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mopinko

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10. my x works for cboe

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 4, 2019, 03:30 PM

Mar 2019

he always says the only way the business could fail was a decade of peace and prosperity.
they made so much money last year, in large part on the vix, that bonuses were up 50% over projections.
chaos makes the financial world go around. the market doesnt hate risk. they eat it for breakfast. it's where the big money is.

i'm gettin a little fat off this asshole, but i still want him to hang from the washington monument at the earliest possible moment.

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Dow Plunges Below 26,000 after Donald Trump Bashes Fed [View all] question everything Mar 2019 OP

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Actually, it is since he was elected. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #3

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My point is that whether from Election Day PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #6

Sure, sure. sandensea Mar 2019 #7

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Ummm....ok Bengus81 Mar 2019 #19

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Give him time Roy Rolling Mar 2019 #2

The fix started getting more volatile in 2007 and we know what happened the next year. kimbutgar Mar 2019 #5

my x works for cboe mopinko Mar 2019 #10

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