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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 2:27 AM

Banking: Same as It Ever Was

@whereaminow

I think it says a lot when President Obama said this about JPM (and the banking industry in general):

"... we don't want you taking risks where eventually we might end up

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 10:59 PM

Banking: Same as It Ever Was

If there was just a complete separation of the investment bank from the commercial bank, we wouldn't have to worry about investment losses or too big to fail. policies. The investment bank can make all the risks they want and

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 10:26 PM

"The Avengers" Banks $1 Billion

As you mentioned, you need a strong creative group. Maybe this will help other studios realize that if you want to do a great comic book movie, maybe you should hire someone who's actually written comic books (which Whedon has). Or

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 1:36 AM

The 10 Most Fascinating Things I Read This Week

#9

"People who drove longer distances reported doing less physical activity overall."

Shocking results!

So what this study is telling me is that: If you spend

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 6:22 PM

A Civilized Rebuttal to Charlie Munger

Oh, look. About 30-additional replies of phoney-outrage. Surprise, surprise. Haha.

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 6:21 PM

Shareholders Are Mad as Hell, and They Won't Take It Anymore

I know you asked Alyce (and it was likely a rhetorical question), but "What can you do?":

You can not but shares in the company. Or if you own shares, you can sell your shares. If you think the

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 12:26 AM

A Civilized Rebuttal to Charlie Munger

@whereaminow

You postulated that Munger might disagree with your statement:

"I would think it was the Nazis who were the uncivilized ones in that scenario, while the civilized ones

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 12:06 AM

A Civilized Rebuttal to Charlie Munger

The first part of your open letter... phoney-outrage at its finest. Kudos.

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 8:59 PM

Shareholders Are Mad as Hell, and They Won't Take It Anymore

Meant to write:

"...but I find that I end up being a -better- investor when I do."

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 8:57 PM

Shareholders Are Mad as Hell, and They Won't Take It Anymore

I think too many pundits and headline writers automatically (from CNBC to Bloomberg to Fox to 'insert basically any media entity covering the stock market') attribute anger to votes against pay raises. I'm sure some shareholders

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 10:18 PM

1 Stock Jim Cramer Is Dead Wrong About

I dislike it when people simply state that Ford didn't take a bailout and leave it at that (without further explaining the situation).

Yes, Ford didn't receive any money from the official bailout fund, but Ford

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 8:02 PM

Why Herbalife's Shares Got Crushed

@ Medicalrecordman

Pointed questions are just questions that are specific and directed at something or someone in particular. Pointed questions are, more or less, questions that don't dance around the topic at

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 2:22 AM

4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: NRG Energy

Thanks for the mention, Mr. Pacampara.

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 9:14 PM

The 10 Most Fascinating Things I Read This Week

For #8 about high school graduation rates of other countries:

I can be difficult to make apples to apples comparisons about education in different countries.

I don't know about all countries

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 7:18 PM

Why You Should Stay Invested

@sikilizabuy

I don't think Mr. Housel was suggesting to hold stocks no matter what. I think the article can be simply summed up with with three sentences:

- Stay invested long-tern companies

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 11:52 PM

Should Investors Sell Apple Now?

@maxwellmo

I second that. Nothing wrong with these Motley Fool Conversations videos, but I'd prefer to read rather than watch and listen.

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InvestWhatWorks commented on an article. 12:06 AM

Would You Pay $100 More for an iPhone?

If AT&T and Verizon doesn't want to subsidize the iPhone any more, I'm sure Sprint welcome their customers with open arms. Or if not Sprint, maybe one of the five regional carriers that just got the iPhone a few days ago.

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