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steven johnson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:28 PM Original message |
Dow Rises Above 9,000 as Home Sales Jump |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, I guess this is encouraging. I wonder if the rise in existing home |
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bobburgster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Should no....Morning Joe et el |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, the Unemployment Numbers seem to suggest that as well. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yet home sales are under same month year ago figures. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Shhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! You're blowing everyone's High! |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Heck, I wasn't even going to mention Texas running out of money for |
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mullard12ax7 (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Foreclosures and lying corporations don't equal a recovery |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wall Street isn't an accurate measure of the health of our economy. |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It is one measure, and a decent one |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I'm fascinated how wealth is created by reactions of the market (speculation) |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. The stock market is the biggest fraud perpetrated on the general public. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Bingo! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Bingo yourself. nm |
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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Yeah, that'll happen... in communist RUSSIA! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Right on, one big fraud. |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. It's not very hard to understand |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I can understand that, but what is the benefit to society? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. It's a tool for the greedy wealthy to fleece the gullible middle class. nm |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. My comment had nothing to do with.... |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. And... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Well put. And a lot of the speculation is manipulated as that idiot on CNBC admitted. nm |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Its a leading indicator |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is nice, but I want to know how much of this $2+ billion profit for the quarter came from |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. All that shows is that the stimulus package has re-established the America confidence |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. A sane voice, and a sane line of reasoning, but I'm afraid it's mostly going to fall on deaf ears |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You called me "sane" as if it was a good thing. Personally, I think it is highly overrated. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Being "sane" these days is a path that only leads to frustration, isolation, and ostricization. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I have been working on trying to figure it out. Why are people as you describe them? |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. No comment. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. The repossessed homes are now at a bargain.... new building data info is lacking |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. What's good for Wall Street is ALWAYS bad for Americans. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Back when CEO's use to think beyond the next quarters profit,,,, |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Thanks. You hit the time line precisely. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. No.... Specifically when Reagan et all took over the GOP..... |
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hamerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. The Dow is +200 today. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. As Harvey Keitel would say in Pulp Fiction: |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. What a load |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. But unemployment is a "lagging indicator"! Doesn't that make it easier when you get the pink slip? |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Me too! |
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