You want to talk to me?  I know that  the alliteration in "pessimism" must have confined and confused you.  I can do it right now and off the top of my head.  He is hardy lesser lthan "teleprompters"  ,,, ah, who is the President?   I would not go there.  What he has said is coming down and all is "lag" time.  We 'bandaide"  ..... emphasis on aide.  Did you get that?  Are you that daft not to see what is going on?  We are not what we were.  We are dumber in all cultural ways.

Yeah, you think about it.  Press your button the right way as if give a darn.  We .... as a nation are in serious trouble.  The "markets" are insignificant.  They have been. 

30 stocks that will drop like rocks really soon-- the Dow. Have you given any consideration as to who IBM's customer is? It's business. IBM is one of the Dow's leading stalwarts but as the economy slows down, it will see it's stalwartiness fully disappear. Seeing as it sold all of it's tangible assets a decade ago... what remains? Trademarks, copyrights and patents... oh my. Caterpillar bet on the wrong farm. Instead of leading us into the future by centralizing civilization in energy-efficient cores connected by mass transit or alternative fuel vehicles, it helped build bad dams in China and broke ground for new Wal-Marts that fizzled in BRIC nations. Apparently, we're going to increase our intake of Fast Food- (two other Dow members) as these stalwarts are dethroned. I'll pass on obesity-prompting sodium-laced nutrition-less diet and concentrate on my garden sans the GMO frankenstein fruit. I'll also pass on Facebook, Twitter and eyesight-narrowing handheld devices. I already passed on banks and look forward to the sum total penalties fines and prison sentences that BETTER happen to bankers worldwide. It's about companies with stable employment ranks that make it here and don't have hired-in executives earning 500 times what the workers get. Fair isn't a barge being rowed by slaves, it's an all-encompassing effort with the focus on quality, not quantity or how management will be screwing with the underlings today.  

Reform... it's the new buzzword... hope it's a great contagion. Legalese? Never again. Notably, the business world can add deception and fraud into a contract and it is binding. Let's not allow it any longer. You flirted with 13,000 Dow components... but you sold your assets and don't mean much in the scheme of current circumstances. May you drop plenty, perhaps down to 120 this week and a new era of Man sans Self-Proclaimed Elite, restore Pride and Honor over New World Order.

"great post v_l (hope you meant 12,000 on the dow and not 120 - yikes!). love the analysis (which i think is spot-on),"

No typo... you have to remember how egotistically ignorant they are at the top. Having terminated all the viable personnel, sold the secrets to foreigners, abandoned the buildings and auctioned off the machinery and equipment... what specifically comprises a Dow component today? Say- nothing- and be spot on. The markets are leased office space, phony executives, fiat gambling in inflationist style financial crap shoots. Europe is dead. Two-thirds of our real money is buried in those bonds. Default will collapse all other bonds (that never fulfilled what bonds are meant to) and compromise all of the derivative contracts. Both bonds and contracts were written using a False LIBOR Index, so the claim of bogus instrument is accurate but the ability to recompense or compensate no longer exists. Everyone 65 years old or older will get a piece of paper saying: We Owe You but can't pay you for 50 years. They deserve that promise for having caused this whole economic collapse with greed and ignorant claims of Elitism. All this said... everyday we waste not creating a sub-economy for the inevitable plus one day... will take that much longer to organize on the day we crash. And we will. There is no such career as Financier. No need for collusion among money handlers and no use for complex financial instruments that exist above and dysfunctional to the real economy. Where do you go when you've screwed the world? You BETTER already have your ticket. As for those of us resigned to digging in dumpsters... hate it. Get enraged by having to do it. Spark up your skill sets and intolerance... both are coming into vogue as soon as this week.

the fundamentals will out in the long-term ... and mr. long-term is a'knockin' at the door folks.

great post v_l (hope you meant 12,000 on the dow and not 120 - yikes!).  love the analysis (which i think is spot-on), the passion about consequences for the banksters (the new york a.g. is beginning the process) and the new world order (this wealth transfer to the crony capitalists and elite cannot stand or we risk spain-like street riots).

as for fleck's article - he is drinking the anthony m. kool-aid now and cannot make up his mind.  the last of the bears gets the spins.  qe (aka hopium) has lost its impact and effectiveness - the emperor (world central banks) have little left in the tank.  time for some good old fashioned punishment, pain, austerity, deleveraging, downfall of elitism, and a return to the road to recovery.

I think the king of pessimism has finally got himself caught in an endless loop.

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what became of obama's campaign promise to tackle gun-control.  no change there.  these assault rifles and "gimmick" multi-round drum ammo clips have no viable place in our society.

get with it obama - Lord knows the tea baggers and conservs in the pocket of the nra will never take any action.