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Tue Dec-16-08 08:38 AM
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| 37. Looks like they're going for the 'lone gunman' theory here. |
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When it's pretty obvious he isn't/wasn't the only game in town.
But, TPTB need a scapegoat.
Next, they'll be blaming the whole damn disaster on Madoff.
I imagine many High-Powered "Market Makers" (A concept I detest, BTW) are right now silently thinking...
"Except for the grace-of-Gawd, there goes I..."
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| -STOCK MARKET WATCH, Tuesday December 16 |
ozymandius |
Dec-16-08 04:35 AM |
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Market WrapUp |
ozymandius |
Dec-16-08 04:39 AM |
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Today's Reports |
ozymandius |
Dec-16-08 04:41 AM |
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U.S. Nov. housing starts fall 18.9% to 625,000 annual rate - lowest on record |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 07:35 AM |
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U.S. Nov. housing starts plunge 18.9% to record low |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 07:58 AM |
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Here in Michigan banks are giving houses away when you open a new checking account. |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 02:31 PM |
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I'll keep that in mind. |
Dr.Phool |
Dec-16-08 02:44 PM |
#75 |
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U.S. consumer prices fall 1.7% vs. 1.4% drop expected (can anyone say "deflation"?) |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 07:59 AM |
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CPI slide steepest since '32 |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 09:04 AM |
#46 |
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Ufff. n/t |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 08:33 AM |
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RPT-TABLE-US chain store sales fell 1.4 pct last week |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 08:15 AM |
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U.S. Nov. trimmed CPI flat, up 2.7% in past year |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 10:40 AM |
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FOMC cuts fed funds rate to range of 0% to 0.25% (someone hold my hair, please?) |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 01:25 PM |
#64 |
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Oil prices rise above $45 ahead of OPEC meeting |
ozymandius |
Dec-16-08 04:42 AM |
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Fed ready to slash rates amid deepening recession |
ozymandius |
Dec-16-08 04:45 AM |
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World markets climb before expected Fed rate cut |
ozymandius |
Dec-16-08 04:47 AM |
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Yes. Europe shares up after euro zone PMI, UK inflation |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 06:04 AM |
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Cadbury warns of slower growth as downturn bites |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 06:09 AM |
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"downturn bites?" |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 02:36 PM |
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Heh. You've got a sense of (maybe a bit dry, twisted, on account of 'history') |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 03:04 PM |
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Shock waves spread from Madoff scandal |
ozymandius |
Dec-16-08 04:52 AM |
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Judge signs order to protect Madoff investors |
ozymandius |
Dec-16-08 04:53 AM |
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Should be an interesting test of the relatively young LLC moniker. We'll need to get the popcorn |
54anickel |
Dec-16-08 05:59 AM |
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They can claim up to $100,000 for their cash balances and up to $400,000 for any securities |
Robbien |
Dec-16-08 07:44 AM |
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The billionaire investors won't be happy with that. |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 02:41 PM |
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Sweet |
tama |
Dec-16-08 08:33 AM |
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. |
machI |
Dec-17-08 05:28 AM |
#106 |
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Hedge Fund Scam = tarbaby= the scam that keeps on taking n/t |
kickysnana |
Dec-16-08 07:49 AM |
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Ha! Firms are now rushing to let people know they were NOT invested in Madoff |
Robbien |
Dec-16-08 07:53 AM |
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Gee, I guess we need to check those companies next and find out why... |
Prag |
Dec-16-08 08:47 AM |
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Sometimes I think the whole stock market is a Ponzi scheme. |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 02:47 PM |
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It certainly looks that way in the Markets current manifestation. |
Prag |
Dec-16-08 03:01 PM |
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Great minds think alike. |
sarcasmo |
Dec-16-08 04:11 PM |
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Good list, thanks for a start. |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 08:48 AM |
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Madoff case seen fueling attacks on the SEC (no regulation or investigation) |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 08:03 AM |
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Levitt Says S.E.C. Isn’t to Blame for Madoff |
Robbien |
Dec-16-08 08:27 AM |
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"Levitt is now an adviser to Carlyle Group." It takes one to know one I guess. |
Prag |
Dec-16-08 08:44 AM |
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Did this man ever see any 'inconvenient' evidence anywhere? |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 09:03 AM |
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Madoff 'Tragedy' Said to Have Escaped Scrutiny by SEC |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 08:36 AM |
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Haha! Does the current SEC scrutinize anyone? |
Prag |
Dec-16-08 08:40 AM |
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The Madoff Saga: Perils of Fraudulent Conveyance |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 09:26 AM |
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So the theme of lax regulation, or sleepy regulators, leading to financial disaster continues. |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 02:50 PM |
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Looks like they're going for the 'lone gunman' theory here. |
Prag |
Dec-16-08 08:38 AM |
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"I wouldn't touch that area with a ten-foot barge-pole" |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 10:55 AM |
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No, think man! There has got to be a way to blame the Democrats! |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 03:16 PM |
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Heard on NPR |
TalkingDog |
Dec-16-08 02:03 PM |
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Stock futures mixed ahead of Goldman and Fed |
ozymandius |
Dec-16-08 04:58 AM |
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Debt: 12/12/2008 10,597,068,737,927.10 (DOWN 816,321,531.60) (.6 FICA, .2 public) |
Festivito |
Dec-16-08 06:08 AM |
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Debt: 12/15/2008 10,655,601,512,061.10 (UP 58,532,774,134.00) (Big again) |
Festivito |
Dec-16-08 02:40 PM |
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Worth re-quoting: |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 06:42 AM |
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"the future of our economy and national security is inextricably linked " with military spending |
kenzee13 |
Dec-16-08 06:55 AM |
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Hybrids and electric cars take us a step closer, but |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 07:26 AM |
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Thanks for the addition of some background. |
Prag |
Dec-16-08 08:55 AM |
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Yeah. Big question. Still very dangerous but we're putting a lot of international money |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 09:21 AM |
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Yeah, it ticks me off that the leading edge fusion research isn't in America. |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 03:30 PM |
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We're all trying our best to work on it. Indeed. |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 03:56 PM |
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China and India: Suddenly vulnerable (last week's Economist Leader) |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 07:31 AM |
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Some of the comments there are... |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 08:36 AM |
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It's interesting that China is affected, too. |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 03:35 PM |
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dollar watch |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 07:48 AM |
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Dollar falls ahead of Fed decision |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 09:42 AM |
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Goldman reports $3.6 Billion loss in trading and principal investments |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 08:01 AM |
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line item information: |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 08:25 AM |
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Goldman employee pay falls sharply in 2008 |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 09:46 AM |
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TREASURIES - 30Y yield sets record low after record CPI drop - Look Out Below! |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 08:14 AM |
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2.8 today |
tama |
Dec-16-08 03:36 PM |
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Best Buy posts lower net, looks to cut jobs |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 08:18 AM |
#28 |
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Columbus, Oh - National Century Trial - Ex-client tells of his threat to tattle |
DemReadingDU |
Dec-16-08 08:23 AM |
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Thousands of layoffs by DHL, ABX Air hit Wilmington, Ohio |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 08:27 AM |
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9:43 EST doing the rate cut boogey! it's all good! |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 08:44 AM |
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Oh, joy! Goldman's losing money! All is right with the world! |
Prag |
Dec-16-08 08:49 AM |
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Measliest raises in 32 years on tap: survey |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 09:30 AM |
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Old joke .... |
AnneD |
Dec-16-08 12:13 PM |
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Now, we get called 'workers'; |
Ghost Dog |
Dec-16-08 12:17 PM |
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Aye, there's the rub. |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 03:40 PM |
#90 |
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A DUer recommended a must-read site for SMW denizens |
Danascot |
Dec-16-08 10:13 AM |
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Tansy.....here is something to gnaw on........... |
AnneD |
Dec-16-08 10:58 AM |
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This helps also. |
Dr.Phool |
Dec-16-08 11:14 AM |
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That brings me to a question |
burf |
Dec-16-08 12:27 PM |
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Thanks. When I get my paying work done. . . . . |
Tansy_Gold |
Dec-16-08 01:54 PM |
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Cutting back on law & enforcement isn't usually the best way to reduce bad behavior. |
snot |
Dec-16-08 03:01 PM |
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The key to preventing the next Madoff scheme is deregulating the antiquated web of securities laws? |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 03:54 PM |
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News you can really use........ |
AnneD |
Dec-16-08 11:59 AM |
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Credit card crackdown coming soon |
AnneD |
Dec-16-08 12:18 PM |
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The Queen's Credit Crunch....... |
AnneD |
Dec-16-08 12:40 PM |
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everybody's got something to hide 'cept for me an my charred monkey meat |
AnneD |
Dec-16-08 12:52 PM |
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2:25 EST Yippie Freakin' Skippie! Free Money!!! |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 01:26 PM |
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Last hour up, up we go with lower rates |
CatholicEdHead |
Dec-16-08 02:42 PM |
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Fed speaks, Fed pumps: corruption continues unabated |
specimenfred1984 |
Dec-16-08 02:06 PM |
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My favorite dodge "I'm not even looking at my 401k" |
specimenfred1984 |
Dec-16-08 02:31 PM |
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I've heard that five times already, among my limited set of acquaintances. |
Prag |
Dec-16-08 03:05 PM |
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Are they passing out psychelics on Wall Street today? |
Dr.Phool |
Dec-16-08 02:47 PM |
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Fed slashes key rate to near zero (CNN) |
Prag |
Dec-16-08 03:12 PM |
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Nowhere to go but negative % now? |
CatholicEdHead |
Dec-16-08 03:37 PM |
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Yeah, a friend of mine just called and told me. |
Dr.Phool |
Dec-16-08 03:47 PM |
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This just in: Fed sets interest rate to the Square root of negative one. |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 04:01 PM |
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Damn! Where's my cipherin' machine? |
Dr.Phool |
Dec-16-08 04:02 PM |
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It's a math joke! |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 04:05 PM |
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As in: imaginary money? n/t |
tama |
Dec-16-08 04:07 PM |
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Today's Beetle Bailey |
antigop |
Dec-16-08 03:12 PM |
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Huffpo: Will The Madoff Debacle Finally End The "Who Could Have Known?" Era? |
specimenfred1984 |
Dec-16-08 03:46 PM |
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Hey, it's after 4! Where's my closing numbers? |
tclambert |
Dec-16-08 04:08 PM |
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A year ago Madoff gave a lecture on regs saying "It's virtually impossible to violate rules" |
Robbien |
Dec-16-08 04:14 PM |
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Madoff: " I'm very close with regulators, in fact, my niece married one". |
Dr.Phool |
Dec-16-08 05:28 PM |
#102 |
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end of sucker-run-up day numbers |
UpInArms |
Dec-16-08 05:29 PM |
#103 |
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Dow +359? Jeebus. Who honestly thinks this bubble is going to reinflate? |
ozymandius |
Dec-16-08 07:22 PM |
#104 |
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Somebody still has a job? |
Dr.Phool |
Dec-16-08 08:22 PM |
#105 |
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