SNL: Obama's China Visit

It looks like SNL's writers have a much better command of economics than our policy makers.

America's middle class also deserves a wet kiss, an expensive dinner, and a double feature.





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Video: The Button

I like to think of the cast as follows:

• Mr. Mathison is Goldman Sachs
• "Someone somewhere in the world..." is the American taxpayer
• The button is Congress
• The million dollars is the bailout

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Dilbert: Plunge Protection Team

Clear signs of a manufactured rally:

• stocks rise on low volume
  
• the market is dependent on a global liquidity bubble
  
• the private sector is flat-lining
  
• cartoon dogs have a better grasp of reality than most portfolio managers

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Dilbert on Retirement Planning

As much as I like outside-the-box thinking, I don't expect to see this on the next CFP exam.

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You See What You Want To See

Hat tip to Financial Armageddon and Immobilienblasen for this little bit of comic relief. Actually, it perfectly sums up the current wave of optimism in which good news is good news, bad news is good news, no news is good news, and insightful financial news is nonexistent.

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Cartoon Break

You have to chuckle, particularly when you realize that Obama's compensation czar comes from a law firm that counts many of the large banks as clients.




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