The latest brain freeze out of our government is a tax on stock trades. A growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers and liberal economists are pushing hard for a tax on stock trades to pay for job creation. By levying a small fee when stocks, futures,...

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Agree with Tobin Smith. Rationalization? Sure. It does happen a lot.

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Well, it will be interesting to see if the market bounces back tomorrow. We are hitting the end of the month and beginning of December, which could see the monthly dollar-cost averaged cash enter the market. Or not. I hope we bounce back from friday. I...

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I'm still long the stock market. Haven't seen too big of reason to sell. I think the economy is recovering, and the bump up in the productivity numbers was nice to see at this point. It may be a bit before companies start hiring folks, but it...

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Bleh. Fighting a cold or flu. I think the former. Anyways, on the sofa watching movies for two days straight.

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