Other than Steve Jobs and option backdating, Apple has steered well clear of the government. Not so for Google.
The biggest news of 2010 is Google and it’s run in with government…not even ours.
Nothing scares me more than the government.
Let’s face it, when you get a letter from the IRS…you shiver…and even that is 99 percent junk mail.
Cornered cats do scary things. Our government is broke, but getting larger. That’s the opposite of what happens in the real world.
You and I can’t print money to pay our creditors. If we could print money, we would not work either.
When you are ‘Too Small to Fail’ you are left alone. When you get big, the competition notices and things get harder. If you get really big, your competition lobbies the government and you are toast.
2010 is going to be a tough one for big web companies.
“If you get really big, your competition lobbies the government and you are toast.”
Unless you have pre-stocked the government with alumni of your firm, in which case your competition is toast.
OT: When does the Stock Twits store open? And when is the best time to catch Phil on the phone during the day? I tried to f/u with him on Tuesday, but he was tied up when I called.
i missed that part of the rant. good catch.
we open in a few weeks. i will mention to phil
OK, thanks.
BTW, we’re putting the finishing touches on something else on my end now, something we’ve been working on since the first half of last year. I should be able to e-mail you a link in a few days. Might also be a candidate for your store.
“If you get really big, your competition lobbies the government and you are toast.”
Unless you have pre-stocked the government with alumni of your firm, in which case your competition is toast.
OT: When does the Stock Twits store open? And when is the best time to catch Phil on the phone during the day? I tried to f/u with him on Tuesday, but he was tied up when I called.
i missed that part of the rant. good catch.
we open in a few weeks. i will mention to phil
OK, thanks.
BTW, we're putting the finishing touches on something else on my end now, something we've been working on since the first half of last year. I should be able to e-mail you a link in a few days. Might also be a candidate for your store.
What it will take to reallocate your business and register it in another country for tax purposes? How long before other US companies do the same?
What it will take to reallocate your business and register it in another country for tax purposes? How long before other US companies do the same?
there are not that many day traders. that was 1999. now its machines.
this is the least owned rally of all time.
You and I also cannot print money to fuel one of the biggest bear-market rallies in history. Oh wait, we can trade it in lay-up long after lay-up long, which is the same thing. Today, all us day-traders are the Fed. Welcome to the new new free market.
there are not that many day traders. that was 1999. now its machines.
this is the least owned rally of all time.
I use the term “day-trader” loosely, and anyone who steps up must indeed run the machine gauntlet. But I agree with you, it is one of the least-owned. Not to overstate/endlessly repeat the logical case in deeply illogical times, but perhaps that really is because it is one of the least-justified.
You and I also cannot print money to fuel one of the biggest bear-market rallies in history. Oh wait, we can trade it in lay-up long after lay-up long, which is the same thing. Today, all us day-traders are the Fed. Welcome to the new new free market.
I use the term “day-trader” loosely, and anyone who steps up must indeed run the machine gauntlet. But I agree with you, it is one of the least-owned. Not to overstate/endlessly repeat the logical case in deeply illogical times, but perhaps that really is because it is one of the least-justified.
nah…i rarely short other than for a swing trade
Does your blog view on Government Risk leads you to think …Short Big Company…? $$
nah…i rarely short other than for a swing trade
Does your blog view on Government Risk leads you to think …Short Big Company…? $$