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“Investing” in AIG, et. al.: understand the scandal

I haven’t posted here due to a lack of time, but what we are wit­ness­ing is no short of the most abject scan­dal run by the col­lu­sive polit­i­cal and finan­cial sides of Amer­i­can elite. Oh, and incom­pe­tence is a hall­mark too. Here are a few must-read if you want to fol­low what’s going on, but be warned, this will ele­vate your …

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Presidential rhetoric comparison

From the always excel­lent Jeff Matthews: <block­quote cite=”http://jeffmatthewsisnotmakingthisup.blogspot.com/2008/09/nothing-to-fear-but-irresponsible-words.html“>This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will pros­per. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unrea­son­ing, unjus­ti­fied ter­ror which par­a­lyzes needed efforts to con­vert retreat into advance. —FDR Inau­gural Address We shall fight on …

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Financial information flows to tap

So what sources of infor­ma­tion should you rely on to stay cur­rent with the cur­rent finan­cial cri­sis? My advice: lever­age your time and fol­low the blogs of: Barry Ritholtz: CEO and direc­tor of research at FusionIQ, for­mer Chief Strate­gist, etc. (full bio) Roger Ehren­berg: 17 years on Wall St, for­mer hedge fund man­ager, angel investor, etc. (full bio) Howard Lind­zon: Hedge …

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