God bless US President Obama

[Chuck Bao]

President Obama is saying all the right things during his trip to Asia, in my opinion. First US president to meet with the leaders of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and he calls them partners.

I'm very pleased that President Obama decided to use his meeting with ASEAN leaders to put pressure on Burma to free Aung San Suu Kyi. The previous policy of ignoring ASEAN and the situation in Burma was clearly not working.

And, ASEAN has a 600 million population with a hodge podge of Muslim, Christian, Buddhist and Hindu.

I think President Obama has left for China this morning. The Chinese markets are welcoming him with Hong Kong up 1.49% and Shiang Hai up 1.80%. I told Thai investors to buy and keep buying this morning and thankfully that is panning out.

I told investors that I believe that Obama's trip will yield results whether it is apparent or not. China may not give anything away during the visit, but currency markets are likely to anticipate a more amicable relationship and understanding to resolve the imbalance of trade issue in an orderly manner that still protects China as the largest holder of US government debt.

Correct or not?

[Curly Bill]

I'm sure this'll work out just as awesome as everything else Brack has laid hands on.

[Petro-Sooner]

Hail dear leader...............

[Chuck Bao]

I'm sure this'll work out just as awesome as everything else Brack has laid hands on.

Apparently so. And, it is working out pretty damn well for me. I told investors (and I email my comments to 40,000 investors each morning) that the Thai stock market is going to fly. Either President Obama is good or I am. Probably both of us...

[Curly Bill]

Glad Brack is doing good by someone then.

[Ardmore_Sooner]

I guess I don't frequent enough, but what exactly do you do Chuck? Sounds like a very interesting business life.

[PDXsooner]

the problem with barack obama is that he thinks too big for most small-minded americans. large-scale solutions for large-scale problems aren't like a mcdonalds drive-thru where you can get your quick and easy big-mac. many things take 10-20 years to truly change. healthcare, a change in energy policy (one where we're not directly funding our enemies), etc. are like turning a cruise ship. slow and steady.

of course, as americans we wanted the meaning to life and all other things solved in the first 6 months. and naturally, those who didn't want obama to win were going to pounce on him and rip apart his every move regardless of what he does...

i can't express how thankful i am that he is our president.

[Petro-Sooner]

the problem with barack obama is that he thinks too big for most small-minded americans. large-scale solutions for large-scale problems aren't like a mcdonalds drive-thru where you can get your quick and easy big-mac. many things take 10-20 years to truly change. healthcare, a change in energy policy (one where we're not directly funding our enemies), etc. are like turning a cruise ship. slow and steady.

of course, as americans we wanted the meaning to life and all other things solved in the first 6 months. and naturally, those who didn't want obama to win were going to pounce on him and rip apart his every move regardless of what he does...

i can't express how thankful i am that he is our president.

Thats comedy at its best!!

[Chuck Bao]

I'm head of research for the largest brokerage firm in Thailand. Small by US standards, but 40 branches, 600 marketing officers and 30-50,000 active retail accounts. What I do is panic each morning at 5am staring at a blank screen until I can come up with something useful and that unfortunately involves paraphrasing news of what is happening in the US. Yeah, I hate that and it is stupid. The cool thing is that I call the market and our stock picks tend to do very well.

[Curly Bill]

the problem with barack obama is that he thinks too big for most small-minded americans. large-scale solutions for large-scale problems aren't like a mcdonalds drive-thru where you can get your quick and easy big-mac. many things take 10-20 years to truly change. healthcare, a change in energy policy (one where we're not directly funding our enemies), etc. are like turning a cruise ship. slow and steady.

of course, as americans we wanted the meaning to life and all other things solved in the first 6 months. and naturally, those who didn't want obama to win were going to pounce on him and rip apart his every move regardless of what he does...

i can't express how thankful i am that he is our president.

LOL, that's good stuff.

[Chuck Bao]

the problem with barack obama is that he thinks too big for most small-minded americans. large-scale solutions for large-scale problems aren't like a mcdonalds drive-thru where you can get your quick and easy big-mac. many things take 10-20 years to truly change. healthcare, a change in energy policy (one where we're not directly funding our enemies), etc. are like turning a cruise ship. slow and steady.

of course, as americans we wanted the meaning to life and all other things solved in the first 6 months. and naturally, those who didn't want obama to win were going to pounce on him and rip apart his every move regardless of what he does...

i can't express how thankful i am that he is our president.

Agree.

I also think that the stock market does not like change. Bailouts definitely yes, but change, no. Uncertainty requires a risk premium even if the changes are for the good. Obama has his detractors here, but he is rock star in Asia and apparently in Europe.

[LosAngelesSooner]

I'm sure this'll work out just as awesome as everything else Brack has laid hands on.

Then it'll probably work out pretty damn good.

I mean...it COULD turn out like everything Dubya laid HIS hands on...

[Ardmore_Sooner]

the problem with barack obama is that he thinks too big for most small-minded americans. large-scale solutions for large-scale problems aren't like a mcdonalds drive-thru where you can get your quick and easy big-mac. many things take 10-20 years to truly change. healthcare, a change in energy policy (one where we're not directly funding our enemies), etc. are like turning a cruise ship. slow and steady.

of course, as americans we wanted the meaning to life and all other things solved in the first 6 months. and naturally, those who didn't want obama to win were going to pounce on him and rip apart his every move regardless of what he does...

i can't express how thankful i am that he is our president.

Wouldn't the same hold true then for the past administration(s) and the way the economy went during their time in office?

[PDXsooner]

LOL, that's good stuff.

thanks!

[LosAngelesSooner]

LOL, that's good stuff.

Yet incredibly accurate, unfortunately.

[LosAngelesSooner]

Wouldn't the same hold true then for the past administration(s) and the way the economy went during their time in office?

What we are seeing now are the effects of his time in office.

[Curly Bill]

Then it'll probably work out pretty damn good.

I mean...it COULD turn out like everything Dubya laid HIS hands on...

Dead horse homeboy! "W" has left the building.

You libs need to come up with a better defense for your boy than: "W" sucked just as bad. I admit "W" sucked, now what about the idjit that's in there now???

[Ardmore_Sooner]

What we are seeing now are the effects of his time in office.

Yeah, cause that's exactly what I said.

I was actually agreeing with him and trying to make the point that both sides do the same crap whenever their guy isn't in office.

[LosAngelesSooner]

Dead horse homeboy! "W" has left the building.

You libs need to come up with a better defense for your boy than: "W" sucked just as bad. I admit "W" sucked, now what about the idjit that's in there now???

Not what I said, Homeboy.

Dubya is INFINITELY worse than President Obama has ever been, even on his worst day.

[Curly Bill]

Not what I said, Homeboy.

Dubya is INFINITELY worse than President Obama has ever been, even on his worst day.

How many Brack bumper stickers you have on your Prius anyway?