Politics and trading “should” mix. If speaking only from a technical analysis point, no, not really. However, if you want a (banking) system that is resistant to bubbles and crashes and creates real savings and real investment, then yes politics is very important. What good is it to be a millionaire if a million dollars [...]

Someone makes up a company, and needs capital to expand the business.   An investor gives the company money.  Why would the company want to give it back? This is why a crash once in a while is a good thing.  A crash keeps it real.  If its unreal for too long you get a depression. [...]

Required educational material. http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6062018 http://www.dailynewscaster.com/2008/10/18/john-stossel-politically-incorrect/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/19/usforeignpolicy.russia Develop a missile defense system. It’s a novel way to take your own life. Just as Russia demonstrates what happens to former minions that annoy it, Poland agrees to host a US missile defence base. The Russians, as Poland expected, respond to this proposal by offering to turn the country into a parking lot. [...]

They care about being elected. This is an exercise in interest of electing someone who represents the American people. First one must find out what Americans (democrat OR republican or those other guys) can agree on.  Please, write a comment on what is important to all U.S. citizens.