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MarketWatch featured some interesting “Questions to ponder while awaiting bailout:” We have a new administration in Washington and a new power structure on Wall Street. We’re getting $800 billion in stimulus and $1 trillion more to get rid of bad loans. Yes, good times are right around the corner. Wait for it. We’re going to feel good soon. Until then, …

The idea of creating a ‘bad bank’ designed to absorb the toxic assets from banks’ balance sheets is gaining momentum. Of course, we all know that the tax payers ultimately will be fronting the money and will be carrying the burden for generations to come. An alternative would be to nationalize all troubled banks. Dr. Housing Bubble presented some interesting …

The World’s Economic Forum yearly retreat in Davos, Switzerland attracted the usual cadre of high-flying financiers and CEOs from around the world. No question that the egos of many participants were bruised last year as a crippled financial system and a deep global downturn changed the tone of the seminars and meetings. Nouriel Roubini, who forecasted much of the current …

My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpFurther sell offs caused the major indexes to lose for the week and for the month. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs remains below its trend line (red) by -11.01% thereby confirming the current bear market trend. The international index now remains -19.74% below its own trend line, keeping …

Thanks to reader John for submitting the below video clip titled “I want some TARP.” Now that the only requirement to get on the federal TARP program (Troubled Assets Relief Program) seems to be an extreme high level of debt along with near insolvency, there are bound to be many others asking for free money. Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGfQk9XXm24]

Random Roger had some interesting thoughts in his recent post titled “Monday Musings:”This may come off as an unpleasant rant. Between a couple of articles I found over the weekend and watching the Consuelo Mack show on PBS I came away with a very low regard for the way some folks do things. First up was an article from Morningstar …