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slpmn commented on an article. 1:33 PM

Why Spotting Bubbles Is So Much Harder Than You Think

I think the market and it's growth in recent years can be justified pretty easily by the earnings growth and financial health of the underlying companies.

What makes it tricky is the source (and sustainability)

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slpmn commented on an article. 2:16 PM

Anatomy of the World's Most Insane Health Care Billing System

If they can make restaurants disclose nutritional information on the menus, one would think it might be possible to make health care providers post the costs (or at the very least "good faith estimates" of the costs) of

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slpmn commented on an article. 12:40 PM

Anatomy of the World's Most Insane Health Care Billing System

Great topic! Articles like this and the discussion they create are the first steps in getting this country's healthcare expenditures in line with the rest of the western world.

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slpmn commented on an article. 4:02 PM

Bankers: Still No Cure for Hypocrisy

As far as I can tell, the only real argument for keeping the megabanks intact is that their is a high correlation between asset size and executive compensation in the financial services industry. Basically, the executives in charge

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slpmn commented on an article. 3:09 PM

Everything You Know About What the Fed Is Doing May Be Wrong

That's really interesting. Makes me wonder about the pricing when the Fed makes purchases for its QE programs. Obviously, it's not a normal market particpant like other large bond players. If rates are going up while it's buying,

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slpmn commented on an article. 1:25 PM

8 Fascinating Reads

I thought the bit about gun liability was interesting as well. If there were some consequences to transfering firearms to criminals, we might find arms dealers discover the benefits of self regulation.

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slpmn commented on an article. 2:56 PM

4 Interesting Charts From the President's Economic Report

Skepikl, Sometimes when the data doesn't agree with your preconceived notions about what it should show, it means your notions are wrong.

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slpmn commented on an article. 11:41 AM

Cyprus' Unprecedented Bailout: More Common Than You Think

1) Housel, only you would look at what's happening in Cyprus and have the take-away be "Another reason bonds suck as investments!" Props for that.

2) All of you hyperventilating about "If it can

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slpmn commented on an article. 3:24 PM

The Sequester, and How Not to Solve a Budget Problem

Ugliest example of partisan government inaction I have ever witnessed. Since, as you explain, it doesn't make any rational sense to cut the budget this way, even if you want to see it cut, it obviously has nothing to do with

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slpmn commented on an article. 3:00 PM

Rebuttal to the Student Loan Bubble: Tell Me Why I'm Wrong

^ Part of the problem is there is a large faction of the public who don't really understand the role debt plays in an economy. To grossly oversimplify their thought process (which is, in itself, grossly oversimplified), the extent

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slpmn commented on an article. 9:48 AM

Rebuttal to the Student Loan Bubble: Tell Me Why I'm Wrong

It seems to me you're arguing in favor of the basic logic behind why it makes sense to lend to students. That's not the issue when it comes to bubble discussion. Lending bubbles form not because the there's a fundamental problem

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slpmn commented on an article. 1:37 PM

End This Crazy Tax: It Will Boost the Economy

"If Apple can sell a bunch of phones in France, why should it be punished for that?"

That's not what's happening...

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