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    • Mon Jun 16th 20:28 PM
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      Real Prices for New Cars Keep Going Down
      proseadvocat, you are making zero sense.

      I'll bet you are one of those folks that thinks inflation is really 10%. Of course, if that IS true, then the real cost of a car is even LESS now compared to the cost in 1980. You cannot have it both ways.

      Add in the fact that any car you bought in 1980 was LUCKY to last 5 years without needing significant repairs (>20% cost of the car), and a car today will easily go 8 or more years without needing such repair and the TRUE cost of a car now is MUCH less than it was then.

      But if that IS true, and the government includes that in the calculation of inflation then inflation might ACTUALLY be lower than all the ten percenters think. BLASPHEMY!
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    • Fri Jun 13th 09:58 AM
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      Hayward and Butler Comment on Speculation in Oil Markets
      If you don't think there will be DRAMATIC demand destruction over the next 2 years due to the current price, you haven't done your homework.
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    • Fri Jun 13th 09:57 AM
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      Hybrid Cars: It Finally Makes Economic Sense to Buy One
      If you read their website, they point out that the payback period has increased recently because as gas prices have spiked, people have freaked out and started paying above sticked for hybrids. Meanwhile, non-hybrids have steep discounts. This combination makes the payback period go up, even as gas prices go up.

      A one year old sentra will run you about $11000 or less and get 30mpg or so. The prius may get 42 mpg or better, but with a 6 month waiting list and paying close to $30,000 you won't ever make your money back.

      I want a Hybrid as much as the next guy, but if you are really basing your purchase on the $$ involved, buy a used economy car and you will be better off.
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    • Thu Jun 12th 14:25 PM
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      Buffett Bets Big Against the Hedgies
      Sheesh, it is just a bell curve with the bottom end constantly going out of business or starting new funds.

      Any fund around for ten years will most likely beat the market. The losers won't last that long.

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    • Thu Jun 12th 10:32 AM
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      1,238 Billion Barrels of Oil Reserves: Is This an Oil Price Bubble?
      br1756
      The problem with your 34-40 yr analysis is that 20 years ago, when I went to work for Conoco, we had guess what - 40 years of reserves in the world.

      As the author pointed out, reserves have been GROWING, that means more oil has been found than was produced.

      Trust me, this is all a shell game, and at some point it will crater to $50 or lower and OPEC will be all woe is me and the oil producing states will take it on the chin as they always do during the bust that follows all booms.
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    • Thu Jun 5th 21:58 PM
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      Investing Into the End of the Hydrocarbon Age
      Sorry forgot link

      www.wtrg.com/oil_graph...
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    • Thu Jun 5th 21:57 PM
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      Investing Into the End of the Hydrocarbon Age
      Here is a nice graph of the demand drop in the US (around 30% from the peak) the last time we had the huge price spike in the late 70's and early 80's. Notice the demand didn't bottom until 2 yrs after the price peaked, even though the price was much lower soon after, the demand kept dropping.

      It takes a while to implement all the energy saving plans and technologies people are just now committing to.
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    • Thu Jun 5th 21:40 PM
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      Investing Into the End of the Hydrocarbon Age
      I sold half my Energy Mutual Fund today...FSENX. 5% move...down from here for Oil. Demand destruction is only just beginning. Once all those flights get cancelled and all the people that have decided their next car is a Hybrid actually buy one, the demand destruction will be enormouse. Same thing happened in the 70's, and this will be much more dramatic given the advent of hybrid and solar.
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    • Wed Jun 4th 16:07 PM
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      Are Semiconductor ETFs Fueled By Genuine Demand?
      Like semis? USD will get you more.
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    • Tue Jun 3rd 16:20 PM
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      Is There an Oil Crisis Looming?
      No. Next question.
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    • Mon Jun 2nd 11:33 AM
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      Is it Better to Remain a Renter or Buy a House?
      Countic, on $3 a day, you can't afford many fresh fruits or veggies. Shoot, an Apple is almost a dollar.

      I think you are on the dole.
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    • Thu May 29th 14:04 PM
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      Is it Better to Remain a Renter or Buy a House?
      Just to continue with the thought, my life is a journey to be enjoyed. I don't think of it as something where I will aim to start enjoying it SOMEDAY. Life can be very short, and someday may never come. If drive a 10yr old used car, rent a too small home with things you don't like and never go on vacation, well, you get what you pay for and you aren't paying for much. If you get cancer at 50 yrs old, you will look back on all that time and realize you never really got to enjoy things.

      I hope to spend my last dime on the day I die. You can't take it with you.
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    • Thu May 29th 14:01 PM
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      Is it Better to Remain a Renter or Buy a House?
      "Yes give me one dollar so I can give you back 38 cents...great deal! LOL"

      I'd respond, yes give me infinite leverage so I can lever my investment money many fold and measly use real estate value increase to make boatloads of money - today's market excepting, of course.

      But finally, if you have never built your own home with things exactly the way you want them, you are living at a level below someone who has/is even if your homes cost the same amount. They have exactly what they want and you have the Salvation Army version.

      They get to plant the trees right where they want them, add the pool they wanted 5 yrs in, get granite counters when the want to, and basically actually have what they want...you get to use the coupon and buy the store brand.

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    • Mon May 26th 17:55 PM
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      The Self-Defeating Oil Surge
      Last guy is spot on...only time goldman says it is going up is when they want out.
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    • Mon May 26th 11:42 AM
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      Microsoft's Cashback: Changing the Internet Industry Forever
      "Eventually, cash-back will come out of the retailers' pockets"

      Um, that's how this works (already). The retailers are paying Microsoft, just like they pay Fatwallet, and Slickdeals.net, etc.
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