Dow opened 3minutes ago - down 140 and dropping

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

[HughMoran]

1. No college for the kids

Oh, well, c'est la vie

[malaise]

5. Oil up 147

Sabre rattle Bushco!!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

2. down 170 at 4 minutes

[Renew Deal]

3. WTF?

What happened? Is there news?

[crikkett]

12. Israeli Air Force in massive night drills over Iraq ?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3390938&mesg_id=3390938

[Renew Deal]

13. I don't think that's it.

It looks like it's freddies fannie.

[high density]

4. You a day trader or something?

Otherwise, who cares? Anybody could go insane watching the minute to minute, day to day, even month to month fluctuations in the stock market. If you have money in stocks then your investment horizon should be 10+ years. Develop an asset allocation (mix of stocks, bonds, and cash) that fits your risks and stick to it whether the market is up or down.

[John Q. Citizen]

6. When Black Friday comes....

[shrike]

16. I'll stand down by the door . . .

And catch the grey men when they
Dive from the fourteenth floor
When Black Friday comes
I'll collect everything I'm owed
And before my friends find out
I'll be on the road
When Black Friday falls you know it's got to be
Don't let it fall on me.

When Black Friday comes
I'll fly down to Muswellbrook
Gonna strike all the big red words
From my little black book
Gonna do just what I please
Gonna wear no socks and shoes
With nothing to do but feed
All the kangaroos
When Black Friday comes I'll be on that hill
You know I will

When Black Friday comes
I'm gonna dig myself a hole
Gonna lay down in it 'til
I satisfy my soul
Gonna let the world pass by me
The Archbishop's gonna sanctify me
And if he don't come across
I'm gonna let it roll
When Black Friday comes
I'm gonna stake my claim
I'll guess I'll change my name

[Sanity Claws]

7. My guess - it'll go below 11000 today

[TexasObserver]

8. it's gonna bust 11K today

and if real inflation and real dollar devaluation are factored in, the drop of the DOW the past year is huge in real dollars.

They have been propping it up for a year, and even with all that propping up, the market cannot maintain 12K.

[fasttense]

9. As McCain cheers for another 9/11

I cheer for the falling markets.

[Peacetrain]

10. But hey..according to McCains economic adviser

Graham.. we are all just whiners.. :crazy:

[lpbk2713]

11. A lot of folks had better get used to a steady diet of rice and beans.

... if they haven't already. :eyes:

[crikkett]

14. don't knock it -- it'd probably erase all the pounds we slathered on

with a lifetime supply of high-fructose corn syrup.

[paparush]

15. Damn straight.!

[Ichingcarpenter]

17. Next week will be even tougher according to experts.

The financials industries give their quarterly reports next week.
They are taking a beating today also even without the reports
Freddie and Fannie are dragging the market today with talk of incompetence.
I expect more shoddy Federal giveaways to prop up the financial market next
week in billions and billions of 'loans' which means printing of more money from
the feds.

[HughMoran]

18. The market is within 200 points of where it was when Stupid took office

Amazing, utterly amazing how pathetic this fool has been as President.

[lpbk2713]

20. "Took" office is an apt way to put it.

He couldn't have done it without the help of Katherine Harris and the
Supremes, conspiring against the Constitution and the American people.

[HughMoran]

21. OMG, you posted a pic of the evil witch from the South

Yikes! :puke:

[IDemo]

19. -198