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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:32 AM Original message |
STOCK MARKET WATCH, Thursday December 11 |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Did Ayn Rand ruin the economy? Strong Kool-Aid here. |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I sometimes guage Greenscam's clout by googling news articles |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. She was, however, the author of his muzzy headed idealism |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. My only argument with your statement, Warpy, is that I don't think |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Well, Eddie aside, remember she's got lots of |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. Her main problem came from her basic premise |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Albert Tucker and John Nash proved mathematically that Ayn Rand was incorrect |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Common sense and any experience with reality prove Rand wrong |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
55. Call me old fashioned.... |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. But the author's philosophy informs virtually ANY fiction, to a greater |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #57 |
74. Forgot your background...... |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Also, I have grave doubts about businessmen running government or the whole... |
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
54. Criminals ruined the economy by committing crimes |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. I guess I'm getting more cynical by the day. |
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. That's the way it works in fascist countries |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #63 |
73. Key word. |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. Market WrapUp |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. Today's Reports |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Wall Street expects jobless claims to rise |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. NFL layoffs? |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I heard a story. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. No, I think Randy Lerner got his teams mixed up. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. Inherited political position... |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Why aren't you out throwing snowballs? |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
75. I am in the clubhouse looking at the snow falling.... |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Initial Claims in @ 573,000! last wk rev'd up 6k |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Weekly jobless claims jump to 26-year high |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Trade deficit rises unexpectedly in October - exports fall dramatically |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Retail sales post big drop in November |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. Q3 federal debt increases at 39% annual rate - U.S. households pay down debt for 1st time since 1952 |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. U.S. households pay down debts for first time |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. Wre those mortgage debts actually paid down or did the |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. Oil prices edge up in Asia ahead of OPEC meeting |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. European stocks slide on uncertainty over US auto rescue deal |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Swiss Central Bank Cuts Rate to 0.5%, Recession Looms (Update2) |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. World markets mostly down as dismal data weighed |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. Retail sales post big drop in November |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. Foreclosures dip - but hold the applause |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Foreclosure Storm Will Hit U.S. in 2009 as Loan Changes Fail |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. GM, Chrysler Short of Time as Senate Debates Rescue (Update1) |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Okay I have a question -- |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. Tansy...... |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. Well, I didn't say we didn't need ANY cars. ;-) |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Weekends, vacations, eight-hour workdays, fewer severed limbs... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
61. The automakers thought that the 2007 UAW labor agreement would |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. Treasury Bubble Talk Grows as U.S. Gets Free Money |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The Ten Trillion Dollar Man Update |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Can Weimar Republic-like hyperinflation be in the offing? |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Graph - change in public debt outstanding |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. Quelle Surprise! Banks Increase "Mark to Make-Believe" Assets to $610 Billion |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
19. Debt: 12/09/2008 10,656,119,227,403.00 (UP 2,188,864,115.10) (Mostly FICA) |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
69. Debt: 12/10/2008 10,648,440,877,251.60 (DOWN 7,678,350,151.40) (Mostly FICA) |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
21. GMAC's bid to be a bank in danger |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. SeekingAlpha is saying Bernanke may be playing games here |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. turning down GMAC |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. It is hard to understand how much of GM's troubles relate to its problems with GMAC |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. GMAC started having problems when they bought ResCap |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
24. dollar watch |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. Dollar accelerates losses vs. rivals |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Greenback’s haven status in doubt |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
32. 9:37 EST red numbers and blather |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
33. Fed to cut rates again, maybe all the way to zero |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. With this there are not many tools to work with |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
34. SEC Cox: There should be a separation between govt and business |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. this POS needs to be shown the door to his prison cell tomorrow morning |
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
62. Cox had a history of insider trading before he was even appointed |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
71. I'd like him to live outside in NYC in a cardboard box for about twenty years. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
42. MarcAmbinder: It's quite unsettling to talk to members of Obama's transition teams these days |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
43. Businesses breathe life into options |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
67. If the stock price tanked, doesn't that mean they didn't do their job? |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
44. Loonie Watch |
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sam kane (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
70. it is not an addiction... |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
49. Treasury sells 10-yr bonds at lowest yield on record |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. KB Toys Files Bankruptcy, Citing ‘Sudden’ Sales Drop (Update2) via Bloomberg |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
68. Time to call it a day. |
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