Aren't U.S. investors the craaaaziest peoples?

Of course, it is well known that CEOs are under tremendous pressure to produce short term profits because of stock market pressures. That said, investors everywhere are crazy people. They are controlled by their emotions, as one NOVA episode revealed recently. In Holland, there was a tulip bubble. People paid enormous amounts for tulips because they can sell them for even more money to other people. Substitute housing for tulips and you have a housing bubble in the USA that mirrored the tulip bubble. It is what economists warned us: irrational exuberance. That is because when people make money, their brain releases chemicals, the same chemical that cocaine induces. That means when people are making money in the stock market, they get a cocaine high. They become addicted, just like cocaine users. that is where the "exuberance" come from. Last that I checked, cocaine addicts are not known for being rational. Cocaine users need bigger and higher highs, and stock market traders need greater and greater returns for their investment. The results for both are not pretty.

Again, we don't care what you think of us. If you think we're imperialistic, then remove your cranium from your rectum, and study world history a little more. As we say here, "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence." America may not be perfect -- we're far from it -- but until another country can boast of the same freedoms we have here, then shove it. If you hate us so much, fight us, and see what happens. (Maybe that'll make Americans come together a little more.) It seems to be working so far, doesn't it? Sorry, but sometimes it's survival of the fittest.

Correct, and they want to be mandated a profit while the socialize risks (and they call that the Free Market).

B/P made over $6. BILLION last quarter. Their stockholders won't suffer from the destruction of our eco system from Louisiana to Florida. Their liability is limited to $75 Million by law. And even if it were not, the Republican Supreme Court would knock their liability down to almost nothing, which is what they did in the Exxon-Valdez case. Pennies on the dollar while today you can still put a shovel on an Alaskan Beach and still get oil some plus 20 years later. Andf Exxon paid no taxes in the US.

yeah right, try again...if you think only investors in the US are looking for quick profits in the markets all of the time. There will always be day traders and those who invest conservatively in order to supplement their income.

Get a clue.

You say that as if all investors are conservative. That simply is not the case.

Clinton gave China favored Trading status and signed NAFTA. Another fact Liberals seem to deny. Talk about opening up business in China?

What is wrong with making money from overseas orders?

Your article points to the failure of Socialism.

They want to earn money... doesn't everyone? Doesn't sound crazy at all to me.

Investors are not going to create jobs for the sake of creating jobs, or to make Obama look better. They will do it if they find the work they need done worthwhile for someone else to do. You would do the same.

If you want an export economy you have to make sure that your currency isn't too strong, otherwise foreign buyers can't afford to buy what you're selling.

wow....for your sake, I really hope that you haven't taken High School economics yet...

...I work with several manufacturers that would not have survived the past two years if it weren't for orders from Europe....now that it looks like that segment will be going away, it will be interesting to see just how well the "Obama Recovery" does on its own merits...

I would say so

Here in the US when the stock market is down it is alright with me because often prices go down for products as well .

The lack of government regulation on "competition laws" is part of the problem