DOW DOWN 400 + TODAY !!!!

[mendyweiss]

How much did you lose today ?

[Bob Impact]

<p>Nothing I keep my money in a tube sock carried by a farmer in a small vietnamese rice paddy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I've just be informed that the small vietnamese rice paddy lost 500 points today.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Great, just great.&nbsp;</p>

[feralBoy]

<p>At one point it was down 540 points.&nbsp; </p><p>My stocks are down 3.5% so far.&nbsp; awesome.&nbsp; 10 more minutes left in this bloodbath.</p>

[JPMNICK]

this is going to be a trend as housing drags this economy into the shitter. And it is all greenspans fault.

[cupcakelove]

<p>I knew all those tax breaks would work.&nbsp;</p>

[Don Stugots]

<strong>JPMNICK</strong> wrote:<br />this is going to be a trend as housing drags this economy into the shitter. &nbsp;<br /> <p>&nbsp;i can only hope.&nbsp; </p>

[KennethC]

<p>Guess I'll be dusting off the ol' apple stand.</p><p><img src="http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t058/T058918A.jpg" border="0" width="431" height="340" /></p>

[Jughead]

Replay shows everybody gets alot of there work done...&nbsp; I thought it would be up 400 points..Wait till tomorrow!!!board room Jimmy!!!.I lost 2.3%

[FezsAssistant]

of course - Dems in control.&nbsp;

[Marc with a c]

fructose is up.

[JPMNICK]

<p>this economy has been running on credit for YEARS. eventually people are going to have to pay for all the shit they have on credit. for the last 5 years, they have used housing like an ATM machine and pulled &quot;equity&quot; out of their houses. in the last year, housing has been stagnant, and in a lot of places gone down. people are not able to use their houses for credit anymore, and there-in the problem begins. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In my opinion, this is just the tip of the iceburg. I was not around for the S&amp;L scandal in the early 1990's (well i was around, but like 10 years old). when i was 16 i took all of my landscaping money and bought stocks, which i researched for hours per day. I saw the boom going bust and got out with a tiday profit. Not one of my parents friends who i used to discuss stock with saw it coming. most people can not see bad situation arising when they are involved, maybe because they do not want to admit there is a problem. I think we have a real problem on our hands. </p>

[JPMNICK]

<div><font face="Arial" size="2">And now all night on CNBC they will be going on and on about &quot;is this the start of a recession&quot;</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">then they will bring in 2 economists, maybe a professor from harvard buisnes school and an analyst from lehman brothers. One will be yelling about how everything is over valued and we are going into a recession. the other one will yell how all the fundermentals are stable and this was just a sell off and we will be fine. </font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">maybe I will just not turn on the TV tonight and just play on the internet! I hate cable news channels</font></div>

[Badinia]

<p>Down 3% and am sliding away from the stock split I thought was comin.</p><p>I guess I'll keep on workin'.</p><p><img src="http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h6/jadedemolover/sad-clown.jpg" border="0" width="234" height="304" /></p>

[Earlshog]

<strong>JPMNICK</strong> wrote:<br />*&gt;<font face="Arial" size="2">And now all night on CNBC they will be going on and on about &quot;is this the start of a recession&quot;</font> *&gt;<font face="Arial" size="2"></font> *&gt;<font face="Arial" size="2">then they will bring in 2 economists, maybe a professor from harvard buisnes school and an analyst from lehman brothers. One will be yelling about how everything is over valued and we are going into a recession. the other one will yell how all the fundermentals are stable and this was just a sell off and we will be fine. </font>*&gt;<font face="Arial" size="2"></font> *&gt;<font face="Arial" size="2">maybe I will just not turn on the TV tonight and just play on the internet! I hate cable news channels</font> <p>forget Ludlow, Bartaromo, Hanes... I get my phinancial advise from boardroom jimmy</p>

[ralphbxny]

<strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br />fructose is up. <p>He is a brilliant man! Wish I followed his advice!!</p>

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Definitely going to see what Cramer says about this

[FezsAssistant]

<p>We'll see what happens in the days ahead, but this alone isn't a huge catastrophe.&nbsp; Look where we've come since August and where we are now (even with today's info).&nbsp; Still, we'll see what happens.&nbsp; There are a lot of cowards out there.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Yerdaddy]

<p>Tomorrow I'm taking a 30 hour bus ride to Kuala Lumpur, home of the Petronas Towers - the third tallest buildings in the world -&nbsp;so I don't think I'll check my stocks for a few days.</p><p><img src="http://www.filatelic.com/POSTCARD/YACINEA/Y41556%20-%20Petronas%20Twin%20Towers,%20Kuala%20Lumpur.jpg" border="0" alt="Compensation for the world's Asian penises." title="Compensation for the world's Asian penises." width="445" height="630" /></p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>Stockbrokers are jumping out of windows as we speak. </p><p>You know, it's at times like these we really need to look out for each other. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Especially if you're walking past a brokerage house. &nbsp;</p>

[FezPaul]

<strong>ralphbxny</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br />fructose is up. <p>He is a brilliant man! Wish I followed his advice!!</p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">The Dow is for faggots!</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">Nasdaq!!!!!!</font></strong></p>

[Snoogans]

<strong>Bulldogcakes</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Stockbrokers are jumping out of windows as we speak. </p><p>You know, it's at times like these we really need to look out for each other. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Especially if you're walking past a brokerage house. </p><p>&nbsp;actually just the opposite. Stock brokers, themselves, the ones who work off commissions, probably had enormous days to day with all the people who sold. Brokers = bookies </p>

[spoon]

<p>I agree with Nick on this one all the way.&nbsp; It's may not go ass up just yet, but that is one major part of the problem being exposed right now.&nbsp; And I've read years ago that our US stocks may be worth shit since the US&nbsp;dollar continues to fall vs the Euro and Yen over and over again, topped by all our debt.&nbsp; Now add the job market, our manufacturing capacity and the way our own country defends our own companies, jobs, workers and people and you see one hell of a bad trend.&nbsp; Global market and big profits for a few elites is all they care about these days.&nbsp; Rome is burning (not espn either).&nbsp; Can we put out the fire with all the gov bullshit in the way?&nbsp; Doubt it.</p>

[Snoogans]

gov = Nero playin the fiddel

[FezsAssistant]

The key is insider trading, people!&nbsp;

[WRESTLINGFAN]

<p>Doesnt look good the Asian Mkts already are down lower. The NIKKEI is down 4%</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/27/news/international/nikkei.reut/index.htm?section=money_latest">http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/27/news/international/nikkei.reut/index.htm?section=money_latest</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Snacks]

<strong>JPMNICK</strong> wrote:<br /><p>this economy has been running on credit for YEARS. eventually people are going to have to pay for all the shit they have on credit. for the last 5 years, they have used housing like an ATM machine and pulled &quot;equity&quot; out of their houses. in the last year, housing has been stagnant, and in a lot of places gone down. people are not able to use their houses for credit anymore, and there-in the problem begins. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In my opinion, this is just the tip of the iceburg. I was not around for the S&amp;L scandal in the early 1990's (well i was around, but like 10 years old). when i was 16 i took all of my landscaping money and bought stocks, which i researched for hours per day. I saw the boom going bust and got out with a tiday profit. Not one of my parents friends who i used to discuss stock with saw it coming. most people can not see bad situation arising when they are involved, maybe because they do not want to admit there is a problem. I think we have a real problem on our hands. </p><p>I agree with you that we are in trouble. I made a ton of money back in the late 90's with the tech stock boom, but I also got killed when they dropped. I have since decided to buy very little stock. With the market going up like it has the past 2 years it needed to have a huge down day. </p><p>The problem with the stock market is the little guys like us always get fucked. The big fund mamagers and stock holders buy the stocks when its the right time or when they know something we dont. By the time we know to buy or the good news comes out about a stock its too late, the main money is already made and we buy to high and all the rich fuckers make their profits off all of us lower class investors. These rich fuckers, analyst and others know how to manipulate the market. Dont be surprised if the real insiders didnt make a killing today selling short, or buying/selling options. They know what they are doing</p><p>The stock market is legalized gambling, thats all. It still amazes me that some business are legal while others are criminalized. This is the land of oppertunity, but it seems the rich keep getting rich and the poor get poorer.</p>

[JPMNICK]

<strong>Snacks</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>JPMNICK</strong> wrote:<br /><p>this economy has been running on credit for YEARS. eventually people are going to have to pay for all the shit they have on credit. for the last 5 years, they have used housing like an ATM machine and pulled &quot;equity&quot; out of their houses. in the last year, housing has been stagnant, and in a lot of places gone down. people are not able to use their houses for credit anymore, and there-in the problem begins. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In my opinion, this is just the tip of the iceburg. I was not around for the S&amp;L scandal in the early 1990's (well i was around, but like 10 years old). when i was 16 i took all of my landscaping money and bought stocks, which i researched for hours per day. I saw the boom going bust and got out with a tiday profit. Not one of my parents friends who i used to discuss stock with saw it coming. most people can not see bad situation arising when they are involved, maybe because they do not want to admit there is a problem. I think we have a real problem on our hands. </p><p>I agree with you that we are in trouble. I made a ton of money back in the late 90's with the tech stock boom, but I also got killed when they dropped. I have since decided to buy very little stock. With the market going up like it has the past 2 years it needed to have a huge down day. </p><p>The problem with the stock market is the little guys like us always get fucked. The big fund mamagers and stock holders buy the stocks when its the right time or when they know something we dont. By the time we know to buy or the good news comes out about a stock its too late, the main money is already made and we buy to high and all the rich fuckers make their profits off all of us lower class investors. These rich fuckers, analyst and others know how to manipulate the market. Dont be surprised if the real insiders didnt make a killing today selling short, or buying/selling options. They know what they are doing</p><p>The stock market is legalized gambling, thats all. It still amazes me that some business are legal while others are criminalized. This is the land of oppertunity, but it seems the rich keep getting rich and the poor get poorer.</p><p>I think our major problem is just indirectly related to the stock market. As I have mentioned, housing and credit problems are the main issues. the money gained from this is then used to to purchase things, goods and servvices. This is turn leads to higher company profits making the stocks go higher. My feeling is that this 5 year rise in the market is directly attributed to housing being out of control, and unchecked inflation of the dollar. </p><p>I had read somewhere that since 2000, the value of the dollar in real terms is down 60+%. Look at how weak it is against the Euro, or even the candadian dollar. we are in big trouble right now, and eventually shit has to hit the fan. I am suprised it has taken this long. Be prepared for unemployment to rise, as well as house prices to continue to fall, the stock market having a double digit loss, and MAJOR reforms at banks on lending practices. </p>

[Captain Rooster]

BUY! BUY! BUY!