Less than a minute til the opening bell.

[Fran Kubelik]

What do you think will happen today?

[whistle]

1. Let's give it a minute

[ProdigalJunkMail]

2. got a parachute??? n/t

[glowing]

3. Its open.

[lonestarnot]

4. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Here we go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96x_FiQIB6E

[ProdigalJunkMail]

5. where are the automatic brakes on trading?

when will they shut it down?

sP

[lonestarnot]

8. That could look like the LA train wreck!

[cali]

6. Pure guess here on what will happen:

The market will drop precipitously and then have some sort of minor nervous tic of a rally.

[bryant69]

11. that seems like a safe bet.

I think the real question might be what happens Thursday or so. Or what does this mean once you get past the first shock.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[cali]

19. yep. it's what happens in the next week or two that will really

count.

[Fran Kubelik]

7. Look at those numbers dropping...

Dow is down 97 points so far.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

9. And crude continues to tumble...

You think there has been a need for the cash behind the oil speculation?

[whistle]

10. First minute DOW down 97.79

Dow Jones Industrial Average
11,324.20 -97.79 / -0.86%

Sep 15 9:31am ET †

[Barack_America]

12. I predict a very short trading day. nt

[Junkdrawer]

13. Is there enough money in the world to bail out all the big players who want "bailed out"?

Banks...

Wall Street firms...

The Auto Companies...

The Stock Market....

[whistle]

16. I doubt it, estimates are that it would take from $500 to $750 TRILLION

...and even that would not do it

[Virginia Dare]

22. No, that's the inconvenient truth..

we'll see some major institutions fall in the coming weeks. It'll get ugly.

[whistle]

14. Six minutes into trading

Dow Jones Industrial Average
11,318.34 -103.65 / -0.91%

Sep 15 9:36am ET †
Open: 11,416.37
High (day): 11,416.45
Low (day): 11,318.02
YTD%Change: -14.67%
Volume: 6,901,140.00
Prev. Close: 11,421.99

[bicentennial_baby]

15. 9 minutes in...Down 298

:o

[Fran Kubelik]

18. -322

[whistle]

17. This may be a free fall

Dow Jones Industrial Average
11,152.33 -269.66 / -2.36%

Sep 15 9:38am ET †
Open: 11,416.37
High (day): 11,416.37
Low (day): 11,137.10
YTD%Change: -15.93%
Volume: 8,648,875.00
Prev. Close: 11,421.99
52-Week Range (Low - High): 10,827.71 - 14,198.10

[whistle]

20. 11 minutes into trading

Dow Jones Industrial Average
11,134.01 -287.98 / -2.52%

Sep 15 9:41am ET †
Open: 11,416.37
High (day): 11,416.45
Low (day): 11,118.86
YTD%Change: -16.06%
Volume: 11,408,483.00
Prev. Close: 11,421.99
52-Week Range (Low - High): 10,827.71 - 14,198.10

[whistle]

21. 12 minutes

Dow Jones Industrial Average
11,099.73 -322.26 / -2.82%

Sep 15 9:42am ET †
Open: 11,416.37
High (day): 11,416.45
Low (day): 11,098.43
YTD%Change: -16.32%
Volume: 15,570,607.00
Prev. Close: 11,421.99
52-Week Range (Low - High): 10,827.71 - 14,198.10

http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/dow/

[ProdigalJunkMail]

23. market rebounds!!!!

Dow Jones Industrial Average
11,152.98 -269.01 / -2.36%
Sep 15 9:46am ET †

okay...just had to put in some light here...

sP

[Fran Kubelik]

25. true...fell again a little, but i am hopeful

[ProdigalJunkMail]

28. there will be some profiteers at the end of all this

making a killing...

sP

[El Pinko]

24. Joe 6 Pack Investor STILL probably believes everything's ok

...as long as Cramer and the other cable money shows keep telling them so.


If only Wall Street's robber barons had a sophisticated propaganda apparatus like cable "news" back in '29, they could have prevented all of those bank runs and kept the money where it belongs, in THEIR coffers.

[Fran Kubelik]

27. Well...

Ultimately, if that had happened, it would have saved a lot of problems for more than just the robber barrons.

[El Pinko]

29. The fundamentals, like today, were shit. It would have still happened, just slower.

IMO.

[BlooInBloo]

26. CNBC bobblehead: "I do think you want to be in this market"

:rofl:

[Fran Kubelik]

31. With the expectation that the market will continue...

You don't want to sell low, right? If you're in it, stay in it and buy low, expecting it will go up eventually. Of course, there are no promises this will definitely happen.

[whistle]

30. 23 minutes into trading

Dow Jones Industrial Average
11,081.41 -340.58 / -2.98%

Sep 15 9:55am ET †
Open: 11,416.37
High (day): 11,416.45
Low (day): 11,079.13
YTD%Change: -16.46%
Volume: 37,595,841.00
Prev. Close: 11,421.99