Next Stop Dow 11111

pedonbio · « **Reply #300 on:** January 24, 2009, 01:24:14 PM »

Quote:

BarnacleBill said:

Your taxes are going to bailout BANKS!!!! Banks who pay their CEOs tens of millions of dollars a year!!

This just pissed me off to no end.

I dunno, Bill. I guess I'm just too old and too burned out to get pissed off. About a year ago I heard a number of talking heads discussing whether America would ever have universal health care. The consensus was that it would probably never happen because it might cost as much as $600 billion to set up the national program.

But when the bank caught the sniffles, $700 billion in a month was okay?

DruulEmpire · « **Reply #301 on:** February 18, 2009, 07:41:17 AM »

The Dow has historically been bad on just about any Inauguration Day. Could be as simple as the market dreading the instability of a shift of policy.

Anyway -- I'm back here in time to see my floor tested.

DruulEmpire · « **Reply #303 on:** February 18, 2009, 05:36:32 PM »

Say, don't be shy -- back on December 1st, on page 26 of this thread, you thought it might wind up between 3000 and 4000. So maybe you're feeling relatively optimistic.

pedonbio · « **Reply #304 on:** February 18, 2009, 08:25:25 PM »

Yep, that's what I said--3,000 to 4,000, and I'm stickin' to it!

SwitcherX · « **Reply #306 on:** February 19, 2009, 04:00:58 PM »

The only good thing at work today:

Santelli's Chicago Tea Party

DruulEmpire · « **Reply #307 on:** February 23, 2009, 03:04:04 PM »

While I happen to like Santelli, and I take him as earnest and perhaps undeserving of calls for him to switch to decaf, I still think details need to be studied.

Anyhow -- my floor got gouged during the intra-day Friday, and as I write this I'm still waiting for the closing bell to shake out, but it's obvious (and I think Barnacle Bill has already noted this elsewhere) it's a wreck.

How did I ever decide to start this thread at such an explosive moment in history?

Anyway, I can't even think of another floor right now -- I'm intrigued by the number 7082, but solely as a signpost on the way to the Twilight Zone, since that's exactly half the all-time high.

And ... yep ... 7114 for the close.

BarnacleBill · « **Reply #308 on:** February 23, 2009, 03:08:19 PM »

and it only got worse

gOOber · « **Reply #309 on:** March 02, 2009, 06:46:29 PM »

6763

notty · « **Reply #310 on:** March 02, 2009, 07:48:16 PM »

What happens if it goes to zero?

gOOber · « **Reply #311 on:** March 02, 2009, 07:49:47 PM »

I hope you grow your own food.

notty · « **Reply #312 on:** March 02, 2009, 07:55:33 PM »

I have a tomato plant.

gOOber · « **Reply #313 on:** March 02, 2009, 08:00:25 PM »

notty · « **Reply #314 on:** March 02, 2009, 08:38:02 PM »

Do you grow your own food, gOOb? Maybe I'll just crash with you.

Re: floor raised from 7227 to 7290

Re: floor raised from 7227 to 7290