ThegovernmentsaidThursdaythatthemaximumamountofearningssubjecttotheSocialSecuritytaxwillincreaseto$106,800in2009from$102,000thisyear.About11millionwillpayhighertaxesasaresultoftheincrease.
Itimpliesthatonly11millionofAmericansmakemorethan$102,000annually.Certainly,itonlyaccountstheearningsfromtheirlabor,notfrominvestment.Thehighearningpopulationissurprisinglysmall.
Few,ifanyonthisboar...[
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牛經滄海
10/13/2008
因上周LEH的CDSEVNET,CDS賣方被迫變現400B以應付清算,直接導致劇量MARGINSELL,引發道指創下有史以來最大的單周跌幅。請關注近期CDSEVENTS。估計不會再有LEH的衝擊力,但不可不防喔。
WashingtonMutual:10/23/08
Lansbanki:11/04/08
Glitair:11/05/08
Kaupbing:11/06/08
LehmanBrothers:10/10/08(Done)
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牛經滄海10/13/2008盼反彈,迎反彈,迎來反彈怎麽辦?上周大市崩盤,確實出乎滄海之預料。原以為一場金融危機而已,不料已重創美國經濟,乃至世界經濟。如此看來,我們或處於二十年周期的下行區間,或處於七十年代滯漲階段?嘿,誰會關心久遠的事!還是談近的吧。崩盤之前,DJIA在11500附近徘徊將近三月,直至上周突然崩潰,一瀉兩千點有餘。這種崩潰,完全脫離FA,多半[
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belowtheir50Dayand200Daysimplemovingaveragenow.
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牛經滄海10/9/2008
老牛無畏嚴冬,卻難免感傷於秋。公元一九九八年的十月九日,開啟了資本的神話。。。公元二零零八年的十月九日,擊碎了資本的夢境。。。
SPX十年魂歸
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牛經滄海
10/7/2008
Thismessageisintendedtonewinvestors.Themarketbecomesastrangernow,atleastforme.Doleaveenoughbreathroomtoavoidmarginsqueezesinordertosurviveabearmarket.Don'ttotrybeingaheroortakingchances.In1998,Iexperiencedseveralmomentsofacompletelywipe-outofmypositions,onlytotheseetheportfoliorecoveredindaysoncethesqueezeisdone.Suchthrillingsurvivalssetmeupanillusion.Theluckranoutandthe...[
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牛經滄海10/05/2008Whereisthemarketnow?Itisinanunknownterritory.Nodoubtsaboutit.LastFridayatclose,VXOwas52andQQV50.Thesereadingsputtheleveloffeartoamongthehighestinthelasttwentyyears.Suchnumberswerereachedpreviouslyonlyintheinfamous87crashes,the98financialstorm,theSept11panic,andtheSeptof2002.Ateachsuchoccurrence,themarketbouncedbacksmartly.ImagethatyouboughtsomeEBAYat13ashare,CSCOat10orDIAat8...[
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牛經滄海9/21/2008自稱蠢女人者問東方之珠三期會否跌倒零,滄海試答之。本產品將募集而來的人民幣資金轉換成美元投資於開放式基金(包括股票型基金和債券型基金)和現金類資產。1.投資組合最多可保留不超過10%的人民幣資金應對日常贖回需要,其他資金均轉換為美元進行投資。人民幣投資範圍包括但不限於存放於境內托管人的銀行存款。滄海:這部分基本安全。2.美元投資[
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牛經滄海
9/20/2008
華爾街五大投行,個個百年老店,久經危機洗禮,卻被一手自創的金融衍生產品泡沫擊倒,真是造化弄人。
巧的是,本人在最先倒下的全美第五大投資銀行貝爾斯登任職,而太太就在全美第四大投資銀行雷曼兄弟。前者擁有4000億美元的資產,雇用18000員工,後者則擁有6000億美元的資產,雇用28000員工。投行的員工可不是商行的出納員。
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ItsatisfiesmostofbottomdetectioncriteriaincludingtheVIXandQQVmetrics(pleasecheckmyoldpostingsin熊火燒不盡春風吹又生fordetailsifyouarecurious).
Mostimportantly,mypropitiatoryrulenumber7wasmet:
7.Nofundleftwhenarealbottomshowsup.
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