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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:59 PM Original message |
Ok for those not paying attention DOW down 250 points |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. A trip to Kinkos should fix that. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm wondering what the fed will do now? |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:04 PM Original message |
Coin toss as to whether the drop it .25 or .50 basis points... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think we have a winner |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Beginning of a melt down |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I'm not sure we are at the meltdown stage yet |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
74. December consumer spending will push it over the edge |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
94. Think about it: Shouldn't your question be, "What will our Congress do now?" because . . . . |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. That'll only land you a extended stay in the county hotel ! nt |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Been keeping an eye on it today |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:03 PM Original message |
I'm not surprised with the jobs numbers faling as they did |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. yeah, I checked into the Stock Market watch thread and turned on CNBC |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I was watching earlier... |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's why I shorted the market earlier this week... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. yawn |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I know that |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I know YOU know nb, just sayin' |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ever talk to your workplace |
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pwb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. this is bad. usually stocks move slowly in the summer. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. What's the dollar worth in Euros now ? under 75 cents ? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Game's Workshop ain't gonna like THAT one |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. As of this am, the Euro was 1.3690, breaking the 1.37 handle |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Saudis must be pissed. Oil trades in dollars. Their investments in US |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. Correction: Dow down 1.71% |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Except when they keep happening |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. I am hardly a bull |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. i've heard that before |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. More representative, perhaps, but it is still only a very small part of the economy |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #55 |
67. I like the fact that you mention the market can be manipulated pretty easily |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Hold it, we have gone from a yaer high of |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Not to be picky, but the high on the dow was 14,021.95 and that was intraday.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Given that fall is just oh five or six percent |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. You might want to learn a few things about how financial markets operate |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Perhaps you should drop your condesenction |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #64 |
75. Why? This entire thread is worthy of condesenction. Too many CNBC watchers. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Perhaps the word TREND should enter your vocabulary |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. Yes, let's look at trends |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. and it has lost how many points since the over the 14,000 |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #64 |
79. Yes, I get condescending at Dowists, as I would with anyone pushing pseudo-science |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. What part of the markets is the last place |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. also, on pretty thin volume... today's trading is not necessarily a bell-weather |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
89. You meant twenty basis points, didnt you? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. Watch the fed cut .25 percent off the prime lending rate. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I think they may go for .50 |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I agree with the .25% prediction |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. We are |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. I agree that inflation on common items is much higher than official reported inflation |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Here is how they are massaging the employment numbers |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. DAMN I'm PISSED! |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. NASDAQ at -2.06% and S&P -26.92 n/t |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. and they keep playing the bin laden tape..over and over again..don't look at the bottom tape.. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. CNN shows OBL at the Sydney summit meeting ! Who's this imposter ? eom |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Oh, it was hilarious. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Well it now under 2%... what will our bulls say now? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Some folks ARE that stupid EOM |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. yes they are!!! eom |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
32. bu$h* plan - leave the democrats a fucked up Iraqi war and a Katrina economy. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm sorry, I'm busy obsessing about some British mother in Portugal.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Good one |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I posted this, this morning before the markets even opened.. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. well we don't want to interrupt your daily dose of bullshit now do we?? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Or a republican caught wiht a live boy |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. Ah late trades |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. Buying Gold |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
46. U.S. stocks are still overvalued about 30 percent, IMHO |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. The current liquidity crisis has far too many paralells with 1929 |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. The shape of the '29 crash was virtually identical to the Nikkei '90 |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
66. They do look similar |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. IMHO, this may be akin of the 2000 NASDAQ bubble burst |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. They do and I am getting the sneaky that if we could |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #80 |
98. An analysis graph from 1800 to now I found on the web... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. HOLY SHIT! |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Here are the currency and equity price charts for the '97 Asia Crisis |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
47. "Is The US Economy Collapsing?" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Yeah I saw it as well |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. We owe it all to the wisdom of Bush-Cheney. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
53. Closing number: -249.97 |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I'm pulling all mine out. the hit I take doing it will probably be less |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Pull it out and pay off your house and your other debts, IMHO of course. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. Buy index puts....QQQQ's to start with.... |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
58. Why are you not amused? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. It's always the poor and working classes who suffer thre worst. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. I think a major recession/depression is coming. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
77. At the time, it was impossible to tell. It looked the best option at the time. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #77 |
92. Who thought it was the best option? |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
90. don't worry too much about some of us |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Back to basics. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. Great scene-- great movie. I'd forgotten that one for a long time :-) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. The poor and middle classes are the ones taking the brunt |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
69. That's IT...I'm pulling our $$$$$. At this point, I'd rather stick it under my mattress! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
70. And unlike the last big DOW drop, gold is way up. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Welcome to the club |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Gold can putter along for years doing hardly anything. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. That was our thought |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. it can be pretty awfully bad and you were surely sorry if you invested in the 80s |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. We had it in gov. Securities |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. I never said it should be a large part of anyone's portfolio, did I? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 02:55 AM Response to Reply #84 |
100. So you made a short term win in a latin america fund. Good for you. |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
85. FOX is blaming the OBL tape for the market fall. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Oh fer the 20 percenters anything FOX says is |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
95. Speculators profit -- but Americans pay for DEREGULATION in the end --- |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
97. Thanks for reminding me |
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