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President Decider (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:10 PM Original message |
** So what happens if the market totally crashes? ** |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. if people hold on to their stock instead of selling, NOT MUCH happens..... |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Yes, and when prices go down |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. my husband was talking yesterday about pulling out of stocks. i told him that would be foolish. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. As Long as the Business Is Profitable |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. I read yesterday that personal savings was at a all time high |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, if a panic is fed, |
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David Dunham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Say hello in 2012 to President Mitt Romney |
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freemarketer6 (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Yep. Without the slightest doubt, that is what's going to happen. I |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. su-u-u-ure there are |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
52. Nice |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. who you gonna shoot? |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. You mean the "tea-baggers" who showed up en masse in groups of 10, 20 &50 the other day |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Its exactly a Ponzi scheme. Its utter BS. |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. There's less left to lose than has already been lost |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nothing good. And I mean that. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
51. Exactly |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Stay away from rumors that money markets are about to break the buck. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's a merry-go-round |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's already almost fallen to 95-96 levels. |
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Festusss (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. 100% Truth |
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President Decider (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Good post! ..... I agree, she doesn't stop until she goes down to about 5K |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. We've put too much stock in the stock market |
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Festusss (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Imagine if the Bushies got their wish to privatize Social Security? n/t |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I shudder at the thought. The market is not the place for |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
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960 (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. It's happening in slow motion. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. That is people's retirements. Also, the GOP will take over if the stock market continues this way. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
21. Then my mother will be vindicated, never having trusted her money to Wall Street. |
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garryowenII (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. Relax people. |
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freemarketer6 (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yeah. I get to the next day based on your phillosophy. But I |
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garryowenII (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Which is exactly why the President needs to start |
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Festusss (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. The President needn't worry about Wall St.'s emotions... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I agree, its false advertisement. |
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nbsmom (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. Why don't u have any retirement savings of your own? |
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garryowenII (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I respectfully disagree. |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. AMEN |
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Festusss (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. I think we're on the same page here... |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Wow... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. They aren't worth the paper they are printed on |
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garryowenII (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. They are worth what they are worth. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. It isn't going to double for another 30 years |
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Louis-Emmanuel (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
28. it's not going to get to that point |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
31. you pull the plug for 20 seconds and do a cold start |
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President Decider (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. While meant as a joke .... I tend to agree with the tactic. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
33. Rapture. n/t |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. Then I lose the other half of my wealth. Other than that, nothing happens...nt |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. Then I'll shave my legs and go stand on the street corner... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. Such a freefall will not happen ina vacuum. It will fuel panic in other areas. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
46. The market's down because profits are down, and prospects are lousy. |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
47. K & R nt |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
48. Preferred stock holders (Directors, VPs...) screw the common stock holders in bankruptcy. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
50. What busnesses need way more of than they need capital from the stock market |
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cwcwmack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
53. not so bad... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
55. People aren't buying the stock market bullshit anymore. |
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