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Egalitarian Thug

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14. Listing all the ways the DJIA is meaningless would be TLTR. But it is something that we can

Reply to badtoworse (Reply #12)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:27 PM

Jul 2012

point to and get people to nod their heads, so why not.

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1/20/2009, the DJIA closed @ 7949. As of a minute ago, it was 13094 [View all] OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 OP

But, but, but the Repukes assured me Obama was anti-business. Scuba Jul 2012 #1

Odd how the real world economy most of us live in hasn't done nearly as well.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #2

28 straight months of positive job growth.... longer stretch than ever under Bush scheming daemons Jul 2012 #3

If I recall your posts correctly you're doing pretty well financially.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #8

I'm not certain to whom you are responding, but I'll reply. OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #10

I'll second that. 99Forever Jul 2012 #20

Start with this - On July 14, 2008 George W. Bush was President OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #9

The connection between the Dow and the real economy is tenuous at best, MadHound Jul 2012 #4

Many of us watching the market and commenting on other message boards agree... cbdo2007 Jul 2012 #5

Our GDP is certainly not decreasing. nt dmallind Jul 2012 #41

The pugs screamed it would be down to 3,000 because of Obama. They crowed about it before then. freshwest Jul 2012 #6

Almost doubled.....nt nanabugg Jul 2012 #7

The Dow actually hit its low on March 9, 2009 doc03 Jul 2012 #11

Unless you had the stones to buy in at that level... badtoworse Jul 2012 #12

The point is that the markets have trended upward during President Obama's tenure OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #13

It went up about 35% during his reign before it crashed. Another instance of the meaninglessness Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #17

So we cheer bubbles and fraud now? girl gone mad Jul 2012 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #25

I posted it mostly as a response to GOP claims about the price of a gallon of gas that I see all the OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #30

Listing all the ways the DJIA is meaningless would be TLTR. But it is something that we can Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #14

it's not meaningless if you have your IRA in the market, which many people do. spanone Jul 2012 #16

Like I said, getting people to nod their heads. That's politics. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #19

repeating yourself. now that's profound. spanone Jul 2012 #26

Many do. Many more do not, and even more had them and had to cash out all or part of it Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #33

Is it any more meaningless than pointing to the price of a gallon of regular gas? OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #23

Exactly, these facts are political theater. I don't know why they work so well, but they do. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #31

I was telling people here to buy in like crazy....and was practically excommunicated because of it. cbdo2007 Jul 2012 #18

And Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #34

If it does down that's even better, you get the same stocks you were already buying on sale. cbdo2007 Jul 2012 #36

You missed the point and didn't even think about, let alone answer, the question. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #38

I did answer it - dollar cost averaging. cbdo2007 Jul 2012 #39

No, you didn't. Like every sales weasel in the world, you always say that now is the time to buy. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #40

do you have a better plan for retirement??? cbdo2007 Jul 2012 #44

It's what 98% of the people that have any retirement plan are depending on, that's a far cry from Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #45

Just give me one that doesn't include stock market leverage....that should be sufficient. cbdo2007 Aug 2012 #46

and business hates Obama....????? spanone Jul 2012 #15

It's amazing how the market talking heads keep pushing that point Johonny Jul 2012 #35

I notice the calls going out for people to invest in stocks now.... Evasporque Jul 2012 #21

What stops you from doing that if you can predict it? dmallind Jul 2012 #42

Despite GOP obstruction cbrer Jul 2012 #22

Unemployment dropping is always the best outcome OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #27

DOOOOMED! WUR DOOMED! IT'S GOING DOWN TO 200!! DOOOOMED! Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #28

Oh yes I would dmallind Jul 2012 #43

See, Bush's policies Politicalboi Jul 2012 #29

The Dow isn't the greatest indicator of how the economy's doing. Arkana Jul 2012 #32

My investments always do better with a DEMOCRATIC B Calm Jul 2012 #37