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Title: Down 500
Post by: oakranger on October 06, 2008, 11:44:30 AM: Dow down 500 and still dropping. And for the first time in 4 years belowe 10,000. Thank You bail-out bill. :salute
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: bsdaddict on October 06, 2008, 11:45:48 AM: down, down, down... can't discuss why, but it's down, down, down...
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: superpug1 on October 06, 2008, 11:48:57 AM: Its like a rollercoaster! Weeeeeee! I just hope someone installed the tracks at the end of the dive so we can climb back out and not smack into the ground.
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: Ripsnort on October 06, 2008, 11:51:15 AM: Throwing money into a hole never cures anything.
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: Sixpence on October 06, 2008, 11:53:49 AM: Quote from: Ripsnort on October 06, 2008, 11:51:15 AM
Throwing money into a hole never cures anything.

Yeah, just ask the seahawks :O
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: Sixpence on October 06, 2008, 12:05:31 PM: oil under $90 a barrel, w00t!
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: avionix on October 06, 2008, 12:08:47 PM: Quote from: Sixpence on October 06, 2008, 12:05:31 PM
oil under $90 a barrel, w00t!

If there is any kind of an upside it is that. Still amazing how the pumps across the street from me are still at $3.58 a gallon.
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: Sixpence on October 06, 2008, 12:14:45 PM: Quote from: avionix on October 06, 2008, 12:08:47 PM
If there is any kind of an upside it is that. Still amazing how the pumps across the street from me are still at $3.58 a gallon.

$3.19 here :)
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: Airscrew on October 06, 2008, 01:37:01 PM: Seeing $3.43 to 3.19 here in Austin, from East 7th Street to Braker and Burnet. News online says $2.89 to 2.97 south of the river around Oltorf though. Might do a little exploring after work and see how cheap I can find it.
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: Hangtime on October 06, 2008, 01:47:48 PM: down 750 now... 72 minutes to close.
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: bsdaddict on October 06, 2008, 01:49:56 PM: how long till trading is halted? isn't 10% a trigger?
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: Ripsnort on October 06, 2008, 01:58:44 PM: Quote from: Ripsnort on September 29, 2008, 04:27:49 PM
I think we'll see the biggest one week loss by the end of this week as panic sets in.
Damn. Exactly ONE DAY OFF from my prediction.
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on October 06, 2008, 02:13:28 PM: Crash and burn. Who did NOT see it coming?
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: Scherf on October 06, 2008, 03:26:10 PM: "Honest Senator, I was shocked, just shocked and appalled to discover the extent of our exposure.

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No no, man, I'm not hurting. That $300m over 8 years has me set up sweet in the Hamptons."
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: Sixpence on October 06, 2008, 03:45:43 PM: oil $87.81, home heating oil down 7%

I might be able to heat my house after all
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: dunnrite on October 06, 2008, 03:47:22 PM: Me too. If I still have a house. :confused:
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: Nilsen on October 06, 2008, 04:01:51 PM: I just may come out of retirement in a few weeks. I see outstanding potential to make a killing on undervalued stock :)
Title: Re: Down 500
Post by: Twister2 on October 06, 2008, 04:20:03 PM: I have lost over 10k in my retirement account.