All Forum Posts by: Carlton Ellis

On top of everything you mention a major compoent for a inflationary economy just doesn't exist in the United States and that's significant WAGE GROWTH.

Middle class wage growth has basically been stagnant for the past 30 years. The current economic situation has a job market that is barely limping along and I've just recently read that 40% of the new jobs being created are low wage fast, retail or service jobs.

There will be some commodity inflation due to increased demand from emerging market countries and things like crop shortages. But we are seeing nothing like the factors that cause substantial inflation in the 1970's.

Smart Man! :mrgreen:

There is a increase in worldwide demand that is driving commodity prices and it is a long term trim. When you combine that with uncertainty in the currency markets i.e. the whole issue of the debt ceiling the problems with Greece, Spain and Portugal commodites have become a "Safe Haven" as well as their normal roles in industry and agriculture.

I don't know if you going to be cranking out 45% returns in the coming years but it's a good sector to be invested in long term.,

It's been a great playoff season so far.

How many people actually thought the Mavs would beat the Lakers and do it in four STRAIGHT?

Nobody saw the Memphis Grizzlies beating the Spurs. I give them credit for taking the Thunder to seven games. The Grizzlies played with great effort and heart.

I'm not suprised Boston got beat by the Heat. They were never the same team after the Kendrick Perkins trade. They need rebounding and more athletic players. The big three still have some mileage in them but they need help.

I think the Chicago Bulls are the best team in the NBA. They have great defense, unselfish offense and Derrick Rose is awesome.

I'm looking for a Mavs - Bulls NBA Final with the Bulls in sex.

This is not neccessarily a but thing for the U.S.A if you look at the big picture. The European Union is one of our largest trading partners. If the Euro contnues to decline in value then the value of the dollar increases in relation to it. If this goes too far then U.S. exports aren't going to be price competitive in Europe. This in turn hurts us and our economic recovery. The economic interest of the United States are best served by having a stable European Union.

The first question I have to ask is how much of chance does a proposition like this have to pass in a general election?

Remember people can propose whatever they want. First it has to make it on to the ballot and second people have to vote on it. If people in California want to give undocumented immigrants the right to vote they deserve whatever they get.

Where these economies don't "Play by the rules" are in other areas, like the amount of equity a foreigner and hold in publically traded companies, the amount of control they have on imports to their countries', the difficulty in setting and doing business in these countries etc. The laws in India and China definite favor their citizens when it comes to business ownership, investment and trade moreso than most western European countries and the U.S.A.

I'm eager to here more about the events that actually led up to the explosion from other sources. But this looks like a classic case where safety took a back seat to profits.

If I was going to play devils advocate here I'd even go as far as saying having UAV with camera's may be more efficent and cost effective than having fix based closed circuit cameras.

And no I'm not in favor of unfettered police surveillance but the reality is that technology allows national security and law enforcement agencies access to people and personal information like never before. Unless there is a massive public outcry against it I don't see it changing.