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How bout FCX :) Weeee
Awesome day. :)
arseheads
took a minute and a half to fill me at 67 then a sell for 20k @ 665?
Drive most people out of the market. There went that tax revenue. Kaput. NY City will be another Detroit.
And rain on their hopey changy parade?
You are so mean. LMFAO
•Health Care Bill Bait and Switch: Insurers Had Wriggle Room to Refuse Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions - 03/29/2010 - Yves Smith
Monday, March 29, 2010
Health Care Bill Bait and Switch: Insurers Had Wriggle Room to Refuse Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions
Two reasons that many people went along with the Obama administration’s health care reform proposal was that it was purported to extend coverage to the uninsured and would eliminate the ability of insurers to deny coverage (including rescind existing policies) for pre-existing conditions.
The latter claim was false (more on that shortly) and some gaps have already come to light. Consider this story from the New York Times, “Coverage Now for Sick Children? Check Fine Print.” Here was the sales talk:
Mr. Obama, speaking at a health care rally in northern Virginia on March 19, said, “Starting this year, insurance companies will be banned forever from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions.”
Here’s the reality:
William G. Schiffbauer, a lawyer whose clients include employers and insurance companies, said: “The fine print differs from the larger political message. If a company sells insurance, it will have to cover pre-existing conditions for children covered by the policy. But it does not have to sell to somebody with a pre-existing condition. And the insurer could increase premiums to cover the additional cost.” …
But, insurers say, until 2014, the law does not require them to write insurance at all for the child or the family. In the language of insurance, the law does not include a “guaranteed issue” requirement before then…
Starting in January 2014, health plans will be required to accept everyone who applies for coverage.
Yves here. So that means everything is hunky dory starting in 2014, right? Don’t assume that.
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/03/health-care-bill-bait-and-switch-insurers-have-wriggle-room-to-refuse-coverage-for-pre-existing-conditions.html
If it were not for the fact that my brother has a decent job here I would be gone too. That and the income from the apartment.
LOL if it's the end of the world as we know it in 2012, bring it on.
Damned tired of this one. :)
By Todd Harrison
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Kevin Cassidy, a senior credit analyst at Moody's, recently referenced the $700 billion in risky high-yield corporate debt on the horizon and offered, "An avalanche is brewing in 2012 and beyond if companies don't get out in front of this."
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ten-reasons-why-this-is-not-a-bull-market-2010-03-24
Whack-a-Banker, the Arcade Game
By CATHERINE RAMPELL
For those unhappy with government efforts to discipline the big banks, there’s always “Whack-a-Banker”:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/whack-a-banker-the-arcade-game/
All adds up to "Soon". :)
I can't help but notice that this time was only 3 weeks of consolidation.....might that mean at the next level it will only be 2 weeks?
Nice SAR drop today.
I read the board. :)
Can't pry my jaw off the floor.
Happy I was turned on to the board for sure. :)
I'm sure there are flippers yes....but not enough to knock this down. They haven't yet. LOL
Can't imagine anyone selling now. With the history and what's behind this stock who would?
I believe it.....getting desperate here. LOL
LOL Like people are really selling here. Ya right.
And that Sir is a fake wall at .55. Raise the ask to .56 and I'll hit it. :)
Relatively low volume. :)
Lovin' it.
They just have to be rethinking their positions by now LOL
Took awhile to fill my 2k then they downticked it right away.
JMHO I think they are taking small chunks of people's bid support so it doesn't show.
Took 300 of mine and then there are some other small trades after that............not mine either.
Not complaining here but they just dropped down to fill 300 of my bid support. LOL
Yummy :)
It should bust through 87 with ease this time and I'm thinking make a good stab at 90 before expirations. Already on an up cycle and throw the divie chasers in the mix too. :)
And now, the great health care bailout
We protect the big banks and Wall Street, so why not protect everyone with health care reform? Because, like the other bailouts, this will be a financial disaster.
[Related content: taxes, health, politics, financial crisis, Bill Fleckenstein]
By Bill Fleckenstein
MSN Money
To probably no one's surprise but against the hopes of many, the House has passed one of the costliest pieces of legislation, potentially, of the past 40 years.
What's really in the health care bill?
To be clear: I am for reforming the health care system and trying to help those truly in need. But I'm against this political fiasco that's being called reform.
Over time, this bill is going to be an epic financial disaster. And the accounting by which the Obama administration claims to pay for it sets a new low in financial honesty (or, said differently, a new high in government financial chicanery).
For everyone who loves socialism and all the things that socialism can bring, over the next 20 years you're going to get the health care system in this country that you've longed for. And for those of you who don't, it won't matter. You're going to pay anyway.
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/ContrarianChronicles/and-now-the-great-health-care-bailout.aspx
Fled or disappeared?
Have you spoke to the IR?
But it's hanging nicely instead of tanking. Steady while you wait is better than the alternative.
Hey Hey SL :)
Gotta gotta grab some more :)
Freeport-McMoRan announces dividends
Freeport-McMoRan announces dividends payable May 1 to holders as of April 15
Buzz up! 0 Print
Companies:Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
On Monday March 29, 2010, 6:07 pm EDT
PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) -- Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. has announced dividends on common and preferred stock payable May 1 to stockholders of record as of April 15.
The company said Thursday it would pay a dividend of 15 cents per share for common stock, and $1.6875 per share for 6 percent mandatory convertible preferred stock.
The preferred stock will automatically convert May 1 to between 39 million and 47 million shares of common stock depending on the average closing price of the common stock from March 31 through April 28.
The Phoenix-based company operates copper and gold mines in North and South America. The shares rose $3.71, or 4.7 percent, to $82.88 on Monday.
2-24-48 are the ones I threw darts at.
Obama ally targets 401(k) dollars
Trillions in IRA funds could be forced into U.S. Treasury debt
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Posted: March 26, 2010
1:00 am Eastern
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2010 WorldNetDaily
President Obama
A key labor union ally of the Obama administration has mounted an effort to create government-mandated worker retirement accounts as an entitlement program, with the possibility that a portion of all private retirement funds could be forced into U.S. Treasury debt.
Branding the program "Retirement USA," the Service Employee International Union, or SEIU, has joined with the AFL-CIO, the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington-based economic left-leaning think tank that receives substantial labor funding and two other left-leaning interest groups, the Pension Rights Center and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=132061
The DOW at an 18 month high and
35 cities suffer unemployment above 15%:
California and Michigan remain the hardest hit, with 19 cities in California showing rates above 15%, according to the Labor Department. Michigan logged the next highest number, with 6.
http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/19/news/economy/metro_unemplyoment_January/index.htm
Seems to me everything is going according to plan ............
Yep...all those backroom deals that were made. Does the general population REALLY beleive this is good for us? Pfftt. Bigger government. It's what we all want right?
I'm all warm and fuzzy inside. :) Like that feeling you get right before you puke.
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong shares took a beating early Monday after a retreat on Wall Street, with resource stocks edging lower on softer commodity prices, while property stocks slid amid worries about monetary tightening in China. The Hang Seng Index fell 2% to 20,951.78, and the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index fell 1.9% to 12,024.80. Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. /quotes/comstock/22h!e:2600 (HK:2600 8.14, -0.25, -2.98%) /quotes/comstock/13*!ach/quotes/nls/ach (ACH 26.77, +0.89, +3.44%) dropped 3.2%, PetroChina Co. /quotes/comstock/22h!e:857 (HK:857 8.95, -0.26, -2.82%) /quotes/comstock/13*!ptr/quotes/nls/ptr (PTR 116.68, -0.67, -0.57%) lost 2.7% and heavyweight HSBC Holdings Plc. /quotes/comstock/22h!e:5 (HK:5 79.45, -1.45, -1.79%) /quotes/comstock/13*!hbc/quotes/nls/hbc (HBC 51.17, -1.02, -1.95%) shed 2.2%, while China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. /quotes/comstock/22h!e:688 (HK:688 16.46, -0.50, -2.95%) gave up 3.3%. China's Shanghai Composite, meanwhile, rose 0.3% to 3,076.16
Our government has become an obscene abomination.
For the people and by the people my ass.