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Correct. Fracking was a useful bridge to independence from foreign oil when the renewable energy technology was still in its infancy, but it was never a panacea to long term independence because it still left us vulnerable to OPEC price manipulation. Mind you the price manipulation this time...

Fracking’ s problem is that OPEC can always produce oil cheaper and can effectively put the frackers out of business by increaing supply thereby driving down the price and making it too expensive to frack. And because all the frackers are so heavily leveraged, they can’t handle oil Prices below...

I still remember those TV commercials.

I would argue that what has made Apple and Amazon so attractive, versus the Palm Pilot of which I owned one, is their diversification. Apple is still a product company, for now. Amazon still sells goods. And these are still their core businesses, but as others on here have noted, these...

I think about selling both stocks every day. And then every day I talk myself out of it. Amazon and Apple have done a great job of figuring out our economy and what consumers want. oddly Enough Google has not kept pace. any of you have any opinions why Google doesn’t seem to keep pace?

I agree with you. Everyone hopes to hit it big by discovering a company just as it was starting its ascension. And that type of lucky buy may happen 1-2 times in a lifetime of longterm investing. But there is nothing wrong from an investment perspective in finding a good company and riding...

I have found a relatively easy way to make money in the market. Youwon't get the highest returns possible, but your risk is very low and your returns will be steady: Amazon. I don't have all my money in Amazon because there is this pest in my head that keeps telling me to diversify. But the...

I am not posturing at all. China is, and has been an economic threat to us for over 50 years. But everyone with any sense has known this for years. This is just the chickens coming home to roost. I assume you are well versed in Malcolm X and will understand the quote

First, the president did make the stock market political by touting the gains, but we will leave that alone. China is a problem of our own making. The Chinese offered cheap labor, no regulations, no employment law, and a haven for greedy global capitalists. And now we are mad because we wake...

It’s hard to separate the stock market from politics when the president spent 3 years touting the stock market as his best example of the success of his administration. Trump made the market political. you were asked some very fair questions but chose to deflect. Your deflection is to itself...

The rally is c0mpletely fed induced. In my opinion what is occurring is that the market is betting that the Fed will keep everything artificially afloat until such time as there is a vaccine and then the free market can step back in and resurrect the economy in reality. But this Fed fueled...