[Lazamataz]

Tank-MacNamara bump.

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wait a minute!

bill clinton broke the business cycle. . .

islam is a religion of peace . . .

the check's in the mail. . .

it's not you, it's me. . .

[RightWhale]

Looking at GM's latest dividend, it appears to be 50 cents on a stock of about $50 per share. If the dividend is quarterly, that amounts to a 4% annual return on investment. GM is paying a dividend; many other comapanies pay less or none at all. Bonds do better, some even twice as well, although muni nontaxable pay 50% more. Stock price of GM could drop to 2/3 to half its present level to achieve parity with bond return. DJIA could end up 4500 to 6000 if all the stocks were as good as GM. This would assume that stock prices are going to stay at that level and get-rich-quicker people don't bid them up again.