Why Big U.S. Stocks Look Like a Good Bet

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I agree with Obama's mishandling of almost everything related to the economy and world affairs. But what do you expect? He has NO experience doing anything other than political manipulation. Its like hiring a guy or girl for a job because they are pleasant and people like them. It's ridiculous. I have a janitor in my office who is extremely nice and a pleasure to talk to and listen to. But he can't even manage his checkbook. The sooner the liberals stop whining about the slackers and miscreants that need our supposed help, the sooner we can get back to the business of running this country based on limited government and smart fiscal management.

Rick Money of FL 11:32AM March 30, 2011

These are the liquidities that private banks have created from nothing!
Compare with 0,0006 quadrillion $ QE2 that the FED has created form nothing!
Now the private banks sells PUT options, and manipulate world stock market (0,05 quadrillion $) higher, with their imagined 1 quadrillion $ liquidities...
Google in pictures: quadrillion $ bubble...
With 1 quadrillion $, banksters manipulate everything, in order to maximize their gains...

Jean-Francois Morf, Charrat, Switzerland 1:22PM February 20, 2011

The Obama budget was the last straw! He must go. We need a Leader! If it isn't a Federal requirement it must go. Defense must be upgraded to face the Chinese threat. We have no USA if we don't show real strength to the Chinese NOW! How about telling the Tunisians and Egyptians that term limits would be good and equality of women is something the USA stands for. He failed the nation on health care when he wouldn't take on the trial lawyers and insist on interstate insurance competition. No More, Please!

JIM PETRILLO of NY 10:21AM February 18, 2011

No mention of the looming federal budget crisis? If lawmakers can't reach a compromise, the gov't will bump into the debt ceiling, and the value of the dollar (and dollar-denominated assets) would plummet.
While that seems rather unlikely, the US has to face up to coming austerity measures that will be needed to make the budget outlook sustainable. Slash defense spending, raise the retirement age, *and* increase taxes. This means that strategies like quantitative easing, a big contributor to the current market rally, will be off the table.
It will take a long while for the US to regain its economic footing.

Bob of CA 6:57AM February 18, 2011