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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 02:57 PM Original message |
3:55pm... DOW at 11,000.75 |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. nice! Climbing back towards 14,000 slowly |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I'm getting out at 12.5 |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Just for you: |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Who's got anything to sell? Not me for sure. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Still pushing that fantasy that what's good for Wall Street is good for the rest of us? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's certainly good for all those pensioners living off their 401Ks |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. 1/3 of retirees have only social security. for 2/3, social security provides at least half of their |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. so 2/3 of retirees are using 401Ks to live on to some degree |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. unwarranted assumption. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. so you claim |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. so i *know*, since 401ks didn't become a fixture until the 80s. They're a neglible part of |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Got A Source For That? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. most people don't have "investments". possibly you don't know most people. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. 52.7 Million Investment Households.... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. SSI isn't social security, for starters, it's supplemental security income, a welfare program. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Utter bullshit. No one sane in that age group is living off of 401ks |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. No, it's great when the stock market crashes. That's great for everyone. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Deleted message |
Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I'm confused. Who are you arguing with? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. wall street uses a lot of people's money in the form of investment & retirement |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hey Rick Santelli... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. There is no sound economic justification for these gains |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. anyone who looks to DU for investment advice... |
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Born_A_Truman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Nearly 50% of all families have money invested in the stock market |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. i.e., a minority of households, less since the market tanked & unemployment surged, |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I got my first quarter statement today. I was happy to see the gain. nt |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. The amounts invested by the vast majority are utterly meaningless |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. How dare you be optimistic. That's against GD rules. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. So? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's good news. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. GNMA Bonds are paying 4.5% interest usable in "real time"! |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. You're making all the DUers who wanted the Dow at 5k very sad. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. Why aren't the Republicans blaming Obama for that? n/t |
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