Anybody else notice? The stock market lately has been like games in the NBA
LuckyTheDog
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Tue Jun-15-10 10:52 AM
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Anybody else notice? The stock market lately has been like games in the NBA |
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Edited on Tue Jun-15-10 10:58 AM by LuckyTheDog
Nothing matters until the final minutes. Stock prices can be significantly up or down all day, and everything can change in the final hour or half-hour of trading.
Just an observation.
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MineralMan
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Tue Jun-15-10 11:01 AM
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1. That's pretty much standard. At the end of the trading day, |
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large blocks of stocks move, as institutional traders attempt to take profits or minimize losses. Big buy and sell orders often come at the end of trading.
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Tue Jun-15-10 11:19 AM
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2. ...what, fixed? A predetemined outcome to benefit only the biggest players? |
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A casino in which the house always wins?
Just asking. ;)
(NBA fan who has seen it become like professional wrestling)
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Tue Jun-15-10 12:22 PM
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