It was in another thread but it's worth pulling out of that sarcastic place and making this it's own topic.

Obama started pulling away in this election about 2-3 weeks ago. This is right when the Dow started this precipitous drop. I believe there is a real fear of what President Obama will do to the market and he's nearly solely responsible for this economic collapse.

I'm not saying he created Fannie/Freddie, etc. I'm just saying that he's the reason this is a panic and not just a drop.

You're right.

No more black candidates! They clearly bring poverty everywhere they go.

Crap, everyone knows that historically the market does better under Democratic Presidents and that Capital Investment does better under Republicans as part of their general economic policies. Whatever. This is not why the market is tanking. The market is tanking because despite all the efforts to stimulate it, and with new job losses being reported no one has any money spend if they do they are not going to be spending it any time soon.

It has little to do with who will be the next President other than there is a realization that any President is going to be relatively powerless to influence any of this decline. When everyone decides to take a deep breath and sit still for a couple of months and slowly intelligently work their way out of this mess then and only then will we see the market turn around. Till then we are going to see this volitility and it may not happen until a new President has settled in to office and has become predictable. P.S. McCain sure isn't.

Correlation? Or Causation? Or neither?

You're a retard.*

*Not meant to be read by any actual retarded people who might not like being called retarded. If you are actually retarded, but not so retarded that you can't read, do not read this.**

**That means you Wacka.***

***Wacka: I'm calling you retarded.

Oh sh--. When Obama wins, it's like the black family moving into the neighborhood? That's why housing prices are falling?

Time to move to Canada. Lots of safe white people there.

Hell. Just substitute "Obamas" name with "Canada" and you'd pretty much have an ieatcrayonz post.

Dude. No one would vote for Canada.

Where's Archie Bunker when you need him?

Dude...seriously....

Strange thing is when blacks do move into neighborhoods the values do drop. No one wants to admit that anymore, but anyone in real estate who is honest enough about will tell you. Can you guess what field I'm in?

The Racist fields?

Strangely when 50 cent moved into my neighborhood the value increased.

If only it was six feet under....

A black family moved in 2 doors from me and my scared old woman neighbor fled from her house and sold it to a gay couple.

What does that do to my real estate value? Do blacks and gays they offset each other?

Depends. Are any of them black because a mixed interracial gay couple surprisingly raises market values for homes.

Not if the gays are also black.

That's actually funny. It never occurred to me but first the black family moved in, clearly white-flighting my cunty widow neighbor. She sold out to a gay couple--and they are interracial!

So that's a housing jackpot? Sweet. Take that housing downturn.

People hate facts, but it's true. The same holds true in any neighborhood in which there is a change from white to multi-racial, with the exception of Asian nationalities.

You guys make it sound that a comment that there is a much higher rate of non-Caucasians in prison or on welfare is racist. Funny how that one Doc who wrote the book that blacks and hispanics have genitally lower IQs was branded a racist, when he spent years in the civil rights movement.

This field?

It's probably been at least five minutes since anyone reminded you that you are a moron, so consider it done.

I don't know about Hispanics but I wouldn't question blacks' genitalia.

But how do their g's compare to those of East German scientists?

If you tell me StupidNation is Holcomb's Arm, it will make my day. Really.

May be Kurt.


Did you know the fuhrer was a wonderful dancer and singer?

By Golly, you're right!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmYIo7bcUw

Anyone remember, who was the jackass that used to post here about how they were all for illegal immigrants as long is they didn't have to live next to them?

I'm having a flashback...

Strange. I wouldn't have guessed you live in a neighborhood with 50 Cent. R. Kelly maybe.

Why? Do you want his autograph?

Why, is there yellow grass everywhere?

That would be our friend Molson.

meazza is just the cameraman

Nice Job Ben. What I don't understand is why I am not getting more love than Dwight Drane for my 2005 predictions. Most of these are dead-nuts on.

http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?s=&am...st&p=500521

Sorry DC Tom. I already exist.

THE CATHOLICS ARE UNDER ATTACK.

A classic thread.

Good God, my political views have evolved rapidly over the past 3 years.

Its nice to think for yourself, isn't it?

And that was not what I said anyway. I said, if you don't like your neighbors then move. I meant that you don't own your neighborhood, just your house and if people you don't like move in, its a free country and you can leave.

That's all

Nice try. You did say it. Come on, just own up to it, Hypocrite.

I have to say that was a pretty fukkin good prediction.

Will the Bills win the Super Bowl in the next 4 years?

LOL, ya, and Obama is a radical terrorists who is also a socialist and hates America

I always knew you were a moron, this just confirms it. Its an EDIT DIPSHIIT!!!

Christ.

Check back in 5 years for that prediction.

Back to the Catholic thread for you blasphemer.

One of the reasons why the market is tanking is because of the irrational actions of investors. Much of the short term movement in the market, whether bearing or bullish, is due to emotional investing. The reason the tech market surged in the late 90's was due to greed, people needing to get in. When the tech house of cards was revealed people had to get out taking the whole tech sector with it, including good companies (Amazon, Ebay, Google, Yahoo etc) that still exist today. The quick selloff we've seen the past couple of weeks is due, in part, to panicked investors, acting on the emotional need to get out at any cost. What will stabilize this? Rational institutional investors that are going to swoop in and pick up the pieces of good quality companies that have been beaten down by this fear. Don't get me wrong, there are issues that need fixing but we are far from Armageddon.

Jim's right, we're not at Armageddon. It used to be that when the Dow was down 1%, I lost $10,000.

Now when the Dow is down 1%, I'm only out a grand.

In some way, that's reassuring.

I heard that someone said if we continue this way the Dow will be down to zero in 19 days, check that 18 days. So we'll all be even and as Alex Trebek says "time to start rebuilding."



Dow Death Watch T minus 18..............

I was talking to one of the IT dudes here at work, he told me his 401 was down 32% this year.

As I was walking away he started chewing on his blackberry.

Can we just close the NYSE at 2pm every day?

It's the 2-4 traders that keep doing this. Morons.

What are you talking about. It closes at 1:00pm everyday.