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Demeter

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23. Exciting markets

Reply to Tansy_Gold (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 11:51 AM

Aug 2015

djia dropped 1000 points at open, fought back 500 at noon....

s&p 500 dropped 100 (getting close to circuit breaker limit) and rebounded 50...

good to know the Plunge Protection Team is out there, throwing their money on the bonfire.
God forbid we should have "free markets" that can correct the excesses fostered by easy (counterfeit) money....

Come back tonight and view the ashes!

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STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 24 August 2015 [View all] Tansy_Gold Aug 2015 OP

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Manic reporting is right Warpy Aug 2015 #8

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Makes me so glad hamerfan Aug 2015 #30

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..... Fuddnik Aug 2015 #10

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More... MattSh Aug 2015 #12

more Tansy_Gold Aug 2015 #24

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The seasons have turned--today will only reach 70F Demeter Aug 2015 #18

Just had that last week... MattSh Aug 2015 #29

SLIPPING ON GREECE Demeter Aug 2015 #20

To recap TalkingDog Aug 2015 #21

Oh Myyyyyy Roland99 Aug 2015 #22

Minus 1000 pts on the Dow. Biggest dive I've ever seen. Hugin Aug 2015 #25

'tis but a flesh wound! Roland99 Aug 2015 #26

Stand by on the lego blood bath graphic. Hugin Aug 2015 #28

Exciting markets Demeter Aug 2015 #23

Demeter, thanks for making me smile! StoneCarver Aug 2015 #27

Ding! Ding! Ding! There's the bell and it's a... Hugin Aug 2015 #31

Thus ends the madness Roland99 Aug 2015 #32

So Roland, Are you taking up ambulance-chasing? Demeter Aug 2015 #33

A cameo...for now Roland99 Aug 2015 #34