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by Tom Acre
Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:49 pm
Forum: Finance and Investments
Topic: Financial topics
Replies: 29822
Views: 15362051

Re: Financial topics

Like I was saying: World's central banks act to ease market strains http://finance.yahoo.com/news/worlds-central-banks-act-ease-131058888.html "Major central banks around the globe took coordinated action Wednesday to ease the strains on the world's financial system, saying they would make it easie...
by Tom Acre
Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:00 pm
Forum: Finance and Investments
Topic: Financial topics
Replies: 29822
Views: 15362051

Re: Financial topics

No, it can't go on forever, for the same reason that a Ponzi scheme can't go on forever ...because the number of people willing to participate is limited to "suckers." That number becomes reduced as people ... become aware that their friends have been defrauded. John I asked why it can't go on for ...
by Tom Acre
Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:23 am
Forum: Generational Theory
Topic: Generation-X culture vs Boomer culture
Replies: 346
Views: 165464

Re: 18-Nov-11 World View -- MF Global bankruptcy claims vict

Dear Tom, > I agree w/ everything except that its a "self-selection > process". And this is the subtle but extremely important point; > the Boomers grossly neglected their duty as gatekeepers and > selected the dishonest Xers. The Boomers thereby shaped the > institutions they inherited from Silent...
by Tom Acre
Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:00 pm
Forum: Generational Theory
Topic: Generation-X culture vs Boomer culture
Replies: 346
Views: 165464

Re: 18-Nov-11 World View -- MF Global bankruptcy claims vict

Dear Tom and Higgie, I've read through your stories and I agree with you that you were really screwed by Boomers. But your stories still illustrate the problems that I've been describing. Let's start with some things that I think we can probably all agree with: There are criminals in every generati...
by Tom Acre
Fri Nov 18, 2011 4:29 pm
Forum: Generational Theory
Topic: Generation-X culture vs Boomer culture
Replies: 346
Views: 165464

Re: 18-Nov-11 World View -- MF Global bankruptcy claims vict

Dear Tom, > I agree w/ "News site 'Politico' approves fraud by lawmakers", > except last time I looked most of the congresscritters are > Boomers, most of the leaders of these fraudulent financial > institutions are Boomers, and darn near 100% of the bosses who've > over the past 20 years pushed ou...
by Tom Acre
Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:53 am
Forum: Generational Theory
Topic: Generation-X culture vs Boomer culture
Replies: 346
Views: 165464

Re: 18-Nov-11 World View -- MF Global bankruptcy claims vict

I agree w/ "News site 'Politico' approves fraud by lawmakers", except last time I looked most of the congresscritters are Boomers, most of the leaders of these fraudulent financial institutions are Boomers, and darn near 100% of the bosses who've over the past 20 years pushed out the honest employee...
by Tom Acre
Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:47 pm
Forum: Finance and Investments
Topic: Financial topics
Replies: 29822
Views: 15362051

Re: Financial topics

I read a number of market commentators and message boards. Something struck me tonight. First, nobody is calling for a crash.... Second, all of the commentators ... are now bullish! Every single one of them! It's incredible! ... Third, the news is just crazy! ... Fourth, the trading boards are equa...
by Tom Acre
Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:54 am
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: 4-Nov-11 World View -- Greece buckles to European demands
Replies: 12
Views: 11195

Re: 4-Nov-11 World View -- Greece buckles to European demand

I think it's an interesting question, though. If you know the cycle, can it be broken? Generational theory hasn't been around for long and generational dynamics even less than that, so not many know of it. If everyone or the majority of people did, could it affect the cycle? The cycles are punctuat...
by Tom Acre
Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:47 am
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: 1-Nov-11 World View - China seeks military bases in Pakistan
Replies: 4
Views: 5273

Re: 1-Nov-11 World View - China seeks military bases in Paki

This has interesting implications generationally, as the trigger areas for the next crisis war are perhaps not the lines draw at the end of WWII but the lines drawn by the Civil Wars that followed in Asia: India/Pakistan, China/Taiwan, South Korea/North Korea, etc. This could shift and delay the ti...
by Tom Acre
Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:08 am
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: 2-Nov-11 WV-Euro in crisis again, as Greece melts down
Replies: 11
Views: 10076

Re: 2-Nov-11 WV-Euro in crisis again, as Greece melts down

How could current events make it any clearer to everyone that the Dollar is and will remain the world reserve currency, until ... as jdcpapa said, War. And not the GWOT type but the Crisis type, where everyone uses every offensive and defensive measure they have and starts inventing new ones. At tha...