so the DOW continues to go down

As I said the other day... I think we are now in a slow motion crash... that is just my opinion but we are, quite frankly, beyond just a correction.

And yes, this is about our lovely global economy... not just the US... but hey, if you are talking globalization a crisis in any one region could and would do this... and this is about a 20% correction so far... I am sorry, but isn't a correction 10%... I love these analysts, I really do.

Oh and now they are talking deflation and stagflation... nope they are not the same thing... and it was a DEFLATIONARY environment that not only led to the lost decade but was also part and parcel of the Great Depression

(Disclaimer: getting things does not mean one is celebrating them, disclaimer needed since I expect that charge anyway)

Which of course you won't be able to, as it's considered inappropriate on DU to point out rises, only falls in the Dow.

How close is the index to what you thought it would be now from the vantage point of early 2009 BTW? Awful lot of 4000 predictors on DU around that time who laughed at my 11000+ predictions...

Look fact is we are well beyond a CORRECTION now... deal with it. And the daily STOCK MARKET WATCH might be THE THREAD for you... it does point to BOTH rises and losses, on a DAILY BASIS. It is a DU tradition.

am I imagining the Stock Market go down by over 1200 points by now? Is that it? What a good imagination I have. This is not a team sport.

nothing to see here. It is OUR GUY in charge. Team sport, yup

I really hate to say that I agree with you....






sucks don't?:banghead:

because they are trying to make one big last push before the entire pyramid crumbles to the ground. This is why Democrats must take a tougher stance against the GOP or else they will drag this country down so they can carve up this nation to private investors like they did to Greece.

and it is ironic who is pushing to the races faster.

retirement nest egg with it and I could find myself in dire straits. But I think it could be for the greater good. Maybe it will bring back the regulation Wall Street needs to bring our economy back to where it was before the Republicans deregulated every thing and we got to this point.

but the problem is how long? And as to you, I worry about people like you. I also wil not scold you, unlike some, for being in the market. We all are... 401K (GRRRR) and Retirement funds...

I'm in the market because I rely on income from those savings and the CDs my DH and I started out with no longer pay enough interest. I also keep chipping at the principle so I don't know how long it will last. I'm fortunate that I can still work. If I fall ill with a chronic disease, at my age of 71, my goose is cooked. I can't despair about what the future holds though because that for sure will make one sick.

There will be nothing left to regulate if this roller coaster pace sustains beyond the next few weeks.

Perhaps we will have to start from scratch again. Maybe the fascist corporate crooks will be destroyed. One can hope. If that happens, what I have sacrificed will be worth it.

And FYI, deflation and stagflation are almost opposites. Please show me evidence of deflation. Please.

You never present analysis - just soundbites and vague worries about what's ahead. It's tiresome.

evidence and analysis to back your assertions?

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*YAWN*

that is the story...not that it goes up and down. CONFIDENCE is part of the name of the game. and while there is a capital strike, this does not help;

Nadin, you should be smart enough to know by now that the little investor doesn't mean shit. The markets are, and have been manipulated by the big boys for a long time now. And the media is definitely in collusion. One day, the media says that consumer confidence is up, which explains why the market went up. The next day it is something different, which is supposed to explain why the markets tumbled.

If you were smart enough to analyze the markets and trends, you would be scratching your head, saying that nothing makes sense anymore.

But if you were to buy into the proposition that the markets are highly manipulated, then you would gain a better understanding for what is going on.

BTW, if you have any money in the market, I hope you realize that the vulture hedge funds will gain a great return on your investment, if you can stomach it.

:shrug:

Since I have no money in the stock market, I use the DJIA as a monitor of where the moneyed class's heads are at. I watch it at the open and close, to see what it did, even though it doesn't affect me.

There have been some pretty good-sized swings in the past couple of weeks. Will that continue. Probably. Some people are making money; some are losing money. I'm staying at the same level.

I'll just keep watching, but I don't make predictions based on the Dow or about the Dow. That would be silly.

Yikes

The DJIA closed down 419.

to pump the volatility and make even more money. They never have an off day, so when the programmed sell/naked shorting options kick in, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. That's what CNBC said.

semantics

Buy low,sell high is how you make to big bucks.