Trading Tips with John Bougearel

by John Bougearel - author of Riding the Storm Out
From Michael Kranish, staff writer from the Boston Globe, - “Just months before the start of last year’s stock market collapse, the federal agency that insures the retirement funds of 44 million Americans departed from its conservative investment strategy and decided to put much of its [...]

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Well, if you thought it made no sense whatsoever for the govt to force taxpayers to invest in trash, guess what, now you don’t have to! Now, they tell us we are going to be making forced charitable contributions. You can bet your bippy, I will be deducting these charitable contributions from my taxable income!
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by John Bougearel
Let us begin by noting that Melissa Bean is a Pro-growth Democrat, like her counterpart Barney Frank. This pernicious group of democrats are a malevolent force against middle class America. With folks like Bena and Frank in charge, the hollowing out of the middle class is assured.
The Rob Johnson testimony in question regards [...]

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As Obama prepares to implement the part II of Paulson’s TARP I, his top economic advisor wants to restore a flawed economic model that brought America to its knees. Only in America, right?
The focus for TARP II Summers says has shifted from stabilizing the financial system to getting people to spend again.
“The focus isn’t going [...]

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“Obama — backed by the conclusions of a broad range of economists — believes that China is manipulating its currency,” Geithner told Senators in written testimony. “The question is how and when to broach the subject in order to do more good than harm.” Obama’s team will “forge an integrated strategy on how best to [...]

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John Bougearel
O-badbank-ma ought to take a cue from Meridith Whitney who opined. “Simply removing ‘toxic’ assets from bank balance sheets will not directly cause banks to increase lending,” Whitney wrote in a note today. The banks likely won’t participate in selling assets if the Obama administration wants to pay fair market value for the assets [...]

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John Bougearel
Because the August Economic data was upbeat, what did economists do with their expectations for the September Economic data. After they thought about it long and hard, they raised their month over month expectations.
Geez, Louise, sometimes, it seems that collectively economists are the dumbest people on earth. I used to reserve that moniker for [...]

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Every day there is a new leak out of Washington it seems. Why even set a May 4 “stress-test” release date. The leaks themselves are frustrating for those of us who appreciate knowing when and where a curve ball is going to be released so we can hedge it.
I can’t wait until this crap is [...]

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