Speculation at Wallstrip: Finance Web Show and Podcast with Julie Alexandria

Wallstrip focuses on a potential scapegoat for our failing economy: YOU.

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Adam Jay 3 months ago

okay i love the image puns and all , but the “It’s Pat!” reference flew right over my head… care to elaborate ?

alfonso 3 months ago

That was fun. Yeah, i bet you have trouble getting dates!!!! What the hell was that all about.

Jeff Garlick 3 months ago

The “It’s Pat!” reference was intended to illustrate speculation - is Pat a He or She! lol!

Another GREAT segment - Always nice to see your smiling face and wicked wit Julie! :-)

I feel like a complete idiot; kept waiting for the “Ask Julie” segment and only after the video finished did I notice that the “Ask Julie” box is no more, unless of course it’s hidden and I’m not seeing it. Oh well, great episode, got in plenty of laughs so thank you for a wonderful start to the weekend.

As related to the show, people only believe in a free market if things go well, if things go badly we’re all about socialism and a government bailout. If it is going to keep happening this way I say the taxpayers should get a return on their investment when things go well if we’re footing the bill when they don’t. But somehow ‘fair to the people’ and ‘government’ are mutually exclusive…

Andy Swan 3 months ago

Abe…there are plenty of us who “believe” in free markets even when things don’t go well. Many of us who believe that companies should not be allowed to get “to big to fail” (force spinoffs), and who cringe at the idea of government bailing out the inept among us, effectively squashing the long-term benefits of competition and punishment for poor management.

Abe 3 months ago
Was the ellipse you sighing in print? Just wondering.

I know there are plenty of people that don’t believe in bailouts, there just seems to be too few of said people in positions of power. The idea of forced spin-offs is a new one to me, and my question to you is at what point would it have to occur, or, how do you know when a company has gotten too large and needs to be broken up? I definitely think companies should be punished for poor management per the market (or if they do something illegal the justice department as well) and am fully aware that short-term pain that leads to long-term gain is a positive. Our government seems set up at times against that idea, though, so who knows?

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- Andy Swan 3 months ago
  Here is the test for every public corporation in America: If this company were to go bankrupt tomorrow, would the federal government need to bail it out? If yes, force the breakup, just as is done with monopolies.
  
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bobo12 3 months ago

I LOVE FREE ECONOMY!

Gabby 3 months ago

Bring back ASK JULIE!

Trina 3 months ago

Your Right Julie it is our fault be cause we elected this boob for president and look what he is doing letting our economy go down the drain….Free Market? Imagine that.

Julie Alexandria 3 months ago
I agree - it is shameful that we as a country have elected (a 2nd time!) quite possibly the wost president EVER. Not only is the economy suffering, so is our global reputation and our ties with foreign markets. whoever takes over the White house next - has a HUGE mess to clean up.

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- Andy Swan 3 months ago
  Jules don’t dispair! The prez has very little power over the economy compared to congrsess and the fed….and nothing compared to the entrepreneurs and small busineses that always innovate us through the tough times!
  
  We just need a government that stays out of our damn way!!! :)
  
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  - Tim H. 3 months ago
    I’m with you Julie. If we had a president who spent more time working on diplomatic solutions instead of kicking butt with the military, we’d have a better reputation. I’m sure the huge deficit is not helping the economy either. Do you think the shrinking value of the dollar could have something to do with the cost of oil? I think so.
    
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- Jonathan P. Chance 3 months ago
  Why did Demoquacks let the Bush-Cheney regime steal two fake elections?
  
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GlobalRelations/message/257
  
  Since “both” Zionist parties are organized crime rackets, shouldn’t they be arrested, put on trial for treason, and banned from elections?
  
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Canada 3 months ago

I love those breasts…sorry, but they are fantastic! Please do not cover them up because of my immature comment.

SJP BLogger 3 months ago

I must admit I really did enjoy watching this video which seems to bring an obvious truth to the situation at hand. Many uneducated people in investments are just never going to get it, though. How things ended up the way they are. Great Video, Julia.

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me 3 months ago

But if I understand correctly, airline companies use the oil contracts to lock at the going price if they think the price of oil is set to rise. This is different from oil speculators whose “business” has no part of actual oil consumption. There is a difference, no?

Roop 3 months ago

Wow, typically I only watch this for mild entertainment but this episode was the most insightful one of them all.

I knew the speculation theory was a farce when that dutch investment firm was being investigated. SEC wanted to investigate this company who apparently caused $147/barrel oil with only a million dollars in oil futures. According to that logic, I my personal bank account could change world oil prices.

It’s too bad Julie didn’t mentioned the massive amount of oil consumption to the Strategic Oil Reserve this year.

Even congress can’t stop your madman of a president:
http://boards.hbo.com/topic/Maher-Hbo-Official/Congress-Urges-Bush/2000002270&