I think most schools do offer these things.
warning : we're heading to a recession
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That's a good thing b/c my suburban public school didn't and my wife's uppidy catholic school didn't - well, maybe as electives, but not for core college prep/honors courses.
Agreed.
Intelligent design should not be taught anywhere but an elective theology class. Evolution should be saved for college.
Grades 1-12 should be used to build the brain and teach fundamental life skills. People who got into mortgage trouble from ignorance would be better served taking such a class instead of world history.
Re-prioritize!
doubt it.
there is far too much money in the market for that and the President isnt that importaint...
however, i have no doubt there are market manipulations by the money men to make more money.
i actually managed not to lose anything this week even finished up about 0.9%...
Monday will be a good day to scarf up some deals and make some coin next week. I am usually go long but in this market short is where it's at... get in and get out... wait then get in again.. takes a lot of work tho.
Do you think "education" really makes a difference? People max out their credit cards, not because they aren't educated enough to know that it's a poor financial decision, but because they're impulsively materialistic and without foresight. Same goes with borrowing for a home. People just want the ****ing house. It's a values/integrity issue more than one of education, IMO.
or rely on them entirely too much for the construction of a house, like I did...
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like I mentioned before when you where talking about pulling out... if I had it, I'd put it in the bullion... fvck the nyse, it's failed
http://www.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUSN1439998920080314
While "we" have some CC debt, it is the student loans that are scary. I have heard rumblings that a "student loan crisis" is on the horizon to mimic the housing one.
my brother has been fearing a similar scenario, he's sitting on about 35k from his ucsd loans... if the rates on it rise, he says it will be very difficult to make the payments. there not supposed to rise, but nowadays, who can tell
Student loans are exempt from bankruptcy. You have to pay them back eventually, while interest still grows.
Yup, they are one of the debts that you really can't get rid of (unless you die). With regards to rates, I believe (I could be wrong) that loans issued before Congress passed the revamp for student loans can have their rates increased after you leave school (assuming you don't consolidate).
i thought most gov studen programs were canceled now anyway.. no?
Barton Biggs Expects 1,000-Point Gain in Dow Average (Update2)
By Brian Sullivan and Michael Patterson
March 14 (Bloomberg) -- The decline in U.S. stocks is ``way overdone'' and the Dow Jones Industrial Average may rally 1,000 points, investor Barton Biggs said.
``We're in a financial panic,'' Biggs said during a telephone interview with Bloomberg Television from New York. ``We're setting up for a really big rally. I don't mean three or four hundred points on the Dow, I mean 1,000 points on the Dow. I don't know if we're going to get it next week or the week after. But this thing has gotten crazy and is overdone.''
Biggs, a former Morgan Stanley strategist who now runs the $1.5 billion hedge fund Traxis Partners LLC, said stock markets from Germany to Hong Kong may bottom out soon after tumbling this year. Biggs's prediction in March 2007 that U.S. stocks were near a low preceded a 16 percent rally in the Dow average during the next four months. His forecast that the Dow would climb as much as 19 percent in 2007 overshot its actual gain by almost 13 percentage points.
``We're at a really crucial point,'' Biggs said. ``This is a time to be buying stocks around the world and not to be selling them.''
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3srM5UWs8NQ&refer=home
By Brian Sullivan and Michael Patterson
March 14 (Bloomberg) -- The decline in U.S. stocks is ``way overdone'' and the Dow Jones Industrial Average may rally 1,000 points, investor Barton Biggs said.
``We're in a financial panic,'' Biggs said during a telephone interview with Bloomberg Television from New York. ``We're setting up for a really big rally. I don't mean three or four hundred points on the Dow, I mean 1,000 points on the Dow. I don't know if we're going to get it next week or the week after. But this thing has gotten crazy and is overdone.''
Biggs, a former Morgan Stanley strategist who now runs the $1.5 billion hedge fund Traxis Partners LLC, said stock markets from Germany to Hong Kong may bottom out soon after tumbling this year. Biggs's prediction in March 2007 that U.S. stocks were near a low preceded a 16 percent rally in the Dow average during the next four months. His forecast that the Dow would climb as much as 19 percent in 2007 overshot its actual gain by almost 13 percentage points.
``We're at a really crucial point,'' Biggs said. ``This is a time to be buying stocks around the world and not to be selling them.''
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3srM5UWs8NQ&refer=home
Is the dollar is set to rally big time???
Late last week, we heard a lot of comments from various people including Pres Bush. The one thing they kept saying was, "I'm supportive of a strong dollar".
Some folks are speculating that a concerted effort by the various CBs to strengthen the dollar is about to happen. They can try to rally the dollar by buying it or cutting interest rates.... if that is true, it's good time to stay out of the international markets...
Late last week, we heard a lot of comments from various people including Pres Bush. The one thing they kept saying was, "I'm supportive of a strong dollar".
Some folks are speculating that a concerted effort by the various CBs to strengthen the dollar is about to happen. They can try to rally the dollar by buying it or cutting interest rates.... if that is true, it's good time to stay out of the international markets...
i beat a retreat to gov securities and bond funds at the end of Thus.. but i think i am going all in on the S&P 500 and the Wilshire 4500 funds for Mon...
should be a wild ride next week...
should be a wild ride next week...
S&P opens, drops 1.74% in the first two minutes of trading. Now at 1264.
$2/share for Bear is 1/2 of what their building alone in NYC is worth. What's worse, is that 30% of Bear is owned by the employees... when will people learn NOT to keep a vast majority of their savings/401k money in one company, especially that they're employed by??? Did they not learn from the whole ENRON debacle?? 
The dollar is up and it looks like it's holding the market up... at the moment at least
OUCH!!!$2/share for Bear is 1/2 of what their building alone in NYC is worth. What's worse, is that 30% of Bear is owned by the employees... when will people learn NOT to keep a vast majority of their savings/401k money in one company, especially that they're employed by??? Did they not learn from the whole ENRON debacle??
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article3558485.ece
I thought sbux was gonna be a good buy at $25.. buy as you say... just gets cheaper and cheaper..
Is the basement sub $10? Could be the next Apple..
Below is a list of primary dealers who will be able to borrow directly from the Fed's new program announced Sunday:
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
Banc of America Securities LLC
Barclays Capital Inc.
Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Countrywide Securities Corporation
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities LLC.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
J. P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Lehman Brothers Inc.
Merrill Lynch Government Securities Inc.
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
UBS Securities LLC.
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
Banc of America Securities LLC
Barclays Capital Inc.
Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Countrywide Securities Corporation
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities LLC.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
J. P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Lehman Brothers Inc.
Merrill Lynch Government Securities Inc.
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
UBS Securities LLC.
Oh, this can't be good...
ARM rates skyrocket
ARM rates at WF last week (might've been the week before) were 5.1%. This week they're at 6.875%! Wonder what this'll do to the default rates...
ARM rates skyrocket
ARM rates at WF last week (might've been the week before) were 5.1%. This week they're at 6.875%! Wonder what this'll do to the default rates...
"flashback" (4 trading days ago)
wonder if he's out of a job today? probably not; he was half right.
i've only taken mental notes on his predictions a couple times, and while he may be smart & successful, he's never correct on sure things.Jim Cramer said:
wonder if he's out of a job today? probably not; he was half right.
Bear Stearns - DOWN 84.06%
National City - DOWN 42.85%
CIT Group -.......DOWN 27.56%
Lehman Bros - DOWN 20.28%
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/17/magazines/fortune/investing/Tully_WallStIsBroken.fortune/index.htm
National City - DOWN 42.85%
CIT Group -.......DOWN 27.56%
Lehman Bros - DOWN 20.28%
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/17/magazines/fortune/investing/Tully_WallStIsBroken.fortune/index.htm
how can that a$$hat not be in jail now..???
And from 150 a year ago.
Imagine your a 50-something manager at BSC with all your savings/retirement dutifully tied up in BSC stock and options. Your $15M nest egg just dropped to $500k (which is better than the $200k it was worth when JPM bought you yesterday).