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"If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed." -Ben Franklin
As all eyes and ears will focus on Ben Bernanke this week, might I suggest we look to the words of a real genius and a quintessential American, Ben Franklin 1706-1790 (US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer and thinker). Though we may live in very different times and are separated by a couple hundred years or so, I encourage you to ask yourself if any of these quotes have lost any value in the age of high frequency trades and electronically traded funds. I will seek to apply his germane wisdom to the company Sirius XM, the stock (SIRI) and more generally to SIRI investors.
"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." -Ben Franklin
Sirius XM has had thousands of pages of historical, anecdotal and regulatory information written about it and available online to educate you. Its launch as a business over a decade ago was rightly seen as a threat to the mainstream terrestrial radio broadcasters and to the oversight and regulatory authority of the FCC. Many roadblocks designed to delay, derail, disassemble and destroy had to be negotiated, reconciled or circumvented in order to gain traction on the road to its current viability. Many requirements were imposed and many concessions were made along the way and it remains logical to expect that many more will come. Many daily opinions are...
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