Comments on: Stock Market Meltdowns – Why they will happen again and again and again

By: Cash Gain dot Com » Blog Archive » Mark Cuban on the cause of bank meltdowns — it’s not short-selling!

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:17:19 +0000

[...] media has given tremendous attention to the “evil short-seller conspiracy” idea but, on his blog, billionaire Mark Cuban offers a more sane alternative: “Risk and reward have been decoupled [...]

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Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:14:13 +0000

[...] true… for the most part it is not the case. Here is an interesting entry on Mark Cuban’s blog… LINK __________________ �I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.� – Justice Oliver Wendell [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:28:05 +0000

The Answer to Golden Parachutes is a Simple Tax Law change.
Any serverence Package greater than the person’s one year basic salary will be taxed at a rate of 99%
These guys should be able to find other employment in less than a year.

By: campton-stock market investing

campton-stock market investing — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:16:11 +0000

Mainly because of foreign investments,inflation of prices,natural calamities and political
issues the Stock Market Meltdowns.

By: MIA

MIA — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:46:21 +0000

Federal Reserve is “Privately Owned” is not part of the Federal government. Watch the video THE MONEY MATERS.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6076118677860424204

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Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:17:53 +0000

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By: Ron Wade

Ron Wade — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:50:21 +0000

Mark, Thanks for the heads up! Could Microsoft be next???

Microsoft Plans to Buy Back $40 Billion in Shares
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
REDMOND, Wash. — The software giant Microsoft said Monday that its board had approved a plan to buy back up to another $40 billion of its shares.

The program expires on Sept. 30, 2013, Microsoft said.

The company said it had completed its previous $40 billion stock repurchase program.

Microsoft also raised its quarterly dividend to 13 cents, from 11 cents. The dividend is payable Dec. 11 to shareholders of record on Nov. 20.

The company’s board has also authorized debt financings of up to $6 billion. As part of this authorization, Microsoft has established a $2 billion commercial paper program. The company plans to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including buybacks and financing for working capital.

Hewlett-Packard said on Sunday that its board also had authorized an additional $8 billion in share repurchases.

H.P. intends to use the additional authorization as part of its program to manage the dilution created by shares issued under employee stock plans and to repurchase shares opportunistically.

By: Jason Kemp

Jason Kemp — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:32:10 +0000

Hi Mark,

I wish it was so easy to offer a solution. I would agree that decoupling risk and reward must be fixed. It doesn’t look like John Thain at Merrill Lynch did very well

see http://www.247wallst.com/2008/09/how-much-will-j.html which notes that “shareholders can take some comfort in the fact that Thain isn’t getting rich off the deal.”

A small but high profile exception.

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Flintstone living- week 2 | Esrati — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:58:17 +0000

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By: Severing Risk And Reward « Roissy in DC

Severing Risk And Reward « Roissy in DC — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:19:26 +0000

[...] 21, 2008 by roissy Mark Cuban had a good post on his blog regarding the financial sector meltdown and what to do about it: If the government must step in and [...]