A rather depressing article, I think. Do all of those who have their savings wiped away by the inflation have any right to be angry?? Should there be some change in the rules to prevent it from happening?? Is that even possible at this point?

As for the election approaching, and those recently past, we need the option of a "NO Confidence " vote, a means to REJECT all of the party candidates and demand some who are not those presented. ONLY by forcing the parties to offer better choices can we get better choices. We really DO need the choice of saying "NONE OF THE ABOVE." It is available in some other countries, certainly it is needed here and now. Much more useful than all of those nut-job militia folks could be, and far less destructive. I REALLY do not like destruction.

interesting indeed, but not encouraging from where I stand.

Interesting article indeed. My take has been that if it looks like a fraud, wlks like a fraud, and stinks like a fraud, it probably is a fraud. I have thought that the whole options activity should be FAR more closely regulated, and only allowed on a cash basis, with NO LEVERAGING permitted. Just recall quite a few years back with gas at $4+ per gallon?

This was certainly an educational article, and it should serve as a caution to those design teams that they need to consider sourcing along side of performance.

It does seem that an equally weighted index would give a better picture of reality, but perhaps there are other consideration, such as size. So the best idea is to understand what each means and use the results accordingly.

More inflation on the fed's agenda, and the unavoidable result of inflation is that my saving buy less than they did before. That is how inflation works, unfortunately it does that the most to those who can nafford that the least,

My thinking is that a lot of folks will have a reason to be rather angry. Unfortunately there is no legal direct recourse, and the not-legal recourse would be rather violent and bloody. Perhaps at some point a presidential candidate will comment on what changes or regulation they would attempt on the fed,, but I rather doubt that will happen. But certainly it should. A revolution at the voting poles is far less destructive, but probably more disruptive.

Quite an interesting history tale. But I offer that a diverse list of winners will not represent the total of all of them And so while the DLAI is sort of a good representation, perhaps better than many, it may still not be an accurate representation. Good enough, perhaps, but that is rather relative.

An interesting article about an interesting product and the company producing it. Certainly there appears to be some market for the product, which is always a requirement for success. The long term is less clear because the ultimate market may not expand as much as is hoped.

The report is that the recovery is slowing all around, described as "a loss of momentum." I would use a different term, but certainly the implication is correct. Recovery builds on recovery, no question about that.

Unfortunately it does look like the worst may still lie ahead, although it will be interesting to see what effect the vaccination program in China will produce. The results of a not completely verified cure will be very educational.

This article is quite Interesting but a bit disturbing.

Given that a few principals at the Fargo Bank have been tried and convicted in federal courts, that organization is in a quite separate situation from the rest of the banking industry. At least so far.

The other banks might be a good very long term investment for those with money to invest in very long term things. Certainly there will be a recovery eventually,( probably.)

If there is no recovery then the loss will not be the greatest problem at all.