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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:40 PM Original message |
The stock market lost $1 trillion today. How can $750 billion be such an emergency? |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's in the wrong place |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. that is not real money |
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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Great point. I was thinking exactly the same thing! |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. See, that's where you're wrong. |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. yeah i agree... the market just got a dose of reality today, no more living in fantasyland n/t |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. a small dose |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I've long felt 9000 is closer to the real number on the DOW. |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sigh...... the market bet on the bailout happening, and when it failed, the market steamrolled.... |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. bull shit, it was falling when |
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sixmile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. If people only knew how the market really worked |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Exactly right |
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sixmile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I'm trying to convince a guy in another recent thread |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. When there's a massive sell-off and investors are in a full sell mode |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. most of them use that to pay off |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I was just wondering if that actually helps short-term liquidity |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. the biggest problem is all the credit |
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sixmile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. That is the crux of this crisis-plenty of money nowhere safe to put it |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Good point. n/t |
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