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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:32 PM Original message |
Could this be why the DOW is down??? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's part of it. but the fundamentals are prety bas as well. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. It would make sense. We already bailed them out once already. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yep. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. the stock market is down because a bad recession is coming |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I agree. When I read that hedge funds were doing the old "buying stocks on margin"... |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. OK, and buying on margin is bad trickery WHY? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. You do know that buying stocks on margin is one of the main reasons the market crashed in 1929? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Margin calls? If you fail to infuse sufficient funds, they liquidate your assets. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm hearing that hedge funds are leveraged 30 to 1, 100 to 1, and worse.... |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I *wish* my broker would extend me that kind of margin credit! |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. god, capitalism is such a void. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. And that was a poorly ran hedge fund |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. oooh. a capitalist. |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. This was the next phase... |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. yup, dumping day |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's part of the reason |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. Only a part of it |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. Also, on Black Friday... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Checkout the end of day volume for Tuesday... |
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Umbriage (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. No wonder McCain trails obama by 10% |
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