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What: So pick your analogy. Are the ratings agencies like architects, or like a publishing company? Or perhaps something else? No doubt angry investors will keep looking for the one that will make them pay.

Writer: Andrew Ross Sorkin

LCC: HG

Where:

Date: Feb 18 2010 6:31 AM

What: "somebody sometime said - being a good man is like being a goalkeeper - you will be always remembered for those goals you missed"

Writer: Rizwan Ishak

LCC: HJ

Where:

Date: Apr 30 2012 4:57 PM

What: From the linked article....... "Mister Atoz explains that the library contains an archive of historical data disks. Kirk warns Atoz of the planet's imminent destruction and that they must leave immediately. Atoz however, says he is aware of the destruction of his world, and is already prepared. He informs that he will be joining his wife and family soon. He then activates a machine called the "atavachron". By viewing the historic disks, the time portal can send any who enter back in time to the point recorded in the data."

Writer: Not Known

LCC: HE

Where:

Date: Mar 5 2010 2:29 AM

What: The game portrayed in this episode has an addictive quality, much like todays smart phone. I've noticed many people are transfixed by their smart phones; At school, at work and most disturbing while driving. Does the actual game portrayed in Star Trek have a real life counterpart?

Writer: mattyflynn

LCC: HE

Where:

Date: Mar 27 2010 9:22 AM

What: "A base is like a mattress. The young ones have good bounce and spring. But an old mattress sometimes can fall beneath your weight."

Writer: DONALD H. GOLD

LCC: HG

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Apr 21 2012 4:46 PM

What: "A stock market is like an auction house. It is a systematic method of buying and selling. In a stock market though, it is a common sight to see people shouting and gesturing at one another." This is a good connection. Auction item prices fluctuate based on the demand, as do stock prices.

Writer: Not stated

LCC: HG

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Aug 9 2011 12:20 PM

What: According to Tom Kendrick , like a Boy Scout, good leaders should follow 'The Scouts Law'. The relevant adjectives are: Trustworthy,Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent. This guy should give a seminar to Wall Street Investment bankers. Those guys could you A Lot of the above.

Writer: Tom Kendrick

LCC: HF

Where:

Date: May 4 2011 9:14 AM

What: "A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water."

Writer: Eleanor Roosevelt

LCC: HQ

Where:

Date: Jun 5 2010 8:10 AM

What: "Well, lets get into the idea that marijuana is a gateway drug.....Once you get tired, burned out, or want to try something new, you take it to another level like ecstasy, meth, coke, x or y or z....while it's not always a smart idea to start sniffing coke, if you aren't already seeing affiliate marketing as a "gateway business", you should be."

Writer: Justin Dupre

LCC: HF

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Mar 20 2012 11:56 PM

What: "Affordable energy is like fertilizer for an economy, but taxing it to make it more expensive is like sowing salt in a field."

Writer: Daniel Kish

LCC: HB

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Feb 11 2012 1:34 PM

What: "American business is like dry martini cocktail, when it is good, it is very good, and when it's bad, it is still good."

Writer: Dr Nicholas Nvaradi

LCC: HF

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Apr 18 2012 9:58 PM

What: "Today, more than ever, American business is like the Mississippi: fast moving and powerful, ever changing, reflective of conditions, and often perilous. But it can be successfully navigated with a clear sense of purpose and a strong mission."

Writer: Not Stated

LCC: HF

Where:

Date: Apr 18 2012 10:01 PM

What: "I've often thought that American capitalism is like a beautiful woman with a bad temper. You want to live with her forever but wonder if you are going to make it through the day. "

Writer: Chris Gibbons

LCC: HF

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Dec 17 2010 2:03 AM

What: "American capitalism is like a sailboat trying to go up-wind: it will have to wildly zig and zag in the hopes of ultimately reaching its destination. Meanwhile, everyone else is trying to catch up to us.".....I believe the nautical term is "tacking".............

Writer: Leo

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Dec 17 2010 2:12 AM

What: "For we who do the producing (or once did the producing back when workers were still considered a necessary evil)the truth is that American capitalism is like a wine press. It squeezes the masses for the money representing their productivity, in a process otherwise known as the virtual economy."

Writer: Joe Bageant

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Dec 17 2010 2:30 AM

What: The cold war is over. It been done for about 20 years, as this is written. Yet there is whole generation of US elders who still think it needs to be defended from the external threat of international and domestic communism. American capitalism, with its many problems, was defended because relative to a totalitarian state, it was preferred. Now this system, so defended, has evolved, degenerated, into a giant sucking monster that seems to be financially raping the culture that spawned its existence. A monster eating it own asshole it is.

Writer: LucreitaGermanica

LCC: HF

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Feb 7 2012 1:21 PM

What: "It's like running through knee-deep water instead of running on dry ground," says Alan Levenson, chief economist at investing firm T. Rowe Price.

Writer: Alan Levenson

LCC: HJ

Where:

Date: Aug 28 2010 12:49 AM

What: "Being married is a lot like being deaf. If you hear the same person talking day-after-day, you literally lose the ability to hear what that person is saying. I will give you two examples from my own life. Both are true. This one happened last week:"...See the link for the whole story.....

Writer: Marital Deafness

LCC: HQ

Where:

Date: Jan 16 2011 12:47 PM

What: "Benjamin Linus is like one of those friends that everyone has who can be cool sometimes, but most of the time is a real d*ck."

Writer: Skull4brains.com

LCC: HE

Where:

Date: Dec 23 2010 1:25 PM

What: "Why Biotech Investing Is Like Gambling In Vegas"----see the Forbes Article about the pitfalls of Biotech investing. I say it's more like donating to charity. It's something only the rich should dabble in 'cause you'll probably loose all your investments. And the comparison to Vegas is weak. If you know what your doing gambling, say 21 and dice, the odds are know and are manageable. The Biotech odds are in the 1/10 or 1/50 range. Not a good bet by any stretch of the imagination.

Writer: Robert Langreth

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Dec 28 2010 2:03 AM

What: I've been watching this show on DVD for the past couple weeks. The first season was pretty good. In the middle of one of the Vampire murders, it struck me. This show has the same theme as Scooby Doo. That is, goofiness in the face of fear. The show is 1 part morality tale and 1 part slasher/horror movie. A more powerful message has never come from a cartoon or a TV show. There is a even a Wikipage about the thematic continuity between the 2 shows. It's nice to learn that many viewers have had the same insight.

Writer: mattyflynn

LCC: HE

Where:

Date: Sep 26 2010 5:22 AM

What: The link is to an article about buying stocks in December and how that is somewhat like buying bikinis in December. The basis for the statement is somewhat sound based on stock price history. On average, stock prices, find their low at the end of the year. This includes weak stocks as well as strong stocks. So you may not be able to use a bikini in December, but wait Spring or Summer and those December purchase may look much more useful.

Writer: Mick Weinstein

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Dec 22 2011 1:31 PM

What: "Also, no one ever seems to lose their job even tho day after day something unexpected happens in the economy. I guess being an analyst is like the TV weatherman , reality only exists one day at a time."....I say it depends on who a given analyst is working for and what the general agenda of their organization is.

Writer: mediamarv

LCC: HG

Where:

Date: Jan 26 2011 2:10 AM

What: "Capitalism is like bacteria - always seems to win in the end, despite the development of new antibiotics (regulations) that apparently mutate and become ineffective over time." This is superior association. This analogy links the dynamism of capitalism with a very dynamic life-form.

Writer: wisensale

LCC: HB

Where:

Date: Jul 31 2011 1:18 PM

What: "When a parent, in particular women dedicate their lives to juggling the unpaid job of raising their children and for most working a fulltime paid job on the side so to speak. They frequently blossom artistically or otherwise in whatever endeavor they so choose after their child rearing is no longer the primary focus of their lives. This child rearing experience is like a blacksmiths forge breaking them down and recreating them to be more pliable, more malleable, and stronger than ever. "

Writer: Byron Dudley

LCC: HQ

Where:

Date: Jul 18 2011 1:52 AM

What: Remember the 1994 movie "Speed"? A young cop (Keanu Reeves) had to save passengers on a bus that would explode if its speed dropped below 50 m.p.h. Well, China is like that bus with 1.3 billion people aboard. If the Communist Party can't keep the economy growing at a fast clip, the result will be catastrophic.

Writer: Vitaliy N. Katsenel

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Mar 20 2010 9:36 AM

What: "Chuck E. Cheese is like a free market. We can do whatever we want. Some can sit around in the balls, some can be entertained by the robotic performers, some can eat their life away in pizza, and some can work hard on the games, perfecting their skill to earn the maximum number of tickets. "

Writer: Joel Patrick

LCC: HB

Where:

Date: May 18 2013 11:37 AM

What: "Rising oil prices, the battered housing market and euro area turmoil have all sapped the economy's resiliency. But the biggest reason why growth has disappointed and likely will continue to is that credit has turned from economic helium into a millstone." The link is a pointed IBD article describing the USA debt situation, both government and house hold. It's about 200% of GDP when both are combined.

Writer: JED GRAHAM

LCC: HG

Where:

Date: Apr 17 2012 6:50 PM

What: From article: "See, in everyday life, you can't insure things you don't own. Thankfully, your neighbor can't take out homeowners insurance on your house. If the entire town could buy insurance on one house, they'd have a huge incentive to make sure it was destroyed. They'd burn it down, blow it up, bulldoze it, what have you, pocket gobs of insurance claims for their trouble, and happily move onto the next town. For good reason, laws prohibit this."

Writer: Morgan Housel

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Sep 6 2009 4:55 AM

What: "Income inequality is an effect. The cause is the difference in people's economic production. Criticizing income inequality is like complaining that a computer carries a higher price than a paper clip. Price reflects an object's market value--and the money someone earns reflects the market value of his work."

Writer: Peter Schwartz

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Oct 19 2010 4:49 AM

What: "Debt is like a fulcrum and lever," allowing us to lift what we otherwise could not lift. We can buy a home, a car, start a business, or go out to eat and not be bothered with having to wait.

Writer: Dave Ramsey

LCC: HJ

Where:

Date: Oct 25 2011 10:26 PM

What: Debt is useful and will help the financial system work. but like all good things, a little if fine, too much can be a disaster. Likewise with corn syrup. It fine to have a little to sweeten food, but a diet that has a high percentage of this stuff will make you slowly ill and give you many chronic diseases, as has been affirmed by much research.

Writer: LucretiaMia

LCC: HG

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: May 9 2012 9:11 AM

What: This is just 10 of them. There are many more on the brink of bankruptcy! This is not because their services are not needed or anything like that. This is simply because the money supply is deflating! Credit has been inflated for 50 years. We borrowed and spent. We inflated the prices. When we borrow, banks create money. We borrowed faster than the GDP growth. It is an artificial sugar high.

Writer: Vincent Fernando

LCC: H

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Sep 23 2009 3:34 AM

What: "At a recent IR conference, retail analyst Tony Shiret complained that, on results day, the analyst is like one man fighting against an army of advisors employed by the company to push its message." This article discusses the balance of power between stock analyst and the IR departments in large companies.

Writer: Tim Human

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Jan 26 2011 2:23 AM

What: "Facebook is like a Starbucks where everyone hangs out for hours but almost never buys anything."

Writer: Chris Dixon

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Apr 11 2010 8:08 AM

What: "It's sort of like a drug. You get some benefits if you keep using it-you know, run up debt, run up inflation, monetize the debt, make a bigger bubble," he explained. "Just like a drug addiction, the drug addict feels better when he keeps getting drugs."

Writer: Ron Paul

LCC: HB

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Dec 11 2012 1:10 PM

What: "The Federal Reserve is like a con artist that is desperately trying to stay one step ahead of everyone else. The folks at the Fed know that the debt that the U.S. government has accumulated is not sustainable and will eventually collapse."

Writer: Not Stated

LCC: HB

Where:

Date: Dec 11 2012 1:17 PM

What: "The Fed "has helped raise the tide" he told Dow Jones Newswires reporter Michael Derby today in a video interview broadcast via WSJ.com. But a lot of U.S. employers' boats' "are still tied to the dock or they've sailed to foreign ports," where the regulatory climate is presumed to be more favorable."

Writer: Richard Fisher

LCC: HB

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Dec 11 2012 1:40 PM

What: "Finding a good analyst is like finding the best dressed person in a nudist colony."...This page is a critical discussion of stock analysis. These a gold prospector analogy in the mix also.

Writer: Afrezza ?

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Jan 26 2011 2:46 AM

What: "Finding work on the Internet is like selling your car on Craigslist. Of your 25 responses, 3 people might really show up. One of them is going to be a pot smoking hippie with no money who will want to barter. One will be a cheap Asian guy that will try to get the car for free and third person will be a middle aged chubby women who will offer to throw in a few favors if you lower the price."

Writer: YahooUser

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Jan 14 2011 1:17 AM

What: "Revitalizing General Motors is like teaching an elephant to tap-dance. You find the sensitive spots and start poking."

Writer: Roger Smith

LCC: H

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Jun 5 2010 8:10 AM

What: "High frequency traders are like tennis players at the net. It's high risk and very fast. They're in and out in a minute, spotting price anomalies, holding positions for 30 seconds and up to two minutes," .... The linked article about stock trading and hormones.

Writer: John M. Coates

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Jan 25 2011 1:42 AM

What: The "Rule of Thirds" brings balance to composition and investing. When composing a picture, cut the picture into thirds height-wise and width-wise. Never put the subject in the middle of the picture, vertically or horizontally. Money management has a similar starting point as far as I am concerned. Put 1/3 of your money in stocks, 1/3 in bonds and 1/3 in cash. After this starting point, move it around as you see fit. Stocks will can give erratic large growth, bonds will give small steady growth and cash gives liquidity. Of course, in both contexts, these rules are an ideal staring points and should be modified to get the optimal effect. The outcome: you feel alright when looking at works of art and less crappy when one of your investments blows up.

Writer: JerryStekka

LCC: H

Where:

Date: May 19 2010 7:20 AM

What: "So generally I agree with you - market generated income differences are not unfair. Indeed, that's the whole point. As I've said before, income inequality is like Bernoulli's principle in aviation. You HAVE to have inequality to create lift". This is kinda sketchy as an analogy.

Writer: danielkuehn

LCC: HB

Where:

Date: Oct 19 2010 4:53 AM

What: The article has jokes and 10 reasons investing is like sex. For example number 7:"Low confidence can keep you out of the market." The rest are funny AND true.

Writer: Not Stated

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Jan 4 2011 2:08 AM

What: This Seattle Times story is a great piece of investigative journalism. The story was written in 2005 and is probably relevant today. The fact that Hedge Funds have paid doctors to discuss their work is something anyone contemplating this type of investment should consider. According to the story, which is very credible, hedge funds have paid doctors to discuss the results of the drug they are working on. These exclusive investors got info, before the company, before the regulatory agencies and before retail investors. As noted, these small biotech usually have 1 drug in the clinic, so information on that drug can significantly move the stock price up or down. These types of exchanges are totally slimy, typically violate NDAs and put individual investors at a severe disadvantage.

Writer: LucretiaGermanica

LCC: H

Where:

Date: May 22 2010 1:44 AM

What:

"Economic inequality is like blood pressure: Too high could mean disaster; too low and the economy, or the patient, is sluggish."

This article should be read.

Writer: James K. Galbraith

LCC: HB

Where:

Date: Jan 12 2017 8:24 PM

What: The body, the organization, feeds on the emotional energy of the money it takes in and the people in the organization. The employees can be consumed as psychic sustenance for the leadership. But as with all living things, they body needs to purge. Thus the layoffs. The people who have been psychically digested and can no longer provide emotions energy for the leadership class, are shit out of the system in a process called layoff.

Writer: LucretiaMia

LCC: H

Where:

Date: May 9 2012 10:52 AM

What: "Leave it to Beaver is like Berenstain Bears. A cartoon about bear family. Both shows dads are Understanding.Jerry dad is understanding and Brother Bear is understanding. Both are boy. But Jerry deal with English test. Brother Bear deal with math test. And deal with a test problem .Only difference is leave it to beaver got a good score on test". Written by shazia4.

Writer: shazia4

LCC: HE

Where:

Date: Oct 18 2010 2:48 AM

What: "Daddy Warbucks, the successful businessman with several overseas bank accounts (the American Government......"

Writer: Lola Wakefield

LCC: HC

Where:

Date: Apr 11 2010 7:36 AM

What: Marketing is debt. Currently, I'm taking a marketing class. It's surprising the amount of jargon and verbose speech that the marketing types use. Forty words are used when 15 will probably get the message across. I guess that is why there is often so much tension between the technical people and the marketing people. This probably occurs in all industries , especially software and pharmaceuticals. The technical people think the marking people are useless. The markers think the technical people just don't get it. As with many things, like debt,a little marketing goes a long way, if used in the rigtht place and the right time. There should be enough applied to raise awareness of a product. It's like debt in that sense. a little bit will help promote and grow and business, while too much without tending to the substance of the business, will not help much.

Writer: LucyG

LCC: HB

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Feb 1 2012 2:47 PM

What: "The Federal Reserve is now faced with a challenge that is akin to threading a needle by throwing a spool of thread across a football field. It is attempting to keep loose money and quantitative easing policies in place long enough not to stymie the nascent recovery while pulling them back in time to avoid massive inflation. It's a Hail Mary pass with an impossibly small target while facing a blitz."

Writer: John Carney

LCC: H

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Oct 7 2009 5:48 AM

What: "2000 layer lasagna with several layers of human feces" I believe good loans are packaged with some small fraction of bad loans. The fraction of bad loans are based on the historical averages of loan defaults. What the "inventors" of this financial product didn't consider is that there may be a time when the rate of foreclosures goes to an all time high.

Writer: Steven Colbert

LCC: H

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Sep 27 2009 7:54 AM

What: "Artificially low interest rates and a government tax credit are luring buyers, but both those inducements are scheduled to end. Defaults and distress sales are rising in the middle and upper price ranges. And millions of people have lost so much equity that they are locked into their homes for years, a modern variation of the Victorian debtor's prison that is freezing a large swath of the market."

Writer: David Streitfeld

LCC: HG

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Oct 29 2009 7:37 AM

What:

"Onboarding is a magic moment when new employees decide to stay engaged or become disengaged." An organization needs to dress up for the new joiner to create a good impression and a welcoming environment.

Writer: Emily

LCC: HF

Where:

Date: Aug 12 2018 6:18 AM

What: "But as you can imagine, things can get pretty messy before they get better. Sometimes your personal finances can be a little messy too. Everyone needs to start somewhere" This is a very funny AND informative article.

Writer: Echo ?

LCC: HG

Where:

Date: Aug 2 2011 2:28 PM

What: "As a professional statistician and former statistics professor, I would like to make one more point concerning Salzman's comment on data: It must be coupled with qualitative knowledge of the matter being studied. Otherwise, the analyst is like the ancient astronomer Ptolemy, constructing ever more intricate mathematical theories based on totally false premises (sun revolving around the Earth)." ...This is great comparison.

Writer: Norm Matloff

LCC: HC

Where:

Date: Jan 26 2011 2:34 AM

What: "Hearing the frustration in my voice, he decided to review the preparation with me. The furniture had been pulled to the middle and covered so the paint didn't splash on any of it. Yeah, I got that part. He went on to explain the white blotches on the wall was the plaster to cover the holes and dimples, and the blue tape is to make sure the trim will be separated from the color of the wall and look clean and neat. And the white was the primer to help the paint adhere and hold the true color. The very next day, I walked in and voila - a gorgeous, warm taupe on all of the walls. In one day! (Well, one day plus three.) And it was beautiful! I am not telling you this to teach you about painting. I am telling you because we often forget how most jobs done right are done well with more and better preparation."

Writer: Greta Schulz

LCC: HB

Where:

Date: Feb 17 2010 2:20 AM

What: "To put him in charge of rebuilding Wall Street is like putting a big oil executive in charge of developing alternative energy sources."

Writer: EBEN ESTERHUIZEN

LCC: HC

Where:

Date: May 28 2010 10:18 AM

What: "As a regulatory policy mechanism, revenue decoupling is like using a steam-roller to crack a peanut:". This is an arcane discussion of regulating public utilities in Utah.

Writer: DAVID E. DISMUKES

LCC: HB

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Oct 6 2010 12:22 AM

What: "Managing a sales team is very similar. There are a bunch of things sales people yell "ouch" about. Entering stuff into the CRM system, doing expense reports, administration tasks, making cold calls, etc., all drive sales people crazy. Getting sales people to embrace all aspects of their job is no different than brushing my girls hair. You have to engage them in the process. It's sales leaderships job to find ways for the sales team to own the process and to feel like they are participating NOT having something done to them."

Writer: Keenan

LCC: HB

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Apr 7 2013 8:13 PM

What: "If an investor has a fast-rising stock, the question is when to sell. Many investment strategies don't even mention that question. It's as if a flight school taught students how to take off but not how to land." The link is a discussion of trying to determine the optimal time to sell a stock. Very useful it is.

Writer: Paul Whitfield

LCC: HB

Where:

Date: Aug 9 2013 11:34 AM

What: "Silicon Valley is like a bankrupt store up for auction. Quite a few small companies with high innovation and R&D potential can be had for a good price, and many of the buyers are from China and Taiwan."

Writer: Sally Callahan

LCC: H

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: May 28 2010 10:18 AM

What: Both come in sets, big sets. Both are known far and wide for their power. People flock from around the world to get in on the action. Both can brutally crash down on those who are not prepared for the ride. The trick is to know which wave to catch, how long to ride it and most importantly, knowing when to bail out so you don't get smashed on the rocks. So watch out, you don't want to be high tech equivalent of Mark Foo.

Writer: mattyflynn

LCC: H

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: May 1 2010 10:22 AM

What: "Snoopy is like Winnie The Pooh is described The Tao Of Pooh. He's always level-headed and in the moment. I think Shultz wanted to be more like Snoopy and less like Charlie Browne, Lucy, Sally, and Linus. I don't know if the gradual focus on Snoopy meant he was achieving his goal of being more like Snoopy, or if it was a manifestation of that wish, or if it was simply a matter of running out of great ideas."

Writer: Chief

LCC: HE

Where:

Date: Apr 11 2013 8:12 PM

What: "Peppermint Patty is like Shelly Snoopy is like Kenny Woodstock is like Ike" A whole discussion about comparing South Park and Peanuts.

Writer: flcl_Wizard

LCC: HE

Where:

Date: Apr 11 2013 8:14 PM

What: The unifying points: They both micro-managed the forms. Jobs controlled all the design elements like Wright. Wright designed his houses as a whole, the yard, the house, the windows, the furniture, the plates on the dinner room table and the dress that the host was supposed to wear. All the elements were all under his control. You see the same type of design wholeness with the Apple products. Apple designs the whole system and controls the technical and aesthetics of every product they make. So were these guys great systematic thinkers, control freaks or both?

Writer: Lucretia Gemanica

LCC: HB

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Sep 12 2011 6:08 PM

What: This comment is at ~ 4:00 minutes in the linked podcast. It's a discussion of the stock market correction on or around May 2012. The link is to a really good of stock market dynamics by IBD.

Writer: Matthew Galgani

LCC: HB

Where:

Date: May 19 2012 3:56 PM

What: "so that each competitor has to pick not those faces which he himself finds prettiest, but those which he thinks likeliest to catch the fancy of the other competitors, all of whom are looking at the problem from the same point of view."---The rest is a good discussion of the dynamics of stock picking.

Writer: Jeff Saut

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Sep 15 2009 4:09 AM

What: The people that have the most fun at a party are those that arrive a little late and leave a bit early. They get the most of fun out of the event. Kiss Kiss gotta go, is the way to go. Trading , not investing, has a similar pattern. You want to make sure the stock, the party, is moving and grooving, and then jump into it little by little. Ease your way into it. And once it get going, add a little more, but not too much. Then, and here's the hard part, sense when it's all about to end and make a graceful exit. ie, sell you position.

Writer: LucretiaMia

LCC: HB

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Jun 18 2012 7:21 PM

What: "Successful investing is like planting acorns and watching them turn into oak trees. Speculating, on the other hand, is like playing with".....See the link for the rest......

Writer: Steve Sarnoff

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Jan 4 2011 2:13 AM

What: "For people who are really invested in the stock market (and individual stocks, not just funds) to take advice from CNBC is like the manager of your favorite ball team getting his advice from some fantasy league message board."

Writer: ThresherK

LCC: HG

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Sep 16 2010 11:49 AM

What: This article is a critique of metaphors used by financial regulators to explain the nature and depth of the 2008 money implosion. The author offers some alternatives....

Writer: Max Frumes

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Jan 16 2011 11:55 AM

What: "I know the Gorn is like Godzilla on vallium, but you can't beat "Arena" for pure entertainment value. "

Writer: Miko Iko

LCC: HE

Where:

Date: Aug 10 2010 2:36 AM

What: "As a software consultant, I have interacted technically with many H1-B visa holders over the years. One of the provisions of the H1-B visa program is that the visa holder stay employed. This requirement gave the sponsor of the visa holder tremendous leverage. Visa holders could be forced to take unattractive jobs i.e. low pay, long commutes, forced relocation. In some respects, the visa holder is like an indentured servant." And they want to do more of this....watch out.....

Writer: FedUp

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Aug 2 2011 12:35 PM

What: Howard's show has many similarities to Warhol's factory. Both featured a cast of regulars as well as many people who appeared at sporadic intervals. Both have a central strong ring master type,Howard vs Andy, who relate to a variety of characters who are generally social outcasts and or freaks. The overall tone is one of acceptance and encouragement.

Writer: mattyflynn

LCC: HE

Where:

Date: Apr 2 2010 4:19 AM

What: "The put/call ratio is like a tourniquet. If you are bleeding and you apply it correctly, you will survive...."---> See the rest in the link....

Writer: Not Stated

LCC: H

Where:

Date: Jan 10 2011 3:29 AM

What: "Where the mobile and smartphone market is right now was more like the PC industry in the late '80s and '90s," McCarron said.------>The article is about microprocessor market for smartphones. It good if you are investing here......

Writer: Agam Shah, IDG News

LCC: HB

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Date: Dec 22 2010 1:41 AM

What: There is a common theme in these TV shows; the commonality is parental issues. I've recently seen interviews and commentaries by the creators of each show. The Sopranos creator, David Chase, is refreshing open about it. He states in the commentaries in the Season 1 DVDs that Livia Soprano is based on his mother and that his relationship with his mother is poor. In contrast, the Lost creators seem to have Father issues manifested in the show. One key example is John Locke's Father. This is a man who swindled John's kidney from him and later tries to throw him out of a 9th story window. This is only 1 example of MANY from LOST. I listened to the commentaries on the DVDs by the creators and they denied any such issues. I wish they could have been as open about this as David Chase, 'cause is obvious, to even a casual viewer that, someone with Father issues was writing or approving scripts for the show.

Writer: LucretiaGermanica

LCC: HE

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Date: Jan 3 2011 2:45 PM

What: "Much like Charlie Sheen, who seems to believe that all publicity is good publicity, recent market behavior suggests that we are in the part of the cycle where 'all news is good news'.

Writer: David Einhorn

LCC: H

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Date: Aug 9 2011 11:44 AM

What: "A sailor cannot control the ocean, but he can control himself. He studies currents and weather patterns. He learns safe sailing techniques and gains experience. He knows when to sail and when to stay in the harbor. A successful sailor uses his intelligence."

Writer: Not stated

LCC: HG

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Date: Aug 9 2011 12:43 PM

What: Children who have been abused grow up feeling oppressed and constantly weighed upon. Their hearts are heavy and they often develop a mindset that diminishes their health and happiness. Public and private debt has the same affect in the economic realm. It is a huge burden heaped on the younger generations by the old. The 'Elders' of this generation have bequeathed to the younger people a form of economic abuse that will last the lifetime of the younger generation.

Writer: LucretiaGermanica

LCC: HJ

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Date: Aug 10 2010 7:33 AM

What: This analogy is given while Tony is in a therapy session. It occurs in season 1, episode 1 at about 19:20.

Writer: Michael Chase

LCC: HE

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Date: Jan 2 2011 10:16 AM

What: The link is to an interview with Steven Roache, a noted Economist at Yale. He thinks that given the amount of debt in the US, Japan and Europe, there is little hope for any kind of sustained recovery. The slight upside is that the US population is growing, something that is not true in Japan and Europe.

Writer: LucyG

LCC: HJ

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Date: Jan 27 2012 11:12 AM

What: "The global economy reminds me of a marathon runner who runs too hard and hurts himself. But now he has another race to run. So he's injected with some serious, industrial-quality steroids, and away he goes."---see the link....

Writer: Vitaliy Katsenelson

LCC: HB

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Date: Nov 19 2009 1:40 AM

What: "The U.S.? Our income distribution is more in line with Zimbabwe, Argentina, and El Salvador. We think of Russia as the land of oligarchs, but America's inequality is actually slightly greater than Russia's."

Writer: Brett Arends

LCC: HB

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Date: Jul 21 2010 12:03 AM

What: "But funding a recovery with huge government spending and massive debt is like using a defibrillator to treat a heart attack. It can work well in short doses, but it's completely unsustainable over the long term."

Writer: Richard Gibbons

LCC: HJ

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Date: Sep 13 2009 12:54 AM

What: "Valuation oriented investing is very much like being pregnant. You get to know whether and not when. " See the rest in the link.....

Writer: William Smead

LCC: H

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Date: Dec 14 2010 2:26 AM

What: "Wall Street is like the auto industry in the seventies, which had a product that was dangerous and exploded on impact."

Writer: Nicole Gelinas

LCC: HG

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Date: May 28 2010 10:18 AM

What: "There were a very tiny collection of super-connected industrial figures, these oligarchs. They were bankers mostly. And there was this circular process of government gives tons of money to banker; banker then scams the public and returns money to politicians who in turn keep giving money back to the bankers." ........The link has a video of this situation being discussed. I wish more people would wake up to this situation. It is the elephant in the room.

Writer: Matt Taibbi

LCC: HG

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Date: Feb 5 2011 9:04 AM

What: "It's easy to understand why the world economy is collapsing, if you think of Wall Street as Soi Cowboy: bar girls are the banks; their customers/boyfriends are their investors/shareholders; a Cabinet minister swindles them using credit default insurance scams; the generals are the regulators; the Treasury Secretary is a former bar girl." Soi Cowboy is a red-light district in Bangkok, Thailand. The comparison is appropriate.

Writer: CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON

LCC: HG

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Oct 18 2011 6:03 PM

What: "Wall Street is like a pharmaceutical company pocketing absurd profits by making drugs with fake, cheap ingredients. When it's finally hit with a class action lawsuit, it goes to the taxpayer for a handout."

Writer: Hao Li

LCC: HG

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Date: Oct 18 2011 6:36 PM

What: "During a panic, traders exaggerate the perceived distance between the current price and the "right" price, creating wild oscillations that are eventually dampened by the market's natural resistance to excessive trading."

Writer: Lev Muchnik

LCC: HG

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Date: Oct 18 2011 6:44 PM

What: "Wall Street can't be trusted to manage-or even correctly assess-its own risks.This is in part because, time and again, Wall Street has demonstrated that it doesn't even KNOW what risks it is taking. In short, Wall Street bankers are just a bunch of kids playing with dynamite."

Writer: The Daily Ticker

LCC: HG

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: May 14 2012 2:34 PM

What: I'm too frugal (cheap) to shop at Whole Foods, but my friend likes to buy the skin cream there. So we used to go there and walk around looking for beauty products. (She's French and a bit of a narcissists). Walking around in there I got the impression that the packaging was similar to the items at museum gift shops; very well thought,very expensive and great packaging.

Writer: LucretiaGermanica

LCC: HB

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Jul 20 2010 8:32 AM

What: "Your credit is like your virginity" in that it's "easier to preserve than rebuild." The link is a well spoken comment on money and credit.

Writer: eemusings

LCC: HG

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Date: Dec 19 2011 5:12 PM