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Bruce Watson's Blog Posts
Low liquidity, low return, high security: Fixed annuities thrive in recession
07/20/09
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Anyone looking to document the effect of investor fear in the age of the "Great Recession" need look no further than the recent explosion in fixed annuities. Reflecting growth in other fear-based investments like gold and treasury bonds, sales of the secure, conservative annuities jumped by 74% in th...
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General Mills churns out a great year
07/01/09
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Filed under: General Mills (GIS)Food manufacturer General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) recently reported a 5% jump in fourth-quarter net sales. This resulted in a net income jump of almost 10%, from $185.2 million to $358.8 million. This translated into a leap from 53 cents to $1.07 per share, or an adjus...
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Delicious irony: AIG has to sell its home
06/05/09
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Filed under: Housing, Financial CrisisIn a story that is sure to fill many American's with a warm sense of satisfaction, American International Group (AIG) has agreed to sell two of its buildings in lower Manhattan. Although the deal hasn't been made public yet, an agreement has, apparently, been rea...
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Nintendo DSi: Revolutionary or evolutionary?
04/06/09
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Filed under: Launches, Marketing and advertising, TechnologyOn Sunday, the latest edition of Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) DS portable gaming system hit stores. In the aftermath of the release, questions are emerging about where the company is heading and what its platform will ultimately become.There is l...
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Long term investments: The (bright) future of publishing
02/19/09
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Filed under: Amazon.com (AMZN)It can be hard to tell the difference between a revolution and a fad, or a game-changing innovation and the latest toy. With that in mind, it isn't surprising that so many people have failed to recognize Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle for what it truly is: the first bold...
Turning a plane ticket into a contract: The government means business
02/19/09
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Filed under: Good news, Industry, Law, Consumer experience, PoliticsA few weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US Department of Transportation has proposed new rules that would lay a groundwork for remedying America's airline delay disasters. The most important change is that passenge...
Wall Street, 2009: Deaf, blind, and just plain dumb
01/30/09
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Filed under: Rants and raves, Financial CrisisIn Gone with the Wind, Rhett Butler wryly notes that there is "just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one." Having observed the near-Roman excesses of New York's money men over the past couple of year...
Wall Street, 2009: Deaf, blind, and just plain dumb
01/30/09
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Filed under: Rants and raves, Financial CrisisIn Gone with the Wind, Rhett Butler wryly notes that there is "just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one." Having observed the near-Roman excesses of New York's money men over the past couple of year...
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Big Three use bailout bucks to sue state governments
01/29/09
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Filed under: Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Stocks to Sell, RecessionLooking over the recent history of America's automakers, one theme seems to stand out. Regardless of their situation, the economy, or the issue at hand, the Big Three have an almost preternatural ability to determine the most ...
Arm candy: The ultimate executive compensation
01/29/09
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Filed under: Forecasts, Rumors, Products and services, Blogs, Next big thing, Rich in America, Media World, Comic ReliefI have to admit that I'm a little naïve. While I've long since realized that rich men and pretty girls go together like frat parties and crab lice, I always assumed that the conn...
Arm candy: The ultimate executive compensation
01/28/09
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Filed under: Forecasts, Rumors, Products and services, Blogs, Next big thing, Rich in America, Media World, Comic ReliefI have to admit that I'm a little naïve. While I've long since realized that rich men and pretty girls go together like frat parties and crab lice, I always assumed that the conn...
2008: When Wall Street scandals started to sound like a Dickens novel
01/09/09
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I'm not sure when it happened, but I think that I've slipped into a Charles Dickens novel.I got my first clue that something was up back in September, when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. Amid scandals over bailouts and backroom deals, congressional testimony and AIG retreats, one figure quickl...
When in doubt, bail out!
12/29/08
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Filed under: Bad news, Politics, Housing, Recession, Financial CrisisWhen it comes to explaining the great subprime mortgage crisis of 2008, there appear to be three clear narratives. The first blames cynical or stupid borrowers who got in over their heads, lied on their applications, borrowed more t...
Madoff, airlines, Wall Street: We don't need no stinkin' regulation!
12/24/08
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As the sordid tale of Bernard Madoff continues to unspool, it has become increasingly clear that somebody -- in fact, a lot of somebodies -- were asleep at the switch. Beyond the standard warning signs, like Madoff's incredible secrecy, his surprisingly consistent rate of return, and the clubby natur...
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Madoff, Lehman, and suicidal stupidity
12/15/08
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Filed under: Bad news, Merrill Lynch (MER), Financial CrisisAt their base level, Ponzi schemes are incredibly simple: the schemer promises a consistent, impressive return on an investment, which he funds by soliciting new investors and using their money to pay off earlier investors. If the schemer ca...
Waiting for the other shoe to drop: The looming credit crisis
12/01/08
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Filed under: Columns, Recession, Financial CrisisI still remember when I realized that a real estate crisis was on its way. My wife and I were contemplating buying a home in Roanoke, Virginia, and began talking to a mortgage broker. When we saw the final offer, we realized that, if the real estate ma...
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Citigroup bailout sheds light on just what the taxpayers are buying
11/29/08
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Filed under: Citigroup Inc. (C), Bank of America (BAC), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Financial CrisisWe are unfortunately not privy to the backroom deals and promises that are passing between Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and the honchos who are benefiting from the government's massive bailout. However,...
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Next year's investment plan: What Obama's green energy economy might portend
11/29/08
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Filed under: Ford Motor (F), Home Depot (HD), PoliticsOver the past few months, as election rhetoric heated up and the economy has cooled, one of Barack Obama's recurring themes has been that the secret to America's future will be the development of an alternative-energy economy. To a populace that h...
Playboy's economic indicator: The Playmate Index
11/18/08
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Filed under: Forecasts, Economic data, RecessionRecently, various writers have been alluding to Terry Pettijohn's now-mythical survey of the relationship between Playboy Playmates and the economy. Pettijohn's argument is that, as times get tougher, male concepts of beauty shift toward more mature, st...
Playboy's economic indicator: The Playmate Index
11/18/08
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Filed under: Forecasts, Economic data, RecessionRecently, various writers have been alluding to Terry Pettijohn's now-mythical survey of the relationship between Playboy Playmates and the economy. Pettijohn's argument is that, as times get tougher, male concepts of beauty shift toward more mature, st...
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