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In reply to the discussion: It was all about Wall Street all along. Apparently, this whole theater of the absurd [View all]xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)43. I saw it coming in Nov. and bought a Jan. 19 DIA call option.
When I bought (DIA means Dow Jones Industrial Average) the option, the DOW was at 13007 and I sold it this morning at the peak of 13369. You did not have to be an insider to see this one coming. Those 'baggers are like money in the bank. I'm thinking puts for the debt ceiling debacle. Unload before the President uses the 14th amendment.
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It was all about Wall Street all along. Apparently, this whole theater of the absurd [View all]
Cleita
Jan 2013
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Well, no, but that is a thing to consider when negotiating about a fiscal cliff.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#10
These would be the retirement funds with brochures full of returns at 4, 6, 7% that are only
jtuck004
Jan 2013
#11
+ Every single person who lost their home, had their job outsourced, etc n/t
truedelphi
Jan 2013
#15
Maybe, but at least I'm not an unimportant little bully that blames victims and
jtuck004
Jan 2013
#24
Well, 50,000 people a month being foreclosed on, 26 million wanting jobs, all those are
jtuck004
Jan 2013
#47
And: Table 1: Distribution of net worth and financial wealth in the United States, 1983-2010
jtuck004
Jan 2013
#25
the stock market has fuck all to do with whether we're in recession or not. & 2/3 of retirees
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#30