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05-12-2010, 07:37 PM
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Location: Great State of Texas
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"The Problem with Circuit Breakers" by Cris Sheridan, FSU Editorial 05/12/2010
Pretty short, but interesting article.
Seems NYSE circuit breakers kick in at 10% but after 2:30pm they don't kick in unless the loss is at 20%.
Crash less than 20%.....check
Crash starts after 2:30pm....check
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05-13-2010, 10:43 AM
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Location: Business ethics is an oxymoron.
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The whole thing stinks from start to finish. Myself like many others place no stock of respect or credibility whatsoever in the "markets" these days. Especially since we know who's really in charge. For all we know, that "crash" was deliberately engineered to create a panic on Capitol Hill just to remind our puppet government who's running the show and calling the shots.
Most folks, when they go to a casino, will either lose money or break even at best. Fewer than 10 percent will actually walk away with more money than they came in with. And naturally the one in a million that wins it big will of course be happy to express his or her love of the casino and "how generous they are" with the rest of the world.
Same thing with the stock bulls here. You all have any idea what kind of pompous idiots you make yourselves look like? You aren't the "savvy investor" you think you are.
You're just a gambler that got lucky. Nothing more.
But please. Keep it up. You have "the money". For now. We know that greed begets greed and that many gamblers will continue gambling with their winning in search of more. It's very addicting. The smart ones will quit when ahead and take the money and run. But you're probably not one of them. Especially if you're trying to rub your "profits" in our face. Odds are, you will keep going. Most of us know know that you will get too greedy one too many times. It only takes that one "oh schidt" to obliterate your hundred "scores".
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05-13-2010, 05:52 PM
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Location: Great State of Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Des-Lab
For all we know, that "crash" was deliberately engineered to create a panic on Capitol Hill just to remind our puppet government who's running the show and calling the shots.
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I'm seeing your sentiment posted over and over on various blogs and even in some financial opinion pieces (non MSM of course). There was a time when a post like yours would have been laughed off forums but not any more.
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05-13-2010, 08:45 PM
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Location: Planet Eaarth
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The MSM has said that due to the time of the crash (late in the business day) and the swiftness of the event the safe guards couldn't work fast enough.
I say.....Baloney!  |
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05-14-2010, 07:35 AM
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my understanding was that the point of this whole thing was to activate these "safeguards", cause them to sell for cheap, and then buy it all back up again... all as quickly as possible? and didn't it work? i could certainly be wrong.
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05-15-2010, 05:21 PM
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Location: Backwoods of Maine
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Good thread!
There is simply no way that Joe Investor can keep up with the black boxes of G Sax, Morgan Stanley, etc, with their algorythms and nano-second trades. These guys make 1/4 of a cent profit on every trade, and execute a gazillion trades daily using proprietary info about their clients' trades.
There's an old saying...if you don't know who the "mark" is...it's YOU!
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