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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:52 PM Original message |
7 years into Bush's Presidency, NASDAQ and S&P 500 are BELOW the level of his 1st day in office. |
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Darkhawk32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. The DJIA is now the same as a small-town savings account. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. I don't think I've seen any bank - small or large |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Well, 15% over seven years |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. And we still |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. and thats ignoring adjustment for inflation |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. And ignoring the loss in purchasing power of the dollar: let's all chant, four more years |
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Jack from Charlotte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Yes. Adjusted for inflation, this is the worst record since Republican, Herbert Hoover.... |
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Serial Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. The greed of the big investors... |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Ah, the joys of a 'puke maladministration |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. And a gallon of gasoline costs over three times as much. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't think |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The DJIA is down ~14% from its Oct. 2007 record high. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's not all down... Oil, Gas and Defense have all done superbly... check this out: |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Can you do this same graph, starting 1/22/2001 ? |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Mind boggling and it hasn't come anywhere near bottom |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. great post, Roland! |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. That's both good and sad to hear but it's at the least an awakening. |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Word spreading, folks. Good post Roland. |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. Don't forget that each dollar is worth 40% less now... nt |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, dontcha know that's why billionaires and CEOs need tax cuts? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. I guess you didn't invest in Halliburton. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. Where is Ozymandius the financial guru? Where are those posts? |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Over here in the SMW thread. :-) |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. ...which defaulted to the Late Breaking News thread... but thanks anyway. |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Yesterday's SMW is at the link quoted. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Thanks for the clarification, Ghost Dog. |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Today's SMW thread is here: |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Again, you are appreciated. |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. You guys are such liars! |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Fox Busines...sounds like something 60 Minutes would have investigated. |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. See (even) here today (video): |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. Almost 20 years of a sideways market between the 1960's |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
25. IIRC they were boasting just last year.... |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
26. But if you invested outside the U.S. you're doing fine. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Cheney did that afew years ago, and Poppy's Carlyle Group is on a us buying binge... |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
27. I'm really livin' it up with that $300 tax refund - yeah boy! |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
29. It took 7 years to find out those dudes are cronies; inept, lazy, and serial BULLIES?? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. Oil is at an all-time high |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
34. And Frat Boy's "economic stimulus" just went over like a lead zeppelin |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
40. he also had a net job loss in his first term; first time since herbert hoover. nt |
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