I have probably seen the movie Wall Street 50 times -- I like it very much...at the least first half (the second half is pretty depressing).
Anyway, perhaps because I have become more sensitive to certain ideas, I noticed something pretty interesting during my most recent viewing. You may recall the character Lou Mannheim (Hal Holbrook) -- he is functionally the voice of reason and Bud Fox's conscience in the movie. Well, below is his first line when he gets introduced to the audience:
"...country's going to hell faster than when that son of a bitch Roosevelt was around. Too much cheap money sloshing around the world. The biggest mistake we ever made was letting Nixon get off the gold standard..."
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Are when the contrarian should think about buying. And so I tried. Some AUY LEAPS (filled) and a small mining services company that I like...
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I came across this really interesting chart regarding 2013 and 2014 EPS forecasts by region and globally. Note the very pronounced move fr... -
The subtitle is The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies and Companie...