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Where will the market be on 12/31/08?
09-29-2008, 06:36 PM
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Where will the market be on 12/31/08?
Dow and S&P
Up alittle, Up alot
Down allittle, Down alot
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09-29-2008, 07:09 PM
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I have no idea. It might go to zero for all I know.
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09-29-2008, 07:10 PM
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9000 and than up, up and away... (unless the bailout bill gets passed)
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09-29-2008, 07:12 PM
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Dow 7800
Euro 2.10
Gas 5.25
Unemployment 10%
20 year $400,000 mortgage 7% with 20% down.
Residential real estate down 30% in California and other overpriced markets.
Riots in some cities.
Big push to sieze all firearms.
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09-30-2008, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Hal3
Dow 7800
Euro 2.10
Gas 5.25
Unemployment 10%
20 year $400,000 mortgage 7% with 20% down.
Residential real estate down 30% in California and other overpriced markets.
Riots in some cities.
Big push to sieze all firearms.
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You are dark, I'll give you that. But unemployment is already at 6.1% I bet it will jump to 15% before we see rioting.
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09-30-2008, 09:55 AM
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hopefully somewhere better than it is right now.
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09-30-2008, 09:56 AM
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This thread should officially be put into the sapbox.
Ha
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09-30-2008, 10:28 AM
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Why, I should think it will be on the corner where it's been for as long as I can remember, through innumerable Dow Jones fluctuations.
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09-30-2008, 06:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CuppaJoe
Why, I should think it will be on the corner where it's been for as long as I can remember, through innumerable Dow Jones fluctuations.
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it took me about 2 minutes to figure out your response. must be getting slow...
so where is this market? is it efficient? 
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09-30-2008, 08:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hal3
Dow 7800
Euro 2.10
Gas 5.25
Unemployment 10%
20 year $400,000 mortgage 7% with 20% down.
Residential real estate down 30% in California and other overpriced markets.
Riots in some cities.
Big push to sieze all firearms.
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"I take you for a 'half-empty' kind of guy..."
Gus, from Groundhog Day
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Originally Posted by haha
This thread should officially be put into the sapbox.
Ha
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Freudian slip, or misspelling? 
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09-30-2008, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by HFWR
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Freudian slip, or misspelling? |
"sap 3 |søp| |sap|
noun informal
a foolish and gullible person : He fell for it! What a sap!"
So a sapbox would be _______? 
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09-30-2008, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by freebird5825
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so where is this market? is it efficient? |
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Trust me, you don't want to know where this market is, the dust is from the Nixon era. I don't know about efficient either, but where are the jokes about cornering the market?
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10-01-2008, 04:43 AM
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....still in New York?? 
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10-01-2008, 05:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CuppaJoe
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Trust me, you don't want to know where this market is, the dust is from the Nixon era. I don't know about efficient either, but where are the jokes about cornering the market?
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you caught me asleep at the wheel on that one! LOL
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10-06-2008, 08:32 PM
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You may not like the weather but don't blame the weatherman.
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Don't say I didn't warn you!
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10-06-2008, 08:35 PM
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Unemployment
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Originally Posted by Frugality_of_Apathy
You are dark, I'll give you that. But unemployment is already at 6.1% I bet it will jump to 15% before we see rioting.
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It will be 15% but the reported figure will be 10%.
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10-06-2008, 08:44 PM
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Today may be the day - ouch!!!!!!
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10-24-2008, 07:10 AM
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Today may be the day - ouch!!!!!!
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10-24-2008, 02:38 PM
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I have no clue where it will be 12/31/2008. I think it will be above DOW 16,000 on 12/31/2013.
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10-24-2008, 02:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by clifp
I have no clue where it will be 12/31/2008. I think it will be above DOW 16,000 on 12/31/2013.
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Wow! That idea inspires wonderful daydreams. I'd love to rebalance at that level.
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