The Dow futures are down almost 200 points

[4 t 4]

I know to everyone that is going to say if we didn't do the bail out it would be down alot more, but really no one knows for sure. IMHO the bail out was a very bad idea there were many more way to go about it. We were all sold out!

[lostnotforgotten]

1. Agree Completely - All Those That Favored The Bailout Seem Missing In Action

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[4 t 4]

3. I think I've only seen

a couple of post today reiterating how we need the bail out. Also Chicago Tribune had about 1 small article about. Pathetic!

[ShadowLiberal]

2. They were saying on morning shows today it'll take months to know if the bailout worked or not

[TahitiNut]

5. Most proponents were claiming the "confidence" would stop the market slide.

These, of course, were of the Greater Fool School of market dynamics ... believers in the "con game."

The other, more traditional (boring) school, that actually does research and analysis, obviously understands which specific companies are financially vulnerable to the herd instinct (constipation) driving the financial sector and are moving their capital to safer climates.

[MUAD_DIB]

4. If the DOW were, let's say, to sink below the 9k mark then

it will only reinforce to the American populace that things aren't "Okay" and that will not bode well for the GOP.

It was the unfettered deregulation of the markets that has gotten the USA into this mess.

[TahitiNut]

8. Just a nit ...

"populace" is the noun and "populous" is the adjective. :shrug:

http://grammartips.homestead.com/populous.html

[MUAD_DIB]

9. Know it all.

Thanks. :hi:

[Selatius]

6. The Dow is still overvalued anyway.

When a bubble pops, things fall down. Right now, things are falling. The key is in preventing a market-distorting bubble from ever appearing.

[TexasObserver]

10. Yes, at least 1000 points.

[roamer65]

7. The credit crisis is going viral. We need a global intervention now of at least $5T.

Otherwise this will make the First Great Depression look like a picnic.