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how else will you afford coke

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 01:30 (eighteen years ago)

friday sell-off for brokers weekend yayo fund is #1 theory

― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 01:31 (eighteen years ago)

Citibank goes 'oops'

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 15:29 (eighteen years ago)

citygroup's been around (in some form) for 195 years?!?!

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 15:34 (eighteen years ago)

i am so happy citi is putting my credit card finance charges to good use. way to go guys.

― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 16:04 (eighteen years ago)

us ilxors are all in the wrong lines of work!

― Eisbaer, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 16:43 (eighteen years ago)

"i made you a pension but i losed it"

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 17:17 (eighteen years ago)

the connection between car part thefts and the commodity bubble

from the linked article:

Handfield says a tightening economy may be spurring the spike in metal thefts. He says Irvine police recently arrested a man stealing metals from construction sites. He was a mortgage banker using his luxury Lexus SUV to haul the loot, Handfield says.

!!!

― Eisbaer, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

Where does a thief even go to sell their ill-gotten scraps of metal?

― Abbott, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 22:55 (eighteen years ago)

Recycling yards. No questions asked, for the most part.

― nickn, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 22:56 (eighteen years ago)

http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/01/ny-times-education-of-ben-bernanke.html

― El Tomboto, Thursday, 17 January 2008 02:01 (eighteen years ago)

we gonna die

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 17 January 2008 16:44 (eighteen years ago)

we gonna die

-- Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 13 January 2008 17:19 (4 days ago)

At least you are consistent in your approach.

― Aimless, Thursday, 17 January 2008 19:15 (eighteen years ago)

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/040713/165732__robocop_l.jpg

― Nicole, Thursday, 17 January 2008 19:20 (eighteen years ago)

BLAMMO

― El Tomboto, Friday, 18 January 2008 00:35 (eighteen years ago)

Well, tomorrow I sell my mutual fund. It made me 80% last year and is now tanking like a barrel full of tanked monkeys.

ILX follow my lead!

― brownie, Friday, 18 January 2008 02:34 (eighteen years ago)

i'm too wet behind the ear in that dept - i have to ride this bitch out.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 18 January 2008 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

economy is better than ever

― burt_stanton, Friday, 18 January 2008 15:47 (eighteen years ago)

took a $400+ bath on the 401k this quarter... will be moving to under-the-mattress option later today.

― Dr Morbius, Friday, 18 January 2008 15:50 (eighteen years ago)

i'm starting to think a savings account is a better investment than either a mutual fund or a house

― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 20 January 2008 17:24 (eighteen years ago)

savings in which currency?

― Alex in Denver, Sunday, 20 January 2008 17:28 (eighteen years ago)

good point

― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 20 January 2008 17:31 (eighteen years ago)

my savings account pays about half of inflation

― Hurting 2, Sunday, 20 January 2008 17:47 (eighteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/squeezethatmoneybrother.jpg

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 21 January 2008 11:15 (eighteen years ago)

In the current climate there is no safe haven for your money.

The safest investments will be those which have immediate practical value to you personally: tools, practical clothes and shoes, acquiring a valuable skill - that sort of thing. The perfecta would be a tool that you would use for yourself, is not common, and could conceivably be turned into a small side business to earn a few bucks.

The riskiest will be those where you have no firsthand knowledge or experience, the "Argentinian Railway Bonds are a sure bet" or "the Thai auto industry is going to be the next big thing" kind of investment.

― Aimless, Monday, 21 January 2008 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

The best investment of all is yourself. Skills

― Alex in Denver, Monday, 21 January 2008 19:36 (eighteen years ago)

Sometimes a skill is rather forlorn without the tools to make it go.

― Aimless, Monday, 21 January 2008 19:38 (eighteen years ago)

an interesting chart from our friends at calculated risk:

http://bp1.blogger.com/_pMscxxELHEg/R5TbFlX1msI/AAAAAAAABfk/WCQnqA1I_5A/s1600/SP500MonthlyCloseChange.jpg

― Eisbaer, Monday, 21 January 2008 20:18 (eighteen years ago)

and for the REALLY antsy ILXors, the same chart from the Great Depression through today:

http://bp0.blogger.com/_pMscxxELHEg/R5TrdVX1mtI/AAAAAAAABfs/vqPdabZ5Or4/s1600/DOWCloseMax.jpg

― Eisbaer, Monday, 21 January 2008 20:19 (eighteen years ago)

blogspot do not allow hotlinking bro

― El Tomboto, Monday, 21 January 2008 20:21 (eighteen years ago)

SQUEEZE THAT MONEY BRO

― El Tomboto, Monday, 21 January 2008 20:21 (eighteen years ago)

bernanke needs to start saying bro

― El Tomboto, Monday, 21 January 2008 20:22 (eighteen years ago)

blogspot do not allow hotlinking bro

my bad!

Bear Markets and Recessions -- check out the charts.

― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 00:36 (eighteen years ago)

at any rate, tomorrow (1/22/08) may be very interesting indeed.

or, if y'all prefer, a visual representation:

http://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v216/spinnerau1/Snopes/Wet_roller_coaster.jpg

― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 03:33 (eighteen years ago)

b/c this threads needs some MORE indices to watch plummet in real time:

http://chart.finance.yahoo.com/c/0b/_/_n225

http://chart.finance.yahoo.com/c/0b/_/_hsi

http://chart.finance.yahoo.com/c/0b/_/_ftse

― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 04:33 (eighteen years ago)

I love the existence of "stock market futures" -- I think we should start a stock futures futures market so we can get even further ahead of the curve

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 04:51 (eighteen years ago)

mo' futures index porn:

http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/instrument/1.0/%5EFTSE/chart;range=1d/image;size=239x110

http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/instrument/1.0/%5EGDAXI/chart;range=1d/image;size=239x110

http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/instrument/1.0/%5EFCHI/chart;range=1d/image;size=239x110

― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 05:03 (eighteen years ago)

I think we should start a stock futures futures market so we can get even further ahead of the curve

until eventually the market foresees its own death and goes on a long drinking binge.

― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 07:17 (eighteen years ago)

stock market futures futures is called "the stock market"

― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 07:18 (eighteen years ago)

everyone should strike and invest in paint

― Arms, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 07:20 (eighteen years ago)

emergency rate cut?

― laxalt, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 09:33 (eighteen years ago)

Invest in pumpkins now and cash up big in...October?

― King Boy Pato, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 10:34 (eighteen years ago)

Gosh:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Fed-Interest-Rates.html?hp

― toby, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 13:30 (eighteen years ago)

ok thats INSANE. everyone to the bunkers

― laxalt, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 13:32 (eighteen years ago)

man the lifeboats!

― laxalt, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 13:34 (eighteen years ago)

here they come!

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/853/VRWCBlackHelicopters.jpg

― laxalt, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 13:35 (eighteen years ago)

emergency rate cut?

-- laxalt, Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:33 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link

damn, son.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 13:51 (eighteen years ago)

Alright! Here comes the "petroeuro," £1=$3, massive inflation.

― Dickerson Pike, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 13:59 (eighteen years ago)

stock market futures futures is called "the stock market"

so it's futures all the way down!

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 14:02 (eighteen years ago)

no wonder we're fucked!

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 14:02 (eighteen years ago)

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