct 1st 11:15 AM
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      Why Not a Transaction Tax?
      Many of these comments are typical of the majority of voters. Why enact any tax to pay for something, when you can borrow instead! Taxes bad, borrowing good!

      Wait, didn't borrowing have something to do with the crisis we're currently in?
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    • Mon Sep 29th 22:06 PM
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      Bailout Should Be A Windfall For Taxpayers - Barron's
      Why won't the mortgage holders just sell the govt the $200B that is "actual subprime junk" and hang onto the performing stuff? Then the government will be buying assets worth 0.05 for 0.25 !
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    • Mon Sep 29th 21:38 PM
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      Eight ETFs to Preserve Your Wealth
      You wrote VEU down 10.08% this year? Morningstar says -23%!
      quicktake.morningstar....
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    • Sun Sep 14th 13:38 PM
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      MacroShares to Launch Case-Shiller ETFs
      Will these be ETF or ETN? What actual assets are they investing in -- not individual residences, I assume?
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    • Sun Sep 14th 13:38 PM
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      MacroShares to Launch Case-Shiller ETFs
      Will these be ETF or ETN? What actual assets are they investing in -- not individual residences, I assume?
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    • Thu Jul 31st 15:17 PM
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      Stock vs. Bond Valuations
      Why is the ratio of 1.0 "fairly valued"? Shouldn't equities have a higher earnings yield (equity risk premium) due to their volatility?

      And shouldn't you be comparing real yields (less inflation)?
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    • Thu Jul 17th 15:56 PM
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      17-Year-High Cost-of-Living Surge Worries Bernanke, Too
      US National Debt Clock:
      www.brillig.com/debt_c.../
      It's "only" $31k for every man, woman, and child.
      But since many Americans have no resources to pay, the real share for those who pay most of the taxes must be over $100k.

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    • Tue Jul 15th 18:19 PM
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      Fannie and Freddie Bailout: It's Government Time!
      I wish I were too big to fail.
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    • Fri Jun 27th 12:02 PM
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      The Budget Deficit and Declining Dollar
      Let's try the URL again:

      United States National Debt (1938 to Present)
      An Analysis of the Presidents Who Are Responsible for the Borrowing
      tinyurl.com/zb3x2
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    • Fri Jun 27th 12:00 PM
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      The Budget Deficit and Declining Dollar
      Great graph and facts about the historical trend of national debt:
      www.cedarcomm.com/~stevelm1/usdebt.htm
      Guess which presidents oversaw the vast majority of debt increase? You only need to pick two last names.
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    • Tue Jun 17th 19:29 PM
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      AAII Bearish Reading Above 50%
      I always wonder how valid the AAII poll is. It's a self-selecting poll. Only those so motivated to go to the web page respond. It's not like they go out and poll a random sample of individual investors.
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    • Tue Jun 17th 19:28 PM
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      U.S. Elections: Both Tax Plans Would Add to Debt
      DEpressing. This is why we need Ron Paul to change government finances.
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