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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:44 PM Original message |
Dow falls 500 points then S&P downgrades U.S. credit. Insider trading? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. The first question I have is which hedge fund managers stand to profit. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. True. Someone needs to start unraveling the evil forces behind this crisis. |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Start with Eric Cantor (R-Va.), He bet against the US. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. So the GOP had this rigged the whole time?! |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Some of them did, others were just useful dupes. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Not sure this will be any consolation to you, but on Thursday as |
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Eddie Haskell (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. A small price to pay knowing ... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I retain a lay person's understanding of and interest in these matters, but |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Something to ponder. Isn't it ALL insider trading. We never know shit |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Exactly! They designed the game so they will always know the next move. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It's like gambling now and the house has the game rigged in their favor. n/t |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. It is for us outsiders. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not Really... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. If I got a million every time foreign governents pushed this |
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AnnaLee (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yves Smith at nakedcapitalism |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. It does seem a wee bit too coincidental. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. No, it's been known for weeks that a downgrade was in the works |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I thought the mindset was No Default No Downgrade. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Everybody who didn't get smoke blown up his butt by |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. I assume you saw this which was recently posted: |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Holy Shit! Thank You. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
19. the market fell after the announcement was made is my recollection. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. If institutional investors had "inside" knowledge then they |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
23. The SEC and FBI should investigate CASH positions of the GOP |
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